python + google drive: upload xlsx, convert to google sheet, get sharable link

google-drive-api, google-sheets, pydrive, python

Solution

There is an Optional query parameter of "convert", for both the "INSERT" and "COPY" method;

convert=true,

Whether to convert this file to the corresponding Google Docs format. (Default: false)

There is a python example here:

Google Documentation - Copy

You need to use the Python client library for the code to work.

from apiclient import errors
from apiclient.http import MediaFileUpload
# ...

def insert_file(service, title, description, parent_id, mime_type, filename):
  """Insert new file.

  Args:
    service: Drive API service instance.
    title: Title of the file to insert, including the extension.
    description: Description of the file to insert.
    parent_id: Parent folder's ID.
    mime_type: MIME type of the file to insert.
    filename: Filename of the file to insert.
  Returns:
    Inserted file metadata if successful, None otherwise.
  """
  media_body = MediaFileUpload(filename, mimetype=mime_type, resumable=True)
  body = {
    'title': title,
    'description': description,
    'mimeType': mime_type
  }
  # Set the parent folder.
  if parent_id:
    body['parents'] = [{'id': parent_id}]

  try:
    file = service.files().insert(
        body=body,
        convert=true,
        media_body=media_body).execute()

    # Uncomment the following line to print the File ID
    # print 'File ID: %s' % file['id']

    return file
  except errors.HttpError, error:
    print 'An error occured: %s' % error
    return None

I haven't tried this, so you'll need to test it.

Problem

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