@robinbobin/react-native-google-drive-api-wrapper

This wrapper facilitates the use of the google drive api.

It doesn't provide any authorization mechanism, so another package has to be used. I use @react-native-google-signin/google-signin (thanks for the great work, vonovak!).

1. Installation
2. Usage
3. Version history

Installation

npm i --save @robinbobin/react-native-google-drive-api-wrapper

Usage

If something doesn't work as expected, please do have a look at an example project before opening an issue.

Quick example:

// = List files, create a binary file and read it = //

import { GoogleSignin } from "@react-native-google-signin/google-signin";
import {
  GDrive,
  MimeTypes
} from "@robinbobin/react-native-google-drive-api-wrapper";

// = Somewhere in your code = //
GoogleSignin.configure(...);
await GoogleSignin.signIn();

const gdrive = new GDrive();
gdrive.accessToken = (await GoogleSignin.getTokens()).accessToken;

console.log(await gdrive.files.list());

const id = (await gdrive.files.newMultipartUploader()
  .setData([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], MimeTypes.BINARY)
  .setRequestBody({
    name: "multipart_bin"
  })
  .execute()
).id;

console.log(await gdrive.files.getBinary(id));

1. About
2. Files
3. GDrive
4. GDriveApi
5. HttpError
6. ListQueryBuilder
7. MimeTypes
8. Permissions
9. UnexpectedFileCountError
10. Uploader

About

Extending GDriveApi, this class gives access to various information.

Name	Description
get(queryParametersOrFields)	Gets various information, returning an About resource if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true. queryParametersOrFields can be an object containing the query parameters or a string, containing a fields value.

Files

Extending GDriveApi, this class is used to manage files in a google drive. The parameter range for the methods that accept it is specified as here with one exception: <unit> is always bytes and mustn't be set. E.g.:

await gdrive.files.getBinary(fileId, null, "1-1");

will return the byte at index one.

Name	Type	Description
copy(fileId, queryParameters, requestBody = {})	Method	Creates a copy of a file. Returns a Files resource if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.
createIfNotExists(queryParameters, uploader)	Method	Invokes uploader.execute() and returns its result, if the file described with queryParameters doesn't exist. Returns the result of list(queryParameters) otherwise. Throws UnexpectedFileCountError if there are 2 or more files matching queryParameters.
delete(fileId)	Method	Deletes a file. Returns an empty string if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.
emptyTrash()	Method	Permanently deletes all of the user's trashed files. Returns an empty string if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.
export(fileId, queryParameters)	Method	Exports a Google Doc to the requested MIME type. Returns a Files resource if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.
generateIds(queryParameters)	Method	Generates file IDs. Returns an Object if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.
get(fileId, queryParameters, range)	Method	Gets a file's metadata or content by ID. Returns the result of fetch() if the call succeeds, fetchCoercesTypes is ignored.
getBinary(fileId, queryParameters, range)	Method	Gets the content of a binary file. Returns Uint8Array if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.
getContent(fileId, queryParameters, range)	Method	Gets the content of any file. Returns the result of fetch() if the call succeeds, fetchCoercesTypes is ignored.
getJson(fileId, queryParameters)	Method	Gets the content of a json text file. Returns an Object if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.
getMetadata(fileId, queryParameters = {})	Method	Gets a file's metadata. Returns a Files resource if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.
getText(fileId, queryParameters, range)	Method	Gets the content of a text file. Returns a string if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.
list(queryParameters)	Method	Lists files. Returns an Object if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true. queryParameters.q can be a ListQueryBuilder instance.
multipartBoundary	String (read/write property)	The boundary string to be used for multipart uploads. The default value is "foo_bar_baz".
newMediaUploader()	Method	Creates an Uploader instance with uploadType of media.
newMetadataOnlyUploader()	Method	Creates a metadata-only Uploader instance.
newMultipartUploader()	Method	Creates an Uploader instance with uploadType of multipart.

GDrive

A GDrive instance stores your google sign-in token and the class instances you create to utilize the google drive api.

Name	Type	Description
about	About instance (read/write property)	The instance to get various information.
accessToken	access token (read/write property)	The access token to be used in subsequent calls to the api. Get the token from a package you choose to use.
files	Files instance (read/write property)	The instance to manage files in a google drive.
fetchCoercesTypes	(read/write property)	Manages fetchCoercesTypes of all the GDriveApi instances stored in this class instance.
fetchRejectsOnHttpErrors	(read/write property)	Manages fetchRejectsOnHttpErrors of all the GDriveApi instances stored in this class instance.
fetchTimeout	(read/write property)	Manages fetchTimeout of all the GDriveApi instances stored in this class instance.
permissions	Permissions instance	The instance to manage file permissions.

