How to create DriveItem (upload a file for the first time)

[MattSom]

I couldn't figure out from source code how should I actually upload a file for the first time.

I have an interface for upload_file which would create or update the file in case of overwrite. The implementation:

def _get_drive_by_name(self, drive_name):
    for drive in self._site.list_document_libraries():
        if drive.name == drive_name:
            return drive

def get_item(self, drive_name, path):
    drive = self._get_drive_by_name(drive_name=drive_name)

    if not drive:
        raise NotADirectoryError(f"No drive by the name: '{drive_name}'' exists")

    item = drive.get_item_by_path(path)

    if not item:
        raise FileNotFoundError(f"No item by the path: '{path}' exists")

    if item.is_folder:
        raise FileNotFoundError("Path {path} leads to a Folder item, not a File.")

    return item

def upload_file(self, local_file, drive, path, overwrite=False):
    item = self.get_item(drive, path)

    try:
        if item and not overwrite:
            raise FileExistsError({"drive": drive, "path": path})
        if not item.upload_file(local_file):
            raise Exception("File upload unsuccessful.")
    except Exception as error:
        self._categorize_error(error, drive, path)

However I already need an item to call its upload_file function. But what if I'm just about the create the file? Should I create a Folder drive item first like folder = Folder(parent=drive) first? Then I can call the upload_file?

Or is there any other initializer around I haven't found?

[alejcas]

Any Folder object has the upload_file method. Just use it.

https://github.com/O365/python-o365/blob/master/O365/drive.py#L1222