drive/snippets/drive_v3/file_snippets/upload_basic.js

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 * Copyright 2022 Google LLC
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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// [START drive_upload_basic]

/**
 * Insert new file.
 * @return{obj} file Id
 * */
async function uploadBasic() {
  const fs = require('fs');
  const {GoogleAuth} = require('google-auth-library');
  const {google} = require('googleapis');

  // Get credentials and build service
  // TODO (developer) - Use appropriate auth mechanism for your app
  const auth = new GoogleAuth({
    scopes: 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive',
  });
  const service = google.drive({version: 'v3', auth});
  const requestBody = {
    name: 'photo.jpg',
    fields: 'id',
  };
  const media = {
    mimeType: 'image/jpeg',
    body: fs.createReadStream('files/photo.jpg'),
  };
  try {
    const file = await service.files.create({
      requestBody,
      media: media,
    });
    console.log('File Id:', file.data.id);
    return file.data.id;
  } catch (err) {
    // TODO(developer) - Handle error
    throw err;
  }
}
// [END drive_upload_basic]

module.exports = uploadBasic;