Procedures

Automation procedures in the Google Drive book.

The following documentation is for Google Drive v2.0.1 (BDK).

Ensure that you have installed or connected the Google Drive book and created a new playground before using these automation procedures.

to copy an item to a folder

Copy an item to a folder

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
item	The item (file or folder) to copy	google drive file reference or google drive folder reference	Yes	(no default)
folder	The folder to copy the item to	google drive folder reference	Yes	(no default)
conflict behavior	The behavior to use on conflict scenarios. It should be one of the following values: ('fail', 'replace', 'rename')	text	No	(no default)

Examples

Copy an item to a folder

get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
use the above as the base folder
copy the uploaded file to the base folder

Copy an item to a folder with a conflict behavior

get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
use the above as the testing folder
get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2/Conflictive Folder"
use the above as the conflictive folder
copy the conflictive folder to the testing folder
    the conflict behavior is "rename"

to create a (folder) in another folder

Create a (folder) in another folder

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
another folder	The folder to create the (folder) in	google drive folder reference	Yes	(no default)
folder name	The name of the (folder) to create	text	Yes	(no default)
conflict behavior	The behavior to use on conflict scenarios. It should be one of the following values: ('fail', 'replace', 'rename')	text	No	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
folder	a folder reference to the created folder	google drive folder reference

Examples

Create a folder in Google Drive

get a root folder
use the root folder as the base folder
create a folder in the base folder
    the folder name is "My Test Folder"

Create a folder in Google Drive, with 'rename' as the conflict behavior

get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
use the folder as the base folder
create a folder in the base folder
    the folder name is "My Test Folder"
    the conflict behavior is "rename"

to delete an item

Delete an item (file or folder)

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
item	The item (file or folder) to delete	google drive file reference or google drive folder reference	Yes	(no default)

Examples

Delete an item

get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
get the folder's items
use the first item as the file
delete the file

to download a file

Download a file

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
file	The file reference to the file to download	google drive file reference	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
answer	the file as an IO object	file

Examples

Download a file

get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
get the folder's items
use the first item as the file
download the file

to get a (folder) at a path

Gets a reference to a folder.

Google Drive allows for multiple folders with the same name in a parent folder. For now, as the blueprint interface returns only one reference, it is returning the first item on the returned list. In case there are more than one folder with the same name, an error will be raised. In the future, this may change to a list of FolderReferences.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
path	The path to the folder	text	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
folder	a folder reference	google drive folder reference

Examples

Get a folder at the path 'The Folder/The Subfolder'

get a folder at "The Folder/The Subfolder"

to get a (root folder)

Gets a reference to the root folder.

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
root folder	a folder reference	google drive folder reference

Examples

Get a root folder

get a root folder

to get some (folder's items)

FILTER - CAPABLE

Lists items from a folder reference

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
folder	The folder reference from which to list the items	google drive folder reference	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
folder's items	a list of Items (file or folder) containing the items in the folder	google drive file reference or google drive folder reference

Examples

List items in a folder

get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
get the folder's items

to move an item to a folder

Move an item to a folder

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
item	The item (file or folder) to move	google drive file reference or google drive folder reference	Yes	(no default)
folder	The folder to move the item to	google drive folder reference	Yes	(no default)
conflict behavior	The behavior to use on conflict scenarios. It should be one of the following values: ('fail', 'replace', 'rename')	text	No	(no default)

Examples

Move an item to a folder

get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
get the folder's items
use the first item as the file
get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2/Folder3"
use the above as the new folder
move the file to the new folder

Move an item to a folder with a conflict behavior

get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
get the folder's items
use the first item as the file
get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2/Folder3"
use the above as the new folder
move the file to the new folder
    the conflict behavior is "rename"

to rename an item to a name

Rename an item (file or folder) to a given name

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
item	The item (file or folder) to rename	google drive file reference or google drive folder reference	Yes	(no default)
name	The new name of the item	text	Yes	(no default)
conflict behavior	The behavior to use on conflict scenarios. It should be one of the following values: ('fail', 'replace', 'rename')	text	No	(no default)

Examples

Rename an item to a new name

get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
get the folder's items
use the first item as the file
rename the file to "The new name.jpg"

Rename an item to a new name, with 'rename' as the conflict behavior

get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
get the folder's items
use the first item as the file
rename the file to "The new name.jpg"
    the conflict behavior is "rename"

to upload a (file) to a folder

Upload a file to a folder

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
file	The file to upload	file	Yes	(no default)
folder	The folder to upload the file to	google drive folder reference	Yes	(no default)
file name	The name of the file to upload	text	Yes	(no default)
conflict behavior	The behavior to use on conflict scenarios. It should be one of the following values: ('fail', 'replace', 'rename')	text	No	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
file	a file reference to the uploaded file	google drive file reference

Examples

Upload a file to a folder

# Upload a file to the Playground
the file
get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
upload the file to the folder
    the file name is "uploaded-file.jpg"

Upload a file to a folder with a conflict behavior

# Upload a file to the Playground
the file
get a folder at "Folder1/Folder2"
upload the file to the folder
    the file name is "uploaded-file.jpg"
    the conflict behavior is "rename"