📅 2025-03-02 — Session: Integrated AI Flows with Google Drive
🕒 16:30–18:10
🏷️ Labels: Google Drive, Api Integration, Automation, Python, Google Apps Script
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The primary objective of this session was to integrate AI workflows with Google Drive, leveraging the Google Drive API for enhanced automation and file management.
Key Activities
- Explored methods for integrating AI workflows with Google Drive, including using the Google Drive API, reading Google Sheets as DataFrames, converting Google Docs into usable formats, and automating processes with AI.
- Reviewed the
drive_service.files()method for interacting with files in Google Drive using the Python client library. - Provided a comprehensive guide on using the Google Drive API for file management tasks such as authentication, file listing, searching, downloading, exporting, uploading, creating, updating, deleting, and sharing files.
- Developed a Python script to fetch Google Drive file metadata into a DataFrame and extract previews for Google Sheets and Google Docs.
- Modified Google Drive API calls to list all files, including those not explicitly shared, using Python.
- Diagnosed and fixed issues with the Google Drive API not listing all files, including necessary permissions and code updates.
- Addressed Google Drive API permissions issues, ensuring correct OAuth scopes and service account permissions.
- Solved OAuth error with service account in Google Sheets API by using service account authentication instead of OAuth flow.
- Created a simple text list of all files in Google Drive using Google Drive for Desktop and Command Prompt.
- Enabled full access to Google Drive files via Google Cloud Platform, including API activation and IAM permissions setup.
- Automated file sharing in Google Drive using Google Apps Script, eliminating the need for manual sharing.
- Organized and automated workflows in Google Drive, including generating a directory tree and automating file sorting.
- Provided corrected code snippets for extracting previews from Google Sheets and Docs.
- Optimized Google Apps Script for file sharing by implementing batch processing and error handling.
- Developed an automated file sharing script in Google Apps Script with progress tracking and timed trigger.
Achievements
Successfully integrated AI workflows with Google Drive, automated file sharing, and optimized Google Apps Script for handling large numbers of files.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing of the automated workflows and scripts in a production environment.
- Continuous monitoring and optimization of Google Drive API interactions for performance improvements.