I'm trying to create a function which takes in a directory name as a parameter and returns the ID of the directory. The ultimate goal is to list the files in said directory using the returned file ID, however I can't seem to figure out the syntax for passing the directory name in as a variable. I can only manage to do something of the following, where I need to explicitly type in the name of the directory. Please note that I am using v3 of the google drive api. def get_folder_id(): folder_ID = "" while True: response = drive_service.files().list( q="name='folder1'", fields="nextPageToken, files(id,name)").execute() files = response.get('files', []) for item in files: print ("Found file: %s, %s" % (item['name'], item['id'])) folder_ID = item['id'] page_token = response.get('nextPageToken', None) if page_token == None: break return folder_ID How can I pass the folder name as a parameter and still include it in the q query? I've tried variants such as: response = drive_service.files().list( q='"name="' + "'" + f_name + "'" + '"', fields="nextPageToken, files(id,name)").execute() In an attempt to include the single quotes around the request, but this doesn't work either Continue reading...
