Include the following code in quickstart.py:įrom googleapiclient.discovery import buildįrom google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlowįrom import Requestįrom import Credentials In your working directory, create a file named quickstart.py.To install the Google client library for Python, run the following command: pip install -upgrade google-api-python-client google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlibįor alternate installation options, refer to the Python library's Step 1: Install the Google client library A Google account with Google Drive enabled.To learn how toĬreate credentials for a desktop application, refer to Authorization credentials for a desktop application.Note: For this quickstart, you are enabling the 'Drive API'. A Google Cloud Platform project with the API enabled.To run this quickstart, you need the following prerequisites: Complete the steps described in the rest of this page to create a simple PythonĬommand-line application that makes requests to the Drive API.