Save the Pydrive authentication file in a different directory from the script

Conclusion

If you want to save the Pydrive authentication file in a different directory from the script, write as follows.

from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive
from oauth2client.file import Storage

gauth = GoogleAuth(settings_file=f"{Absolute Path of the directory you want to save}/settings.yaml")
gauth.credentials = Storage(f"{Absolute Path of the directory you want to save}/credentials.json").get()
gauth.CommandLineAuth()
drive = GoogleDrive(gauth)

Dependent environment

python==3.7.6
pydrive==1.3.1

background

Introduction

The basic usage and setting method of Pydrive are omitted because the following sites carefully explain it.

Reference site: Download, upload, delete Google Drive with Python, PyDrive, etc .-- note.nkmk.me

By default, the authentication file cannot be saved in another directory.

If the Pydrive authentication file is not saved in the same directory where the script is saved (by default), the authentication will be NG.

For example, it is a must to save the authentication files client_secrets.json, credentials.json, settings.yaml in the same directory as the script main.py as shown below.

/home/hogehoge/
  └ hoge_project/
    └ src/
      ├ client_secrets.json
      ├ credentials.json
      ├ settings.yaml
      └ main.py

main.py

from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive

gauth = GoogleAuth()
gauth.CommandLineAuth()
drive = GoogleDrive(gauth)

But I want to save it in another directory.

However, it feels awkward to have scripts and authentication files mixed in the src directory. So somehow, I want to move the authentication file under the creds / directory as follows.

/home/hogehoge/
  └ hoge_project/
    ├ creds/
    │  ├ client_secrets.json
    │  ├ credentials.json
    │  └ settings.yaml
    │
    └ src/
      └ main.py

By specifying the argument, it is possible to read the authentication file in another directory.

If you write as follows, main.py can recognize the authentication file undercredits /.

main.py

from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive
from oauth2client.file import Storage

gauth = GoogleAuth(settings_file=f"/home/hogehoge/creds/settings.yaml")
gauth.credentials = Storage(f"/home/hogehoge/creds/credentials.json").get()
gauth.CommandLineAuth()
drive = GoogleDrive(gauth)

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