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Python Script to download any file (any size) from Google Drive. Original code: https://github.com/saurabhshri/gdrive-downloader
import requests
def download_file_from_google_drive(id, destination):
URL = "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download"
session = requests.Session()
response = session.get(URL, params = { 'id' : id }, stream = True)
token = get_confirm_token(response)
if token:
params = { 'id' : id, 'confirm' : token }
response = session.get(URL, params = params, stream = True)
save_response_content(response, destination)
def get_confirm_token(response):
for key, value in response.cookies.items():
if key.startswith('download_warning'):
return value
return None
def save_response_content(response, destination):
CHUNK_SIZE = 32768
with open(destination, "wb") as f:
for chunk in response.iter_content(CHUNK_SIZE):
if chunk: # filter out keep-alive new chunks
f.write(chunk)
if __name__ == "__main__":
print("Usage example: python download_from_drive.py ao-sf24oj12 file.zip
file_id = sys.argv[1]
destination = sys.argv[2]
download_file_from_google_drive(file_id, destination)
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