Google Drive API, uploading file [Python]

Question

I'm use API for upload my backup from server to my google drive. Authorization passed without problems and file is uploaded, but the file does not appear in the list. Code:

import httplib2
import pprint
from apiclient.discovery import build
from oauth2client.client import SignedJwtAssertionCredentials
from apiclient.http import MediaFileUpload

f = file('privatekey.p12', 'rb')
key = f.read()
f.close()

credentials = SignedJwtAssertionCredentials('[email protected]', key, scope='https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive')
http = httplib2.Http()
http = credentials.authorize(http)

drive_service = build('drive', 'v2', http=http)

media_body = MediaFileUpload('/path/to/file/document.txt', mimetype='text/plain', resumable=True)
body = {
    'title': 'My document',
    'description': 'A test document',
    'mimeType': 'text/plain'
}


file = drive_service.files().insert(body=body, media_body=media_body).execute()
pprint.pprint(file)

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Response from api:

{u'alternateLink': u'https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc/edit?usp=drivesdk',
 u'appDataContents': False,
 u'copyable': True,
 u'createdDate': u'2014-01-04T14:41:19.108Z',
 u'description': u'A test document',
 u'downloadUrl': u'https://doc-0c-6s-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/376up7hhina7i2kr3lb8jjr3i1qgs9i8/hbgdu1q3abhdnhdr75jrpjohg4aphvci/1388844000000/08619299632362135867/08619299632362135867/0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc?h=16653014193614665626&e=download&gd=true',
 u'editable': True,
 u'etag': u'"G9loKy74Mg0FQ-YRqtCj_yTTrpg/MTM4ODg0NjQ3OTAwMw"',
 u'fileExtension': u'',
 u'fileSize': u'5',
 u'iconLink': u'https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_text_list.png',
 u'id': u'0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc',
 u'kind': u'drive#file',
 u'labels': {u'hidden': False,
             u'restricted': False,
             u'starred': False,
             u'trashed': False,
             u'viewed': True},
 u'lastModifyingUser': {u'displayName': u'[email protected]',
                        u'isAuthenticatedUser': True,
                        u'kind': u'drive#user',
                        u'permissionId': u'08619299632362135867'},
 u'lastModifyingUserName': u'[email protected]',
 u'lastViewedByMeDate': u'2014-01-04T14:41:19.003Z',
 u'md5Checksum': u'ad0234829205b9033196ba818f7a872b',
 u'mimeType': u'text/plain',
 u'modifiedByMeDate': u'2014-01-04T14:41:19.003Z',
 u'modifiedDate': u'2014-01-04T14:41:19.003Z',
 u'originalFilename': u'My document',
 u'ownerNames': [u'[email protected]'],
 u'owners': [{u'displayName': u'[email protected]',
              u'isAuthenticatedUser': True,
              u'kind': u'drive#user',
              u'permissionId': u'08619299632362135867'}],
 u'parents': [{u'id': u'0AOFWSwzP0SeyUk9PVA',
               u'isRoot': True,
               u'kind': u'drive#parentReference',
               u'parentLink': u'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/0AOFWSwzP0SeyUk9PVA',
               u'selfLink': u'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc/parents/0AOFWSwzP0SeyUk9PVA'}],
 u'quotaBytesUsed': u'5',
 u'selfLink': u'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc',
 u'shared': False,
 u'title': u'My document',
 u'userPermission': {u'etag': u'"G9loKy74Mg0FQ-YRqtCj_yTTrpg/ebrUqOkKZ6bmVEtr5zEJa5EOB38"',
                     u'id': u'me',
                     u'kind': u'drive#permission',
                     u'role': u'owner',
                     u'selfLink': u'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc/permissions/me',
                     u'type': u'user'},
 u'webContentLink': u'https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc&export=download',
 u'writersCanShare': True}

Answer 1

Just search for My document in your google drive , you will find this uploaded files

Answer 2

In Drive v3, we could upload using the create function:

A = service.files().create(media_body = 'pig.png',body = {'name':'pig'}).execute()

Although I have tried and this only works for media file types.

API link:

https://developers.google.com/resources/api-libraries/documentation/drive/v3/python/latest/drive_v3.files.html