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Download Google Drive files with WGET
Download Google Drive files with WGET
Example Google Drive download link:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=[ID]
To download the file with WGET you need to use this link:
https://googledrive.com/host/[ID]
Example WGET command:
wget -O file https://googledrive.com/host/[ID]
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praj441 commented Nov 12, 2020

wget --load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILEID' -O- | sed -rn 's/.confirm=([0-9A-Za-z]+)._/\1\n/p')&id=FILEID" -O FILENAME && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt

It works likes a charm in Nov 2020 !! Many Thanks !!

@shriyakak
Hi, this one worked for me once for a large file around 11 GB. But then didn't work for another large file. you can try it once.

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Hi, thanks for the prompt reply. Weirdly enough, now when I tried it again, it worked. I tried it a couple of times to make sure, and after a few successful tries I'm now getting this error:
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden 2020-07-18 17:38:04 ERROR 403: Forbidden.
Example of a file I need to download has id 1S43DCZhMV6trYUYstwtZ-vmEmZogvgXF

When you try to download a file anonymously, you receive a notification https://i.imgur.com/A7RNWxR.png.
Once you fix the problem, the script should work correctly.

@beliys : Thanks for your solution but as you said if we login with our user the command will work fine. I'm trying to download remotely and I have added my username and password in the command. But it is still giving me the error " Sorry, you can't view or download this file at this time.

Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently. Please try accessing the file again later. If the file you are trying to access is particularly large or is shared with many people, it may take up to 24 hours to be able to view or download the file. If you still can't access a file after 24 hours, contact your domain administrator"

The command I tried is "wget --load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate --user=XXXXXX@gmail.com --password='XXXXXXX' 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1WvlAIvuochQn_L_f9p3OdFdTiSLlnnhv' -O- | sed -rn 's/.confirm=([0-9A-Za-z]+)./\1\n/p')&id=1WvlAIvuochQn_L_f9p3OdFdTiSLlnnhv" -O images1024x1024 && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt"_

The data I'm trying to download is from this link "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WocxvZ4GEZ1DI8dOz30aSj2zT6pkATYS"
folder name is "images1024x1024.zip"

Could you please correct if I'm wrong?

@shriyakak
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wget --load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILEID' -O- | sed -rn 's/.confirm=([0-9A-Za-z]+)._/\1\n/p')&id=FILEID" -O FILENAME && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt
It works likes a charm in Nov 2020 !! Many Thanks !!

@shriyakak
Hi, this one worked for me once for a large file around 11 GB. But then didn't work for another large file. you can try it once.

@praj441 : I tried but not working for me.
It is giving me " Sorry, you can't view or download this file at this time.
Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently. Please try accessing the file again later. If the file you are trying to access is particularly large or is shared with many people, it may take up to 24 hours to be able to view or download the file. If you still can't access a file after 24 hours, contact your domain administrator" error.

Any idea how to use it with user name and password?

@hershkoy
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hershkoy commented Nov 24, 2020 •
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What worked for me at the end was this script:

#!/bin/bash
if [ $# != 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: googledown.sh ID save_name"
exit 0
fi
confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate 'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id='$1 -O- | sed -rn 's/.*confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+).*/\1\n/p')
echo $confirm
wget --load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$confirm&id=$1" -O $2 && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt

@linnabrown
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What worked for me at the end was this script:

#!/bin/bash
if [ $# != 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: googledown.sh ID save_name"
exit 0
fi
confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate 'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id='$1 -O- | sed -rn 's/.*confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+).*/\1\n/p')
echo $confirm
wget --load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$confirm&id=$1" -O $2 && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt

I tried to download a file using this command but it failed.

@linnabrown
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wget --load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILEID' -O- | sed -rn 's/.confirm=([0-9A-Za-z]+)._/\1\n/p')&id=FILEID" -O FILENAME && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt
It works likes a charm in Nov 2020 !! Many Thanks !!

