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Asked: 2026-06-16T00:58:45+00:00

I have a Django app that needs to create a file in google drive:

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I have a Django app that needs to create a file in google drive: in FolderB/Sub1/Sub2/file.pdf. I have the id for FolderB but I don’t know if Sub1 or Sub2 even exist. If not it should be created and the file.pdf should be put in it.

I figure I can look at children at each level and create the folder at each level if its not there, but this seems like a lot of checks and api calls just to create one file. Its also a harder task trying to accommodate multiple folder structures (ie, one python function that can accept any path of any depth and upload a file there)

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  1. Editorial Team

    The solution you have presented is the correct one. As you have realized, the Drive file system is not exactly like a hierarchical file system, so you will have to perform these checks.

    One optimization you could perform is to try to find the grand-child folder (Sub2) first, so you will save a number of calls.

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