Google Drive | 500 Unknown Error Yet File Still Created

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
google-cloud, node.js, typescript
Domain
api, cloud

Research direction

Start with the uploadFileToGoogleDrive entry point shown in the issue and reproduce the client.files.create call using the listed Node.js, googleapis, and macOS versions. Inspect the request and error/response behavior when the file is created despite the 500; done means the misleading failure is explained and the expected upload result is established.

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Description

priority: p2 type: bug

An 'Unknown Error' with code 500 keeps returning when using the Node SDK and google drive to upload a file.

I have tested that my OAuth client is working as I am able to retrieve file metadata from the drive. However, when I go to run the upload script below I get a 500 error, despite the file actually being created in Google Drive...

Environment details
  • OS: MacOS 14.5
  • Node.js version: v22.4.1
  • googleapis version: ^134.0.0
Steps to reproduce

Error Message

Google Drive API Error: {
  code: 500,
   message: 'Unknown Error.',
   errors: [ {} ],
  status: 'UNKNOWN'
}

export async function uploadFileToGoogleDrive(client: drive_v3.Drive, file: File, folderId?: string) {
    const upload = async () => {
        const response = await client.files.create({
            requestBody: {
                name: file.name,
                mimeType: file.type,
                ...(folderId ? { parents: [folderId] } : {})
            },
            media: {
                mimeType: file.type,
                body: Readable.from(file.stream()),
            },
            fields: 'id,name,mimeType,webViewLink,thumbnailLink',
        });
        console.log(response);
        return response;
    };

    try {
        // const response = await retry(upload, {
        //     retries: 2,
        //     factor: 2,
        //     minTimeout: 1000,
        //     maxTimeout: 60000,
        //     randomize: true,
        //     onFailedAttempt: error => {
        //         console.error(`Attempt ${error.attemptNumber} failed. There are ${error.retriesLeft} retries left.`);
        //     }
        // });
        const response = await upload()
        console.log('file uploaded', response)
        return response;
    } catch (err) {
        console.error('Error uploading file to Google Drive: ', err.stack);
        if (err.response && err.response.data && err.response.data.error) {
            console.error('Google Drive API Error:', err.response.data.error);
        }
        logger.error('Error uploading file to Google Drive', err);
        throw err;
    }
}
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