file download from google drive to colaboratory

Question

I was trying to download file from my google drive to colaboratory.

file_id = \'1uBtlaggVyWshwcyP6kEI-y_W3P8D26sz\'

import io
from googleapiclient.http import M         


        

Answer 1

Here's an easy way to get by. You may either use wget command or requests module in Python to get the job done.

# find the share link of the file/folder on Google Drive
file_share_link = "https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_URf9ZWjAW7SC11Xzc4R2d0N2c"

# extract the ID of the file
file_id = file_share_link[file_share_link.find("=") + 1:]

# append the id to this REST command
file_download_link = "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=" + file_id 

The string in file_download_link can be pasted in the browser address bar to get the download dialog box directly.

If you use the wget command:

!wget -O ebook.pdf --no-check-certificate "$file_download_link"