load file from google drive colab code example

Example 1: how to upload a file in colab

# It will prompt you to select a file. Click on “Choose Files” then select and upload the file. Wait for the file to be 100% uploaded.

from google.colab import files
uploaded = files.upload()

# To store dataset in a Pandas Dataframe
import io
df2 = pd.read_csv(io.BytesIO(uploaded['Filename.csv']))

Example 2: upload file in colab

from google.colab import files
files.upload()

Example 3: read file from google drive colab

from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive
from google.colab import auth
from oauth2client.client import GoogleCredentials

Example 4: read file from google drive colab

downloaded = drive.CreateFile({'id':"your_file_ID"})   # replace the id with id of file you want to access
downloaded.GetContentFile('your_file_name.csv')        # replace the file name with your file