@shriyakak
Hi, this one worked for me once for a large file around 11 GB. But then didn't work for another large file. you can try it once.

@praj441 : I tried but not working for me.
It is giving me " Sorry, you can't view or download this file at this time. Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently. Please try accessing the file again later. If the file you are trying to access is particularly large or is shared with many people, it may take up to 24 hours to be able to view or download the file. If you still can't access a file after 24 hours, contact your domain administrator" error.

Any idea how to use it with user name and password?

Oh I also want to download this datafile and got the exact the same error log like you. Do you find any method to download this huge data now?

@hershkoy
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hershkoy commented Dec 9, 2020 •
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Try this, worked for me few days ago (5G file):

#!/bin/bash
if [ $# != 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: googledown.sh ID save_name"
exit 0
fi
confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate 'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id='$1 -O- | sed -rn 's/.*confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+).*/\1\n/p')
echo $confirm
wget --load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$confirm&id=$1" -O $2 && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt

@naumenko-sa
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naumenko-sa commented Dec 11, 2020 •
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Only this worked for a 68G file.

@zeyuyun1
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Only this worked for a 68G file.

are you referring to the answer using IDM?

@zeyuyun1
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zeyuyun1 commented Dec 15, 2020 •
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I am having the same error like people above. I made a question post on stackoverflow if you want to follow.

@naumenko-sa
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Only this worked for a 68G file.

are you referring to the answer using IDM?
no, the one with OAuth https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-download-a-very-large-file-from-Google-Drive/answer/Shane-F-Carr

@vivasvan1
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Only this worked for a 68G file.

are you referring to the answer using IDM?

Worked for me thank you

@LuqmanulGhibran
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pip install gdown

In terminal:
gdown --id FILEID -O FILENAME

In python:

import gdown

url = 'https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B9P1L--7Wd2vU3VUVlFnbTgtS2c'
output = 'spam.txt'
gdown.download(url, output, quiet=False)

Can be found HERE

how i can use gdown directly from my command line ?
when i use gdown always command not found

@rafaeldalsenter
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Tks, @beliys! It worked!

command for download any big file from google drive (for big file we need confirm download)
wget --load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate 'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILEID' -O- | sed -rn 's/.*confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+).*/\1\n/p')&id=FILEID" -O FILENAME && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt

@mwiercioch
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thanks @beliys, works perfectly!

@hershkoy
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Only this worked for a 68G file.

are you referring to the answer using IDM?

Worked for me thank you

worked for me too (22GB)

@prabowoekky
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Only this worked for a 68G file.

are you referring to the answer using IDM?

Worked for me thank you

worked for me too (22GB)

it worked on me, but always stuck and get error message curl: (56) TCP connection reset by peer, anyone can help ? thankyou i've file size 77GB

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eggate commented Apr 23, 2021

Thanks @vladalive still working in 2021 and it's really time saving

@EstudosProjetos
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obrigado a todos,
wget --no-check-certificate ' https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILEID ' -O FILENAME não funcionou para mim para o arquivo .rar, mas adicionar a opção de nova tentativa fez com que funcionasse
isso funcionou. obrigado
wget --no-check-certificate -r ' https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILEID ' -O FILENAME

@oguntola2018 perfeito!

Hello @maxsnet and members!

I see many members who report success in the "wget" command.
I’ve been trying for two days and I haven’t succeeded.

The file that is in Google Drive is:
D_mega_2.zip which I also changed to D_mega_2.rar

My shared link to any person is:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mZF1PMbzoeUWy6ce_NHpFrRJ9yDz6bou/view?usp=sharing

I made the indicated change and created a batch file conc.bat:

wget --no-check-certificate -r https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1mZF1PMbzoeUWy6ce_NHpFrRJ9yDz6bou -O D_mega_2.zip

When executing I have the following answer:

--2021-05-27 20: 06: 31-- https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download
Resolving docs.google.com (docs.google.com) ... 2800: 3f0: 4001: 802 :: 200e, 142.250.
219.14
Connecting to docs.google.com (docs.google.com) | 2800: 3f0: 4001: 802 :: 200e |: 443 ...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response ... 400 Bad Request
2021-05-27 20:06:31 ERROR 400: Bad Request.

