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๐ŸŒŒ UDS : Unlimited Drive Storage โ€‹

Store files in Google Docs without counting against your quota.

sorry @ the guys from google internal forums who are looking at this

Development on a web-based JS version has started here.

Note: After June 1st 2021, starting June 1, 2021, Google will count Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms and Jamboard files against the user's storage quota.

Features โ€‹

  • Upload files to Google Drive without using storage space
  • Download any stored files to your computer

Logic โ€‹

  • Google Docs take up 0 bytes of quota in your Google Drive
  • Split up binary files into Google Docs, with base64 encoded text
  • Size of the encoded file is always larger than the original. Base64 encodes binary data to a ratio of about 4:3.
  • A single google doc can store about a million characters. This is around 710KB of base64 encoded data.
  • Some experiments with multi-threading the uploads, but there was no significant performance increase.

Setup & Authentication โ€‹

  1. Clone the Repository and setup the requirements pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  2. Head to Google's API page and enable the Drive API
  3. Download the configuration file as 'client_secret.json' to the UDS directory
  4. Run python3 uds.py or ./uds.py for initial set up

UDS Core โ€‹

Upload โ€‹

sh
> ./uds.py --push Ubuntu.Desktop.16.04.iso
Ubuntu.Desktop.16.04.iso will required 543 Docs to store.
Created parent folder with ID 1fc6JGpX6vUWiwflL1jBxM1YpuMHFAms8
Successfully Uploaded Ubuntu.Desktop.16.04.iso: [โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ] 100%
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./uds.py --push argument

argument: Path_to_file+file_name

List โ€‹

sh
> ./uds.py --list
Name                      Size   Encoded    ID
------------------------  -----  ---------  ---------------------------------  
Ubuntu.Desktop.16.04.iso  810 MB  1.1 GB    1fc6JGpX6vUWiwflL1jBxM1YpuMHFAms8
Ubuntu.Desktop.18.10.iso  1.1 GB  1.3 GB    1RzzVfN9goHMTkM1Hf1FUWUVS_2R3GK7D

Also supports searching with a query!

> ./uds.py --list "18"
Name                      Size   Encoded    ID
------------------------  -----  ---------  ---------------------------------  
Ubuntu.Desktop.18.10.iso  1.1 GB  1.3 GB    1RzzVfN9goHMTkM1Hf1FUWUVS_2R3GK7D
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./uds.py --list

arguments: query

Download โ€‹

sh
> ./uds.py --pull 1fc6JGpX6vUWiwflL1jBxM1YpuMHFAms8
Downloaded Ubuntu.Desktop.16.04.iso: [โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ] 100%
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./uds.py --pull argument

argument: id_of_file

Delete โ€‹

sh
> ./uds.py --delete 1fc6JGpX6vUWiwflL1jBxM1YpuMHFAms8
Deleted 1fc6JGpX6vUWiwflL1jBxM1YpuMHFAms8
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./uds.py --delete argument

argument: id_of_file

Alpha Extensions โ€‹

Grab โ€‹

sh
> ./uds.py --grab test.7z
Update Successful!
Downloaded test.7z: [โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ] 100%
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./uds.py --grab argument

argument: name_of_file

Erase โ€‹

sh
>./uds.py --erase test2.7z
Update Successful!
Deleted test2.7z
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./uds.py --erase argument

argument: name_of_file

Update โ€‹

sh
> ./uds.py --update

Name       Encoded   Size 
---------  --------  -----
file_name  1.1 GB    810 MB 

"User.txt"
Name       Encoded   Size 
---------  --------  -----
file_name  1.1 GB    810 MB 

"data.txt"
{
   "file0": "1fc6JGpX6vUWiwflL1jBxM1YpuMHFAms8"
   "file2": "1fc6JGpX6vUWiwflL1jBxM1YpuMHFAms9"
}
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./uds.py --update

arguments: None

Bulk Extensions โ€‹

Bunch โ€‹

sh
> ./uds.py --bunch test
test.7z.1 will require 1337 Docs to store.
Created parent folder with ID 1fc6JGpX6vUWiwflL1jBxM1YpuMHFAm12
Successfully Uploaded test.7z.1: [โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ] 100%
test.7z.2 will require 1337 Docs to store.
Created parent folder with ID 1fc6JGpX6vUWiwflL1jBxM1YpuQQFAm12
Successfully Uploaded test.7z.2: [โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ] 100%
test.7z.3 will require 600 Docs to store.
Created parent folder with ID 1fc6JGpX6vTOiwflL1jBxM1YpuQQFAm12
Successfully Uploaded test.7z.3: [โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ] 100%
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./uds.py --bunch argument[1] argument[2]

argument[1]: name_in_files, or wildcard "?" without quotes
argument[2]: directory, default is current directory of UDS

Batch โ€‹

sh
> ./uds.py --batch file_name
Update Successful!
Downloaded file_name.7z.1: [โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ] 100%
Downloaded file_name.7z.2: [โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ] 100%
Downloaded file_name.7z.3: [โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ] 100%
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./uds.py --batch argument

arguments: name_in_files, or wildcard "?" without quotes

Wipe โ€‹

sh
> ./uds.py --wipe file
Update Successful!
Deleted file.7z.1
Deleted file.7z.2
Deleted file.7z.3
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./uds.py --wipe argument

arguments: name_in_files, or wildcard "?" without quotes

Only Compatible with Python 3.

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