get a google drive file object given path and share drive

given a google filepath , find it in our shared drive and read it in. If there are multiple files found with the same name on the share drive, throws a warning and reads only the first one it finds (which may not be the most recent one! )

Usage

get_gsfile(
  file_name_or_url,
  shared_drive = NULL,
  drive_path = NULL,
  drive_email = NULL
)

Arguments

shared_drive

optional name of the shared drive to look in, will read from the environment 'PROJECT_SHARE_DRIVE' ignored if URL is sent

drive_path

optional standard path for project files, will read from environment 'PROJECT_SHARE_DRIVE_PATH'; ignored if URL is sent

filepath

full name of the file (e.g. myfile.csv ), which could include sub-folder (myfiles/myfile.csv) OR google drive URL

Value

a gsfile object from google drive library, useable to read from other gdrive/gsheet functions

Details

This is not needed for working with folders/datafiles connected to your computer via Google Drive Desktop (Mac/Windows), only for reading files directly from google drive. If you don't have permission to access the share drive it will not work