They could tell me where I'm going wrong.
If you run the same command line in your browser, the file will always download.

https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1mZF1PMbzoeUWy6ce_NHpFrRJ9yDz6bou

Thank you all
Marcos Paris

@xinzhel
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xinzhel commented Jun 11, 2021

Only this worked for a 68G file.

This works for me.

@tuongpgjz
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command for download any big file from google drive (for big file we need confirm download)
wget --load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate 'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILEID' -O- | sed -rn 's/.*confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+).*/\1\n/p')&id=FILEID" -O FILENAME && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt

This worked for me by changing https://docs.google.com to https://drive.google.com

Yeah, it save my life!

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LL3RD commented Dec 20, 2021

i solve the "html“ problem by this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65312867/how-to-download-large-file-from-google-drive-from-terminal-gdown-doesnt-work

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zihaozhang9 commented Dec 20, 2021 via email

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zihaozhang9 commented Jan 20, 2022 via email

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Only this worked for a 68G file.

This works for a 188G file! Thanks a lot!

@luisnquin
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@beliys <3

@iolathief108
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@LL3RD Worked for me

@wangc39
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wangc39 commented Jun 21, 2022

Only this worked for a 68G file.

This works for a 3.3G file with a so fast speed. Thanks a lot!

@zihaozhang9
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zihaozhang9 commented Jun 21, 2022 via email

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bhosalems commented Jul 18, 2022 •
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How can I download the dataset here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BweDykwS9vIoUG5nNGRjQmFLTGM?resourcekey=0-dHhRVxB0LDUcUVtASUIgTQ
I want to download Stanford3dDataset_v1.2.tar

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zihaozhang9 commented Jul 18, 2022 via email

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wget --load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate 'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILEID' -O- | sed -rn 's/.confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+)./\1\n/p')&id=FILEID" -O FILENAME && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt

Thanks, @beliys! It worked perfectly for me.

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zihaozhang9 commented Oct 30, 2023 via email

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Why not work, kinda. The file is 886MB but it download its html file...

u0_a227@localhost ~
└─▶ wget --load-cookies $TMPDIR/cookies.txt "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies $TMPDIR/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1IPQdFtw6ukMcDfgaxf-qPjtk9Iy34el0' -O- | sed -rn 's/.confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+)./\1\n/p')&id=1IPQdFtw6ukMcDfgaxf-qPjtk9Iy34el0" -O glibc.tar.xz && rm -rf $TMPDIR/cookies.txt
--2024-02-09 10:42:51-- https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=&id=1IPQdFtw6ukMcDfgaxf-qPjtk9Iy34el0
Resolving drive.google.com (drive.google.com)... 142.251.220.142, 2404:6800:4017:801::200e
Connecting to drive.google.com (drive.google.com)|142.251.220.142|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 303 See Other
Location: https://drive.usercontent.google.com/download?id=1IPQdFtw6ukMcDfgaxf-qPjtk9Iy34el0&export=download [following]
--2024-02-09 10:42:51-- https://drive.usercontent.google.com/download?id=1IPQdFtw6ukMcDfgaxf-qPjtk9Iy34el0&export=download
Resolving drive.usercontent.google.com (drive.usercontent.google.com)... 142.251.220.193, 2404:6800:4017:803::2001
Connecting to drive.usercontent.google.com (drive.usercontent.google.com)|142.251.220.193|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2434 (2.4K) [text/html]
Saving to: ‘glibc.tar.xz’

glibc.tar.xz 100%[=================>] 2.38K --.-KB/s in 0.02s

2024-02-09 10:42:53 (115 KB/s) - ‘glibc.tar.xz’ saved [2434/2434]

u0_a227@localhost ~
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