fetch_changes.py

"""
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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"""

# [START drive_fetch_changes]
import google.auth
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError


def fetch_changes(saved_start_page_token):
  """Retrieve the list of changes for the currently authenticated user.
      prints changed file's ID
  Args:
      saved_start_page_token : StartPageToken for the current state of the
      account.
  Returns: saved start page token.

  Load pre-authorized user credentials from the environment.
  TODO(developer) - See https://developers.google.com/identity
  for guides on implementing OAuth2 for the application.
  """
  creds, _ = google.auth.default()
  try:
    # create drive api client
    service = build("drive", "v3", credentials=creds)

    # Begin with our last saved start token for this user or the
    # current token from getStartPageToken()
    page_token = saved_start_page_token
    # pylint: disable=maybe-no-member

    while page_token is not None:
      response = (
          service.changes().list(pageToken=page_token, spaces="drive").execute()
      )
      for change in response.get("changes"):
        # Process change
        print(f'Change found for file: {change.get("fileId")}')
      if "newStartPageToken" in response:
        # Last page, save this token for the next polling interval
        saved_start_page_token = response.get("newStartPageToken")
      page_token = response.get("nextPageToken")

  except HttpError as error:
    print(f"An error occurred: {error}")
    saved_start_page_token = None

  return saved_start_page_token


if __name__ == "__main__":
  # saved_start_page_token is the token number
  fetch_changes(saved_start_page_token=209)
# [END drive_fetch_changes]