Upload into a new Drive file

Uploads a local file into a new Drive file. To update the content or metadata of an existing Drive file, use drive_update(). To upload or update, depending on whether the Drive file already exists, see drive_put().

Usage

drive_upload(
  media,
  path = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  type = NULL,
  ...,
  overwrite = NA,
  verbose = deprecated()
)

Arguments

media

Character, path to the local file to upload.

path

Specifies target destination for the new file on Google Drive. Can be an actual path (character), a file id marked with as_id(), or a dribble.

If path is a shortcut to a folder, it is automatically resolved to its target folder.

If path is given as a path (as opposed to a dribble or an id), it is best to explicitly indicate if it's a folder by including a trailing slash, since it cannot always be worked out from the context of the call. By default, the file is created in the current user's "My Drive" root folder.

name

Character, new file name if not specified as part of path. This will force path to be interpreted as a folder, even if it is character and lacks a trailing slash. Defaults to the file's local name.

type

Character. If type = NULL, a MIME type is automatically determined from the file extension, if possible. If the source file is of a suitable type, you can request conversion to Google Doc, Sheet or Slides by setting type to document, spreadsheet, or presentation, respectively. All non-NULL values for type are pre-processed with drive_mime_type().

...

Named parameters to pass along to the Drive API. Has dynamic dots semantics. You can affect the metadata of the target file by specifying properties of the Files resource via .... Read the "Request body" section of the Drive API docs for the associated endpoint to learn about relevant parameters.

overwrite

Logical, indicating whether to check for a pre-existing file at the targetted "filepath". The quotes around "filepath" refer to the fact that Drive does not impose a 1-to-1 relationship between filepaths and files, like a typical file system; read more about that in drive_get().

NA (default): Just do the operation, even if it results in multiple files with the same filepath.
TRUE: Check for a pre-existing file at the filepath. If there is zero or one, move a pre-existing file to the trash, then carry on. Note that the new file does not inherit any properties from the old one, such as sharing or publishing settings. It will have a new file ID. An error is thrown if two or more pre-existing files are found.
FALSE: Error if there is any pre-existing file at the filepath.

Note that existence checks, based on filepath, are expensive operations, i.e. they require additional API calls.

verbose

This logical argument to individual googledrive functions is deprecated. To globally suppress googledrive messaging, use options(googledrive_quiet = TRUE) (the default behaviour is to emit informational messages). To suppress messaging in a more limited way, use the helpers local_drive_quiet() or with_drive_quiet().

Value

An object of class dribble, a tibble with one row per file.

Examples

# upload a csv file
chicken_csv <- drive_example_local("chicken.csv") %>%
  drive_upload("chicken-upload.csv")
#> Local file:
#> • /home/runner/work/_temp/Library/googledrive/extdata/example_files/chicken.csv
#> Uploaded into Drive file:
#> • chicken-upload.csv <id: 19EjeIJ37ButQwJX3LonH-oXflKlEiyE7>
#> With MIME type:
#> • text/csv

# or convert it to a Google Sheet
chicken_sheet <- drive_example_local("chicken.csv") %>%
  drive_upload(
    name = "chicken-sheet-upload.csv",
    type = "spreadsheet"
  )
#> Local file:
#> • /home/runner/work/_temp/Library/googledrive/extdata/example_files/chicken.csv
#> Uploaded into Drive file:
#> • chicken-sheet-upload <id: 123d2h3zO8MOmWVQU8ZtCAlxyh3Sssr30_TiHtnafFEc>
#> With MIME type:
#> • application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet

# check out the new Sheet!
drive_browse(chicken_sheet)

# Clean up
drive_find("chicken.*upload") %>% drive_rm()
#> Files deleted:
#> • chicken-sheet-upload <id: 123d2h3zO8MOmWVQU8ZtCAlxyh3Sssr30_TiHtnafFEc>
#> • chicken-upload.csv <id: 19EjeIJ37ButQwJX3LonH-oXflKlEiyE7>

# Upload a file and, at the same time, star it
chicken <- drive_example_local("chicken.jpg") %>%
  drive_upload(starred = "true")
#> Local file:
#> • /home/runner/work/_temp/Library/googledrive/extdata/example_files/chicken.jpg
#> Uploaded into Drive file:
#> • chicken.jpg <id: 17fzCAJZ1NMlfROdyxo5Zg93HSrSEfDvZ>
#> With MIME type:
#> • image/jpeg

# Is is really starred? YES
purrr::pluck(chicken, "drive_resource", 1, "starred")
#> [1] TRUE

# Clean up
drive_rm(chicken)
#> File deleted:
#> • chicken.jpg <id: 17fzCAJZ1NMlfROdyxo5Zg93HSrSEfDvZ>

# `overwrite = FALSE` errors if something already exists at target filepath
# THIS WILL ERROR!
drive_create("name-squatter-upload")
#> Created Drive file:
#> • name-squatter-upload <id: 1hcq03S94nCHCNDBLAXBWOJ_g8Y9nrtS2>
#> With MIME type:
#> • application/octet-stream
drive_example_local("chicken.jpg") %>%
  drive_upload(
    name = "name-squatter-upload",
    overwrite = FALSE
  )
#> Error in check_for_overwrite(params[["parents"]], params[["name"]], overwrite): 1 item already exists at the target filepath and `overwrite =
#> FALSE`:
#> • name-squatter-upload <id: 1hcq03S94nCHCNDBLAXBWOJ_g8Y9nrtS2>

# `overwrite = TRUE` moves the existing item to trash, then proceeds
chicken <- drive_example_local("chicken.jpg") %>%
  drive_upload(
    name = "name-squatter-upload",
    overwrite = TRUE
  )
#> File trashed:
#> • name-squatter-upload <id: 1hcq03S94nCHCNDBLAXBWOJ_g8Y9nrtS2>
#> Local file:
#> • /home/runner/work/_temp/Library/googledrive/extdata/example_files/chicken.jpg
#> Uploaded into Drive file:
#> • name-squatter-upload <id: 1EscWJkhsEFFWv5iopa-znxa86Bt02WyN>
#> With MIME type:
#> • image/jpeg

# Clean up
drive_rm(chicken)
#> File deleted:
#> • name-squatter-upload <id: 1EscWJkhsEFFWv5iopa-znxa86Bt02WyN>

if (FALSE) {
# Upload to a shared drive:
#   * Shared drives are only available if your account is associated with a
#     Google Workspace
#   * The shared drive (or shared-drive-hosted folder) MUST be captured as a
#     dribble first and provided via `path`
sd <- shared_drive_get("Marketing")
drive_upload("fascinating.csv", path = sd)
}

Usage

Arguments

Value

See also

Examples