Can I create a Google Drive shortcut using rclone rc or via HTTP?

Feature
1

I can create a shortcut normally using rclone:
rclone backend shortcut drive: source_item -o target=drive2: destination_shortcut

but I'd like to know how to do this using rclone rcd with python, it could be with rclone rc via subprocess or even http

2

after studying a bit more about the rclone api I managed to make it work

import json

import requests

backend_url = "http://localhost:5572/backend/command"
auth = ("username", "password")

data = {
    "command": "shortcut",
    "fs": "remotename:",
    "arg": ["source_file.foo", "destination_file.bar"],
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(backend_url, auth=auth, data=json.dumps(data), headers=headers)
print(response.json())

Here's an example for anyone who needs this in the future

3

Yes, you can create a Google Drive shortcut using rclone rc or via HTTP by utilizing the rc commands to interact with rclone's remote control API. Ensure you specify the correct parameters for the operations/shortcut function.