Persisting data in Google Colaboratory

Question

Has anyone figured out a way to keep files persisted across sessions in Google\'s newly open sourced Colaboratory?

Using the sample notebooks, I\'m successfully authe

Answer 1

If anyone's interested in saving and restoring the whole session, here's a snippet I'm using that you might find useful:

import os
import dill
from google.colab import drive

backup_dir = 'drive/My Drive/colab_sessions'
backup_file = 'notebook_env.db'
backup_path = backup_dir + '/' + backup_file

def init_drive():
  # create directory if not exist
  drive.mount('drive')
  if not os.path.exists(backup_dir):
    !mkdir backup_dir

def restart_kernel():
  os._exit(00)

def save_session():
  init_drive()
  dill.dump_session(backup_path)

def load_session():
  init_drive()
  dill.load_session(backup_path)

Edit: Works fine until your session size is not too big. You need to check if it works for you..