GDriveApi

The base class for the classes that wrap individual parts of the google drive api.

Name	Type	Description
fetchCoercesTypes	Boolean (read/write property)	If true, the data returned from a successful api call is converted to the json, text or byte (Uint8Array) type. If false, no conversion is performed and the result of fetch() is returned as is. The type, the data is coerced to, is specified in the documentation of each method, that utilizes this property. The default value is true.
fetchRejectsOnHttpErrors	Boolean (read/write property)	If true, unsuccessful api calls throw an instance of HttpError. If false, the result of fetch() is returned as is. The default value is true.
fetchTimeout	Number (read/write property)	Timeout in ms for fetch() invocations. The default value is 1500. If the value is negative, fetch() will wait infinitely.

HttpError

An instance of this class is thrown when an api call fails, if fetchRejectsOnHttpErrors is true for that api. All the properties are read-only.

Name	Type	Description
json	Object	An object containing the error. Can be undefined.
response	Object	The result of fetch().
text	String	The error description obtained from the response.

ListQueryBuilder

A helper for building list() queries.

Example:

// = List files contained in the root folder and named "Untitled" = //
const folderIdNotItsName = "root";

await gdrive.files.list({
  q: new ListQueryBuilder()
    .e("name", "Untitled")
    .and()
    .in(folderIdNotItsName, "parents")
});

Name	Description
and()	ands two subqueries.
contains(key, value, quoteValueIfString = true)	key contains value
e(key, value, quoteValueIfString = true)	key = value
g(key, value, quoteValueIfString = true)	key > value
in(value, key, quoteValueIfString = true)	value in key
l(key, value, quoteValueIfString = true)	key < value
operator(left, operator, right, quoteLeftIfString, quoteRightIfString)	A generic method to build all the other key/value relations.
or()	ors two subqueries.
pop()	Adds ).
push()	Adds (.
toString()	Stringifies the query (called internally by list()).

MimeTypes

Commonly used MIME types. The class contains only static fields.

Name	Type
BINARY	application/octet-stream
CSV	text/csv
FOLDER	application/vnd.google-apps.folder
JSON	application/json
JSON_UTF8	application/json; charset=UTF-8
PDF	application/pdf
TEXT	text/plain

Permissions

This class handles file permissions.

Name	Description
create(fileId, queryParameters, requestBody)	Creates a permission, returning a Permissions resource if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.
delete(fileId, permissionId, queryParameters)	Deletes a permission, returning an empty string if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.

UnexpectedFileCountError

An instance of this class is thrown when the real number of files differs from the expected. All the properties are read-only.

Name	Type	Description
expectedCount	Array|Number	The expected count.
realCount	Number	Real count.

Uploader

This class handles the create and update requests. Currently only media, multipart and metadata-only requests are supported. All the methods except execute() can be chained.

Name	Description
execute()	Executes the request, returning an Object if the call succeeds and fetchCoercesTypes is true.
setData(data, dataType)	Sets the data and its MIME type.
setIdOfFileToUpdate(fileId)	If this method is invoked, the request becomes an update request. Otherwise it's a creation request.
setIsBase64(isBase64)	If it's a multipart request and the data supplied is Base64, this method can be invoked to add the header Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 which is recognized by Google Drive.
setQueryParameters(queryParameters)	Sets the query parameters.
setRequestBody(requestBody)	Sets the request body.

Version history

Version number	Changes
v1.2.0	1. The package is rewritten in TypeScript. 2. The following properties are added to GDrive: fetchCoercesTypes fetchRejectsOnHttpErrors fetchTimeout
v1.1.0	GDriveApi.fetchTimeout can be set to a negative value to make fetch() wait infinitely.
v1.0.1	My example repo for this package is referenced in the readme.
v1.0.0	1. GDriveApi.fetchTimeout added. 2. HttpError and UnexpectedFileCountError: prototype names are specified and error messages are made more concise.
v0.6.0	1. UnexpectedFileCountError. 2. Files.createIfNotExists() is added.
v0.5.0	ListQueryBuilder added.
v0.4.0	Permissions added.
v0.3.0	Initial documented release.

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