Download file from gdrive in R, python, bash

README.md

If file is large, use https://stackoverflow.com/a/39225039/4126114 instead

get_gdrive.py

# python equivalent to get file from gdrive
fileid="123451234sdfgsdfg"
filename="filename.txt"

import requests
s = requests.Session() 
# all cookies received will be stored in the session object

r=s.get(f'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id={fileid}')
import re
conf_code = re.sub(".*confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+).*$", "\\1", r.text).split("\n")[1]

response = s.get(f'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id={fileid}&confirm={conf_code}')

file = open(filename, "w")
file.write(response.text)
file.close()

get_gdrive.R

# Based on https://www.matthuisman.nz/2019/01/download-google-drive-files-wget-curl.html
# Example usage: get_gdrive(fileid="12345", destfile="file.txt")
get_gdrive <- function(fileid, destfile) {

  handle = curl::new_handle()

  myurl=sprintf("https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=%s", fileid)
  destconf="confirm.txt"
  curl::curl_download(myurl, destconf, handle = handle)

  conf=readLines(destconf)
  conf_code = gsub(".*confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+).*", "\\1", conf)[2]
  print(conf_code)

  myurl=sprintf("https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=%s&confirm=%s", fileid, conf_code)
  curl::curl_download(myurl, destfile, handle = handle)
}

original_bash.sh

# This is a copy of the original bash wget code from the source website
# https://www.matthuisman.nz/2019/01/download-google-drive-files-wget-curl.html


cd ~

export fileid=1sNhrr2u6n48vb5xuOe8P9pTayojQoOc_
export filename=combian.rar

## WGET ##
wget --save-cookies cookies.txt 'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id='$fileid -O- \
     | sed -rn 's/.*confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+).*/\1/p' > confirm.txt

wget --load-cookies cookies.txt -O $filename \
     'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id='$fileid'&confirm='$(<confirm.txt)

## CURL ##
curl -L -c cookies.txt 'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id='$fileid \
     | sed -rn 's/.*confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+).*/\1/p' > confirm.txt

curl -L -b cookies.txt -o $filename \
     'https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id='$fileid'&confirm='$(<confirm.txt)

rm -f confirm.txt cookies.txt