Pusher

Automatically push files in a specified folders to Google Drive.

The tool will watch the folders specified using the watch command and upload new (or modified) files.

Background

I built this 'tool' cause I did not want to have to go through the 'hectic' process of new browser tab plus dragging and dropping. 🙂

I could dump files I intend to backup into a folder and leave upload to happen in the background.

How to use

1. Use the add-auth command to allow access to Google Drive
2. Provide some folders to watch using the watch command
3. Use the start command to begin watching specified folders (will continue running in background)
4. Copy or move files into said folders and leave upload to happen in the background

Commands

Notes

• Tool supports only Linux systems
• Only files placed directly in the specified folders are uploaded. Sub-directories are not considered
• Important! Uploaded files are immediately deleted
• If upload fails, they are 'scheduled'. Upload is retried periodically (to-do), or you can manually push 'scheduled' files
• All files from all folders being watched are placed as is, in a folder in your Google Drive (PusherUploads). Path information is not retained (ie: ~/ToBackup/app.txt will appear as app.txt)
• Once created, the PusherUploads folder can be renamed or moved around to your origanizational preference (but not deleted)
• If the PusherUploads folder is deleted, for the tool to upload new content, it will re-create the PusherUploads folder

Technical

• watchdog.observers.Observer only works for Linux systems. Until other systems need to be supported, it should work just fine.

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TO-DO

The list below as well as in-line code

• [] Put watchlist.json, queue.json and config.json into one file
• [] Provide instructions on creating client_secrets.json on Cloud Console
• [] Add more descriptive logging, and command to read logs
• [] Add periodical upload retry for scheduled files

Progress

• Provide the list of directories to watch from a file.
• Include a command to add new directories: pusher watch .
• When new files or folders are added to these folders, upload them to Google Drive
• If internet connection is not available, create a schedule of files that failed to upload. User will have to manually push changes
• [] Script will run in the background..
• [] Package script for pypi (or just make it installable)