The Drive API supports three types of downloads:
- Downloads of files stored in Google Drive.
- Downloads of exported versions of Google Workspacefiles (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and so on) in formats that your app canhandle.
- Downloads of a file using the URL in the
webContentLink
property.
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- Go to drive.google.com. Log into your Google account with your username and password. Learn how to recover your username or password. Right-click a file. Place your cursor over Open with. Learn how to set a default app for opening certain file types. Related articles. Share files from Google Drive; Stop or change how a file is shared.
Downloads of a file using the URL in the webContentLink property. Note: The only way to download a Google Workspace file is to export and download the file in a different file format. The rest of this guide provides detailed instructions for performing these types of downloads. Download a file stored on Google Drive. The observation vector Y = y ER256, the ground-truth signal x E R256, the system matrix H E R256X256 and the matrix LE R256x256 are given in the attached mat files. In this project, your task is to estimate the signal X using three different estimators and to compare their performances.
Note: The only way to download a Google Workspacefile is to export and download the file in a different file format.The rest of this guide provides detailed instructions for performingthese types of downloads.
Download a file stored on Google Drive
To download a file stored on Google Drive, use thefiles.get method with the ID of the file todownload and the alt=media
URL parameter. The alt=media
URL parameter tellsthe server that a download of content is being requested.
The following code snippet shows how to download a file with the Drive APIclient libraries.
This snippet uses the executeMediaAndDownloadTo()
method whichadds the alt=media
URL parameter to the underlying HTTP request.
File downloads initiated from your app require at least read access to thefile. Your app must be authorized with a scope that allows file contentread access. For example, an app using the drive.readonly.metadata
scopewould not be authorized to download the file contents. Users with editpermission may restrict downloading by read-only users by setting theviewersCanCopyContent
field to false
. To learn more about scopes, refer toAuthenticate your users.
Files identified as abusive(malware, etc.) are only downloadable by the owner. Additionally, the queryparameter acknowledgeAbuse=true
must be included to indicate that the user hasacknowledged the risk of downloading potential malware. Your application shouldinteractively warn the user before using this query parameter.
Partial download
Partial download involves downloading only a specified portion of a file. Youcan specify the portion of the file you want to download by using a byte rangewith theRange
header. For example:
Download a Google Workspace Document
Download Google Workspace documents using thefiles.export method. Exports use the samealt=media
approach as downloading other content in Drive.
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The following examples demonstrate how to download aGoogle Workspace Document in PDFformat using the client libraries:Java
Python
Node.js
The snippet declares the MIME type for export as application/pdf
. For aa complete list of all MIME types supported for eachGoogle Workspace document, refer toGoogle Workspace documents and corresponding export MIME types
Viewing files in a browser
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If you want to allow a user to view a file directly in a webbrowser instead of through the API, use the webContentLink
. You can eitherredirect a user to this URL, or offer it as a clickable link. The filemust be either owned by or shared with the user in order to view it.