gdcli

Minimal Google Drive CLI for listing, searching, uploading, and downloading files.

Install

npm install -g @mariozechner/gdcli

Setup

Before adding an account, you need OAuth2 credentials from Google Cloud Console:

1. Create a new project (or select existing)
2. Enable the Google Drive API
3. Set app name in OAuth branding
4. Add test users (all Gmail addresses you want to use)
5. Create OAuth client:
   • Click "Create Client"
   • Application type: "Desktop app"
   • Download the JSON file

Then:

gdcli accounts credentials ~/path/to/credentials.json
gdcli accounts add you@gmail.com

You can reuse credentials from gmcli or gccli:

gdcli accounts credentials ~/.gmcli/credentials.json

Usage

gdcli accounts <action>                Account management
gdcli <email> <command> [options]      Drive operations

Commands

accounts

gdcli accounts credentials <file.json>   # Set OAuth credentials (once)
gdcli accounts list                      # List configured accounts
gdcli accounts add <email>               # Add account (opens browser)
gdcli accounts add <email> --manual      # Add account (browserless, paste redirect URL)
gdcli accounts remove <email>            # Remove account

ls

List files in a folder (default: root).

gdcli <email> ls [folderId] [options]

Options:

• --max <n> - Max results (default: 20)
• --page <token> - Page token for pagination
• --query <q> - Drive query filter

Examples:

gdcli you@gmail.com ls
gdcli you@gmail.com ls 1ABC123 --max 50
gdcli you@gmail.com ls --query "mimeType='image/png'"

search

Full-text search across all files.

gdcli <email> search <query> [--max N] [--page TOKEN]

Example:

gdcli you@gmail.com search "quarterly report"

get

Get file metadata.

gdcli <email> get <fileId>

download

Download a file. Google Docs are exported as PDF/CSV.

gdcli <email> download <fileId> [destPath]

Default destination: ~/.gdcli/downloads/

Examples:

gdcli you@gmail.com download 1ABC123
gdcli you@gmail.com download 1ABC123 ./myfile.pdf

upload

Upload a file.

gdcli <email> upload <localPath> [options]

Options:

• --name <n> - Override filename
• --folder <folderId> - Destination folder

Examples:

gdcli you@gmail.com upload ./report.pdf
gdcli you@gmail.com upload ./report.pdf --folder 1ABC123 --name "Q4 Report.pdf"

mkdir

Create a folder.

gdcli <email> mkdir <name> [--parent <folderId>]

Example:

gdcli you@gmail.com mkdir "New Folder" --parent 1ABC123

delete

Delete a file (moves to trash).

gdcli <email> delete <fileId>

move

Move a file to a different folder.

gdcli <email> move <fileId> <newParentId>

rename

Rename a file or folder.

gdcli <email> rename <fileId> <newName>

share

Share a file or folder.

gdcli <email> share <fileId> [options]

Options:

• --anyone - Make publicly accessible (anyone with link)
• --email <addr> - Share with specific user
• --role <r> - Permission level: reader (default) or writer

Examples:

gdcli you@gmail.com share 1ABC123 --anyone
gdcli you@gmail.com share 1ABC123 --email friend@gmail.com --role writer

unshare

Remove a permission from a file.

gdcli <email> unshare <fileId> <permissionId>

Get permission IDs with permissions command.

permissions

List permissions on a file.

gdcli <email> permissions <fileId>

url

Print web URLs for files.

gdcli <email> url <fileIds...>

Data Storage

All data is stored in ~/.gdcli/:

• credentials.json - OAuth client credentials
• accounts.json - Account tokens
• downloads/ - Downloaded files

Development

npm install
npm run build
npm run check

License

MIT