If by "drive's url" you mean the **shareable link** of a file on Google Drive, then the following might help:
import requests
def download_file_from_google_drive(id, destination):
URL = "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download"
session = requests.Session()
response = session.get(URL, params = { 'id' : id }, stream = True)
token = get_confirm_token(response)
if token:
params = { 'id' : id, 'confirm' : token }
response = session.get(URL, params = params, stream = True)
save_response_content(response, destination)
def get_confirm_token(response):
for key, value in response.cookies.items():
if key.startswith('download_warning'):
return value
return None
def save_response_content(response, destination):
CHUNK_SIZE = 32768
with open(destination, "wb") as f:
for chunk in response.iter_content(CHUNK_SIZE):
if chunk: # filter out keep-alive new chunks
f.write(chunk)
if __name__ == "__main__":
file_id = 'TAKE ID FROM SHAREABLE LINK'
destination = 'DESTINATION FILE ON YOUR DISK'
download_file_from_google_drive(file_id, destination)
The snipped does not use pydrive, nor the Google Drive SDK, though. It uses the [requests][1] module (which is, somehow, an alternative to urllib2).
When downloading large files from Google Drive, a single GET request is not sufficient. A second one is needed - see [wget/curl large file from google drive][2].
[1]: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/
[2]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25010369/wget-curl-large-file-from-google-drive/39225039#39225039
If by "drive's url" you mean the **shareable link** of a file on Google Drive, then the following might help:
import requests
def download_file_from_google_drive(id, destination):
URL = "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download"
session = requests.Session()
response = session.get(URL, params = { 'id' : id }, stream = True)
token = get_confirm_token(response)
if token:
params = { 'id' : id, 'confirm' : token }
response = session.get(URL, params = params, stream = True)
save_response_content(response, destination)
def get_confirm_token(response):
for key, value in response.cookies.items():
if key.startswith('download_warning'):
return value
return None
def save_response_content(response, destination):
CHUNK_SIZE = 32768
with open(destination, "wb") as f:
for chunk in response.iter_content(CHUNK_SIZE):
if chunk: # filter out keep-alive new chunks
f.write(chunk)
if __name__ == "__main__":
file_id = 'TAKE ID FROM SHAREABLE LINK'
destination = 'DESTINATION FILE ON YOUR DISK'
download_file_from_google_drive(file_id, destination)
The snipped does not use *pydrive*, nor the Google Drive SDK, though. It uses the [requests][1] module (which is, somehow, an alternative to *urllib2*).
When downloading large files from Google Drive, a single GET request is not sufficient. A second one is needed - see [wget/curl large file from google drive][2].
[1]: http://docs.python-requests.org
[2]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/39225039/6770522
