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📂 Google Drive File Manager (CLI-Based)

A Python-based command-line tool to upload, download, browse, and delete files/folders on your Google Drive, using your own Google API credentials.

✅ Features

  • Browse Google Drive folders interactively.
  • Upload local files/folders to any Drive location.
  • Download files/folders with original names.
  • Navigate into Drive folders before downloading or deleting.
  • Delete specific files or folders from Drive.
  • Uses token.json for secure OAuth2 authentication.

🛠️ Setup Instructions

1. Enable Google Drive API

  1. Go to Google Cloud Console.
  2. Create a project (or use an existing one).
  3. Enable Google Drive API for the project.
  4. Go to Credentials → Create OAuth client ID → Choose Desktop App.
  5. Download the credentials.json file.

2. Project Structure

Place your files like this:

your_project/
├── drive.py
└── tokens/
    └── credentials.json   # ← from Google Cloud Console

🔒 token.json will be automatically generated after first successful login.

3. Install Required Libraries

pip install google-api-python-client google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlib

▶️ Running the Script

python drive.py

You’ll be prompted with a menu

📌 Notes

  • On first run, your browser will open for Google login and authorization.
  • Your access token will be stored in tokens/token.json for future use.
  • All downloads preserve original file/folder names.
  • Folder navigation and actions are recursive and menu-driven.