Download File from Google Drive

orangepeel190 · 07-12-2020, 12:13 AM

Hi All,

I have tried searching the forums - but when I did the search resulted in a website error. Sorry if its a double up but at this point in time, I cannot tell/search for results.

I am wishing to download a publicly accessible file stored on Google Drive.

I thought that I was downloading it correctly, however upon closer inspection, the file just seems to be HTML. I am not sure if there is some server-side encoding/compression happening or redirection that is preventing me from downloading the file.

Here is the file that gets downloaded:

I have tried searching the Forums (but appears the search function is currently down).

I thought that I will pulling down the Google Drive file correctly - however upon closer inspection, it simply looks like HTML code

Quote:

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=en><meta charset=utf-8><meta name=viewport content="initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width"><title>Error 400 (Bad request)!!1</title><style>*{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-serif}html{background:#fff;color:#222;padding:15px}body{color:#222;text-align:unset;margin:7% auto 0;max-width:390px;min-height:180px;padding:30px 0 15px;}* > body{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/robot.png) 100% 5px no-repeat;padding-right:205px}p{margin:11px 0 22px;overflow:hidden}pre{white-space:pre-wrap;}ins{color:#777;text-decoration:none}a img{border:0}@media screen and (max-width:772px){body{background:none;margin-top:0;max-width:none;padding-right:0}}#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat;margin-left:-5px}@media only screen and (min-resolution:192dpi){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat 0% 0%/100% 100%;-moz-border-image:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) 0}}@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:2){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_150x54dp.png) no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:100% 100%}}#logo{display:inline-block;height:54px;width:150px}</style><div id="af-error-container"><a href=//www.google.com><span id=logo aria-label=Google></span></a><p><b>400.</b> <ins>Thatâ€™s an error.</ins><p>The server cannot process the request because it is malformed. It should not be retried. <ins>Thatâ€™s all we know.</ins></div>

Malformed?? The last bit - Which part - the website or the attempted download?

I am wishing to use Curl...?

Code:

/usr/bin/curl -SkLo $SAVEFILE https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/lotsoflettersandnumbers/$DOWNLOAD_FILE

Is there a work around to get this file (Audio file) downloaded correctly? or a trick/tip?

Any help/guidance would be appreciated
** Apologise for any typos - on iPad then Mac with fat fingers! **

berndbausch · 07-12-2020, 02:00 AM

Did you try the suggestions in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...wget/48133859?

By the way, I have never tried it. I just googled the question. On an ipad, too!

orangepeel190 · 07-12-2020, 04:05 AM

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I have browsed and tried most of the suggestions on that webpage.
A lot reference Google Docs, however I cannot see many successful links to Google Drive -- similar to:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...e_to_download>

Not sure if there has been a "recent" change in Google - however the link where the files are viewable on Google Drive - the URL does not have any reference to triggers such as "id=" and as you can see, the URL, where the files are, does not start with https://drive.google.com/uc?

I have browsed and searched the curl dump of the URL where the file is stored (in the google drive folder) - however I cannot see any reference to any identifiable identification/addresses etc etc to assist with narrowing down a workable download URL.

Anyone had recent luck with download scripts and Google Drive?

ondoho · 07-12-2020, 04:24 AM

This is another reason why people should absolutely avoid Google and its products.
They make it deliberately hard to auomate such things. They want you to use a browser (preferably their own) and click on things (meanwhile javascript helps them aquire your data, which their business is based on).

That said, you can try gdrive.

shruggy · 07-12-2020, 07:22 AM

I'd probably start with rclone and see what it would put into rclone.conf.