Get folder ID for Google Drive directory

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1

What is the problem you are having with rclone?

I need to get the folder ID for a Google Drive directory

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

rclone v1.59.2

  • os/version: ubuntu 20.04 (64 bit)
  • os/kernel: 5.15.0-58-generic (x86_64)
  • os/type: linux
  • os/arch: amd64
  • go/version: go1.18.6
  • go/linking: static
  • go/tags: none

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

Google Drive

The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

rclone lsjson <remote-path>:<folder_path>

The rclone config contents with secrets removed.

NA

A log from the command with the -vv flag

NA

The command rclone lsjson <remote-path>:<folder_path> creates metadata output for all the files within the directory. However, its not providing the ID of the folder itself

2

Sorry for jumping the gun. It appears that rclone lsjson only provides information of the objects inside the path if the path is a directory. So, I can get the ID of a directory by passing its parent path. However, was there a reason to ignore the details of the path itself?

3

Short answer: rclone internals makes that very hard!

4

Thank you Nick for the response. If I can push it a bit more, is there a way to get the ID of the file/sub-directory from the mountpath? The rclone lsjson does not return the ID if used on the mounted file/fsub-directory

5

This may work: Remote Control / API

6

Do it from the parent and use --include to filter the thing you need.