Colab Transfer: transfer data between Colab & Drive
This repository contains Python code to transfer data between Google Colab and Google Drive.
Disclaimer: If files or folders already exist at the destination, then they will not be overwritten. If you want to force an update, ensure that you delete them first.
Installation
The code is packaged for PyPI, so that the installation consists in running:
pip install colab_transferUsage
Get the path to the home folder of the local machine for your session on Colaboratory
import colab_transfer
colab_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_local_machine()Get the path to the home folder on Google Drive
import colab_transfer
drive_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_google_drive()Mount Google Drive
NB: you will have to manually input the authorization code.
import colab_transfer
colab_transfer.mount_google_drive()Check whether Google Drive is mounted
import colab_transfer
google_drive_is_mounted = colab_transfer.is_google_drive_mounted()Copy a file from Drive to Colaboratory
import colab_transfer
colab_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_local_machine()
drive_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_google_drive()
input_file_name = 'dummy_file.txt'
colab_transfer.copy_file(
file_name=input_file_name,
source=drive_path,
destination=colab_path,
)Copy a file from Colaboratory to Drive
import colab_transfer
colab_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_local_machine()
drive_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_google_drive()
input_file_name = 'dummy_file.txt'
colab_transfer.copy_file(
file_name=input_file_name,
source=colab_path,
destination=drive_path,
)Copy a folder structure from Drive to Colaboratory
import colab_transfer
colab_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_local_machine()
drive_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_google_drive()
input_folder_name = 'dummy_folder/'
colab_transfer.copy_folder_structure(
source=drive_path + input_folder_name,
destination=colab_path + input_folder_name,
)Alternatively:
import colab_transfer
colab_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_local_machine()
drive_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_google_drive()
input_folder_name = 'dummy_folder/'
colab_transfer.copy_folder(
folder_name=input_folder_name,
source=drive_path,
destination=colab_path,
)Copy a folder structure from Colaboratory to Drive
import colab_transfer
colab_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_local_machine()
drive_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_google_drive()
input_folder_name = 'dummy_folder/'
colab_transfer.copy_folder_structure(
source=colab_path + input_folder_name,
destination=drive_path + input_folder_name,
)Alternatively:
import colab_transfer
colab_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_local_machine()
drive_path = colab_transfer.get_path_to_home_of_google_drive()
input_folder_name = 'dummy_folder/'
colab_transfer.copy_folder(
folder_name=input_folder_name,
source=colab_path,
destination=drive_path,
)
