Load local data files to Colaboratory

Question

I just wondering that is it possible to load local data files(like .xlsx or .csv files that on my google drive) into Colaboratory?

Answer 1

Say, You have a folder on your Google drive named Colab and a csv is file located there. To load this file

import pandas as pd
titanic = pd.read_csv(“drive/Colab/Titanic.csv”)
titanic.head(5)

Before that, you may need to run these command:

Run these codes first in order to install the necessary libraries and perform authorization.

!apt-get install -y -qq software-properties-common python-software-properties module-init-tools
!add-apt-repository -y ppa:alessandro-strada/ppa 2>&1 > /dev/null
!apt-get update -qq 2>&1 > /dev/null
!apt-get -y install -qq google-drive-ocamlfuse fuse
from google.colab import auth
auth.authenticate_user()
from oauth2client.client import GoogleCredentials
creds = GoogleCredentials.get_application_default()
import getpass
!google-drive-ocamlfuse -headless -id={creds.client_id} -secret={creds.client_secret} < /dev/null 2>&1 | grep URL
vcode = getpass.getpass()
!echo {vcode} | google-drive-ocamlfuse -headless -id={creds.client_id} -secret={creds.client_secret}

When you run the code above, you should see a result like this:

Click the link, copy verification code and paste it to text box.

After completion of the authorization process,

mount your Google Drive:

!mkdir -p drive
!google-drive-ocamlfuse drive