Raw file bytes. Method 2: Google Workspace Files (Export) Use for: Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, Sites.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE_ID_HERE/view Example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ABC123xyz789/view → ID = 1ABC123xyz789 For Google Workspace files (Docs, Sheets, Slides), the ID is in the URL:
import os import io from google.auth.transport.requests import Request from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow from googleapiclient.discovery import build from googleapiclient.http import MediaIoBaseDownload SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly'] google drive api download
// Usage (async () => const drive = await authenticate(); await downloadFile(drive, '1ABC123xyz789', './myfile.pdf'); )(); Step 1: Get access token
if not creds or not creds.valid: if creds and creds.expired and creds.refresh_token: creds.refresh(Request()) else: if not os.path.exists(creds_file): print(f"Error: creds_file not found.") sys.exit(1) flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(creds_file, SCOPES) creds = flow.run_local_server(port=0) with open(token_file, 'w') as token: token.write(creds.to_json()) Raw file bytes
# Choose download method if export_mime: print(f"Exporting 'original_name' to output_path") request = service.files().export_media(fileId=file_id, mimeType=export_mime) else: print(f"Downloading 'original_name' to output_path") request = service.files().get_media(fileId=file_id)
async function authenticate() const auth = new google.auth.GoogleAuth( keyFile: CREDENTIALS_PATH, scopes: SCOPES, ); const client = await auth.getClient(); google.options( auth: client ); return google.drive( version: 'v3', auth: client ); const drive = await authenticate()
npm install googleapis @google-cloud/local-auth const google = require('googleapis'); const fs = require('fs'); const readline = require('readline'); const SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly']; const TOKEN_PATH = 'token.json'; const CREDENTIALS_PATH = 'credentials.json';