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Download big file from Google Drive with PowerShell
#!/usr/bin/env powershell
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The MIT License (MIT)
#
# Copyright (c) 2018 Ralph-Gordon Paul. All rights reserved.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
# documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
# rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
# persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
# Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
# COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
# OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
param(
[string]$GoogleFileId,
[string]$FileDestination)
# set protocol to tls version 1.2
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
# Download the Virus Warning into _tmp.txt
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$GoogleFileId" -OutFile "_tmp.txt" -SessionVariable googleDriveSession
# Get confirmation code from _tmp.txt
$searchString = Select-String -Path "_tmp.txt" -Pattern "confirm="
$searchString -match "confirm=(?<content>.*)&amp;id="
$confirmCode = $matches['content']
# Delete _tmp.txt
Remove-Item "_tmp.txt"
# Download the real file
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=${confirmCode}&id=$GoogleFileId" -OutFile $FileDestination -WebSession $googleDriveSession
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cm-slu commented May 12, 2021

Hello, Before starting thank you very much for your script
on after this line $searchString -match "confirm=(?.*)&id=" a True appears at the output.
Is it possible to hide it? I did not find.

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RGPaul commented May 17, 2021

I don't know, haven't used this for a while.

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Thanks Man !!

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poljik commented Oct 26, 2021

Great job!

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