Upload Files from Google Drive to Google Cloud Storage with Google Apps Script

Google Drive and Google Cloud Storage are two powerful cloud-based storage solutions offered by Google. While Google Drive is primarily designed for personal file storage, Google Cloud Storage is geared toward businesses and organizations that require large-scale data storage and retrieval capabilities. In this blog post, we will show you how to upload files from Google Drive to Google Cloud Storage using Google Apps Script.

Google Apps Script is a powerful scripting language that allows you to automate tasks within Google Apps, including Google Drive and Google Cloud Storage. With Apps Script, you can easily upload files from Google Drive to Google Cloud Storage with just a few lines of code.

Step 1: Set Up Your Project First, you will need to create a new Apps Script project in your Google Drive account. To do this, open your Google Drive account, click the “New” button, and select “More” from the dropdown menu. Then, select “Google Apps Script” to create a new project.

Step 2: Enable APIs Before you can start using Google Cloud Storage in your Apps Script project, you will need to enable the Cloud Storage API. To do this, go to the “Resources” menu in your Apps Script project, select “Advanced Google Services,” and enable the Cloud Storage API.

Step 3: Authenticate Your Project Next, you will need to authenticate your Apps Script project so that it can access your Google Drive and Google Cloud Storage accounts. To do this, go to the “Credentials” page in your Google Cloud Console, create a new OAuth client ID, and copy the client ID and client secret into your Apps Script project.

Step 4: Upload Files Now that your project is set up and authenticated, you can start uploading files from Google Drive to Google Cloud Storage. To do this, you will need to use the Cloud Storage API’s “blob” functionality, which allows you to upload files to Google Cloud Storage as binary data.

Here’s an example code snippet that demonstrates how to upload a file from Google Drive to Google Cloud Storage:

lessCopy codefunction uploadFileToCloudStorage() {
  var file = DriveApp.getFileById('YOUR_FILE_ID_HERE');
  var blob = file.getBlob();
  var destination = 'gs://YOUR_BUCKET_NAME_HERE/' + file.getName();
  var fileBlob = Utilities.newBlob(blob.getBytes(), blob.getContentType(), file.getName());
  var options = {
    destination: destination
  };
  var file = StorageApp.createFile(fileBlob, options);
}

In this code snippet, replace “YOUR_FILE_ID_HERE” with the ID of the file you want to upload, “YOUR_BUCKET_NAME_HERE” with the name of the Google Cloud Storage bucket you want to upload the file to, and “file.getName()” with the desired name of the uploaded file.

Step 5: Run Your Script Once you’ve written your script, you can run it by selecting “Run” from the “Run” menu in your Apps Script project. Your script will then upload the specified file from Google Drive to Google Cloud Storage.

Conclusion Uploading files from Google Drive to Google Cloud Storage with Google Apps Script is a simple and efficient way to manage your cloud-based storage needs. With just a few lines of code, you can easily automate the process of uploading files to Google Cloud Storage, saving you time and effort. By following the steps outlined in this blog post, you can quickly get started with uploading files from Google Drive to Google Cloud Storage using Google Apps Script.