google_drive_deduplicate

A collection of Python scripts to detect and remove duplicate files across your Google Drive account

Intro

The script is based on the Example of Google Drive API quickstart (https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/quickstart/python)

The script browses across your drive account to find duplicated (based on md5 checksum of each file). It ignores file in Trash bin of the Google Drive.

Prerequisites

1. Python 2.6 or greater
2. Required libraries installed (as listed in file requirements.txt)

Usage

1. Create a credentials.json file in the project folder (see step 1 at https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/quickstart/python)
2. Create a config.json file in the project folder (based on cofig.example.json)
3. Run: python .\gdrivededup.py
4. On the first execution the script will require you to login, the token will be saved as token.pickle (please ensure this file is kept/removed safely)
5. On success, the script will prompt a list of dictionaries with information for each duplicated file (if none, no output)

TODO

Potential Improvements for this repo:

1. save the list as a csv file
2. document python file
3. package into an executable file