GDrive
Gdrive is a command line tool which manages, uploads, downloads, deletes and shares files on Google Drive. You can download the tool from Github at https://github.com/prasmussen/gdrive.
Unfortunately it does not support file synchronisation.
Installation
Download the binary package from the github website and install
sudo mv drive /usr/local/bin
Alternatively you can install from source code. Next, simply run drive and it will provide you a URL which authenticates you using OAuth.
Usage
drive [global options] <verb> [verb options]
Options
Global options:
-a, --advanced Advanced Mode -- lets you specify your own oauth client id and secret on setup
-c, --config Set application path where config and token is stored. Defaults to ~/.gdrive
-v, --version Print version
-h, --help Show this help
Verbs:
delete:
-i, --id File Id (*)
download:
-i, --id File Id (*)
-s, --stdout Write file content to stdout
--pop Download latest file, and remove it from google drive
folder:
-t, --title Folder to create (*)
-p, --parent Parent Id of the folder
--share Share created folder
info:
-i, --id File Id (*)
list:
-m, --max Max results
-t, --title Title filter
-q, --query Query (see https://developers.google.com/drive/search-parameters)
-s, --shared Show shared status (Note: this will generate 1 http req per file)
-n, --noheader Do not show the header
share:
-i, --id File Id (*)
unshare:
-i, --id File Id (*)
upload:
-f, --file File or directory to upload (*)
-s, --stdin Use stdin as file content (*)
-t, --title Title to give uploaded file. Defaults to filename
-p, --parent Parent Id of the file
--share Share uploaded file
url:
-i, --id File Id (*)
-p, --preview Generate preview url (default)
-d, --download Generate download url
Examples
List files
$ drive list
Id Title Size Created
0B3X9GlR6EmbnenBYSFI4MzN0d2M drive-freebsd-amd64 5 MB 2013-01-01 21:57:01
0B3X9GlR6EmbnOVRQN0t6RkxVQk0 drive-windows-amd64.exe 5 MB 2013-01-01 21:56:41
0B3X9GlR6Embnc1BtVVU1ZHp2UjQ drive-linux-arm 4 MB 2013-01-01 21:57:23
0B3X9GlR6EmbnU0ZnbGV4dlk1T00 drive-linux-amd64 5 MB 2013-01-01 21:55:06
0B3X9GlR6EmbncTk1TXlMdjd1ODQ drive-darwin-amd64 5 MB 2013-01-01 21:53:34
Upload file or directory
$ drive upload --file drive-linux-amd64
Id: 0B3X9GlR6EmbnU0ZnbGV4dlk1T00
Title: drive-linux-amd64
Size: 5 MB
Created: 2013-01-01 21:55:06
Modified: 2013-01-01 21:55:06
Owner: Petter Rasmussen
Md5sum: 334ad48f6e64646071f302275ce19a94
Shared: False
Uploaded 'drive-linux-amd64' at 510 KB/s, total 5 MB
Download file
$ drive download --id 0B3X9GlR6EmbnenBYSFI4MzN0d2M
Downloaded 'drive-freebsd-amd64' at 2 MB/s, total 5 MB
Share a file
$ drive share --id 0B3X9GlR6EmbnOVRQN0t6RkxVQk0
File 'drive-windows-amd64.exe' is now readable by everyone @ https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B3X9GlR6EmbnOVRQN0t6RkxVQk0
Pipe content directly to your drive
$ echo "Hello World" | drive upload --stdin --title hello.txt
Id: 0B3X9GlR6EmbnVHlHZWZCZVJ4eGs
Title: hello.txt
Size: 12 B
Created: 2013-01-01 22:05:44
Modified: 2013-01-01 22:05:43
Owner: Petter Rasmussen
Md5sum: e59ff97941044f85df5297e1c302d260
Shared: False
Uploaded 'hello.txt' at 6 B/s, total 12 B
Print file to stdout
$ drive download --stdout --id 0B3X9GlR6EmbnVHlHZWZCZVJ4eGs
Hello World
Get file info
$ drive info --id 0B3X9GlR6EmbnVHlHZWZCZVJ4eGs
Id: 0B3X9GlR6EmbnVHlHZWZCZVJ4eGs
Title: hello.txt
Size: 12 B
Created: 2013-01-01 22:05:44
Modified: 2013-01-01 22:05:43
Owner: Petter Rasmussen
Md5sum: e59ff97941044f85df5297e1c302d260
Shared: False
Get a url to the file
$ drive url --id 0B3X9GlR6EmbnVHlHZWZCZVJ4eGs
https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B3X9GlR6EmbnVHlHZWZCZVJ4eGs