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

the easiest method to download a file from google drive to colabo notebook is via the colabo api:

from google.colab import drive
drive.mount('/content/gdrive')

!cp '/content/gdrive/My Drive/<file_path_on_google_drive>' <filename_in_colabo>

Remarks:

1. By the drive.mount(), you can access any file on your google drive.
2. 'My Drive' is equivalent 'Google Drive' on your local file system.
3. The file_path is surrounded with single quotes as the standard directory below the mount point ('My Drive') has a space, and you might also have spaces in your path elsewhere anyway.
4. Very useful to locate your file and get the file path is the file browser (activated by click on left arrow). It lets you click through your mounted folder structure and copy the file path, see image below.