How do I create a Shared Drive with Apps Script?

Question

How do I create a Shared Drive with Google Apps Script?

Answer 1

This is possible with the Advanced Drive service

• Keep in mind that Apps Script uses the Drive API version v2
• The process to create a new shared drive with Drive API v2 is described here
• Incorporating this into Apps Script, the corresponding method would be Drive.Drives.insert(resource, requestId);
• requestId is an Id you choose to assign to the drive
• resource is the body of the request, it should contain the drive name

Sample:

Drive.Drives.insert({"name": "mySharedDrive"}, 12345);