Google-api-nodejs-client: Batch Request Alternative

[edwardysun]

I noticed that batch requests were removed in 1.0. I've been using batch requests to read a folder (and recursively subfolders as well) in Google Drive to find all documents and run a drive.files.get() on each of the documents. This is only possible using the batch request (hitting too many drive.files.get at the same time didn't work), and I was wondering -- what alternatives do you guys propose to do this without using batch request?

Thanks!

[bradvogel]

+1! Would love batches. Looks like they're available in the client-side JS api: https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/javascript/features/httpbatch

[ryanseys]

As I know, batching is being deprecated internally for a better system that will enable multiple requests. It's hard to say if/when those changes will be made. Batching was experimental pre-1.0 anyway, so we have no plans to bring it back to this library. Rate-limiting would likely help this situation, though I realize that doesn't exactly give a great user experience sometimes.

[jamesmhaley]

Created this module as a short term alternative! https://github.com/wapisasa/Batchelor

[pradeep-mishra]

you can also look into this https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-batch

[RShergold]

To anyone looking for a library to do the above. google-batch is broken on the latest release. More worryingly, it relies on using the file system to edit files in other node_modules.

Very very dangerous!

[pradeep-mishra]

@RShergold that file patching was required for preventing googleapis to send http request right away after calling any function from it.
i should have mentioned that in readme, will update that.