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I have variables which contain binary image data, mime type and file name. I want to upload the binary data to Google Drive. Are there any ways to upload this in python?

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Upload is done in two parts first you upload the metadata, name , description .. then you upload a file stream containing the file data itself

file_metadata = {'name': 'photo.jpg'}
media = MediaFileUpload('files/photo.jpg', mimetype='image/jpeg')
file = drive_service.files().create(body=file_metadata,
                                    media_body=media,
                                    fields='id').execute()
print 'File ID: %s' % file.get('id')

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Thanks. I want to upload the binary data directly, not save it to a file temporary. Can I do this?
you are limited to what the MediaFileUpload method supports

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