Why do I get a error 400 trying to insert a CSV file with Google Drive SDK?

Question

I have some old code that inserts a csv file into a Google Drive account and it was opened by Google Spreadsheets by default.

Couple days ago I started to receive this error message:

There is some problems with the Google connection. Please, try again. (Error calling POST https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v2/files?convert=false&uploadType=multipart&key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX: (400) Invalid mime type provided)

Here is some of the code:

public function createDriveFile($tmpFilePath,$title,$fileMimetype = '',$description = '',$googleDocmimeType = ''){
      $file = new Google_DriveFile();
      $file->setTitle($title);
      $file->setDescription($description);

      $data = file_get_contents($tmpFilePath);
      $optParams = array('data' => $data);

      if($fileMimetype != '' ) {
        if($fileMimetype === 'text/csv' ) {
          $optParams['convert'] = false;
          $optParams['mimeType'] = 'application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet';
        } else {
          $optParams['convert'] = true;
        }
        $file->setMimeType( $fileMimetype );
      }
      if ($googleDocmimeType != ''){
        $optParams['mimeType'] = $googleDocmimeType;
      }

      $createdFile = $this->_driveService->files->insert($file, $optParams);

      return $createdFile;
    }

I'm pretty sure that it is sending 'application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet' as mimetype.

Here a call to that function:

$createFileInfo = $googleOauth->createDriveFile('/tmp/file.csv', 'file.csv','text/csv');

I made some tests changing the value of the 'convert' parameter to true and didn't work.

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Dan McGrath Dan McGrath · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-23T15:59:56

You should be sending it with the mimeType of text/csv. Google Sheets will still be able to open it, so there is no need to misrepresent it as a true Google Spreadsheet.

Why do I get a error 400 trying to insert a CSV file with Google Drive SDK?

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