gdown
5.2.0
Google Drive Public File Downloader when Curl/Wget Fails
Gdown downloads a public file/folder from Google Drive.
Gdown provides what curl/wget doesn't for Google Drive:
Skip the security notice allowing you to download large files (curl/wget fails);
Recursive download of files in a folder (maximum 50 files per folder);
Specify download file format for Google Slides/Sheet/Docs like PDF/XML/CSV.
pip install gdown# to upgradepip install --upgrade gdown
$ gdown --help
usage: gdown [-h] [-V] [-O OUTPUT] [-q] [--fuzzy] [--id] [--proxy PROXY]
[--speed SPEED] [--no-cookies] [--no-check-certificate]
[--continue] [--folder] [--remaining-ok]
url_or_id
...
$ # a large file (~500MB)$ gdown https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1l_5RK28JRL19wpT22B-DY9We3TVXnnQQ
$ md5sum fcn8s_from_caffe.npz
256c2a8235c1c65e62e48d3284fbd384
$ # same as the above but with the file ID$ gdown 1l_5RK28JRL19wpT22B-DY9We3TVXnnQQ
$ # a small file$ gdown https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B9P1L--7Wd2vU3VUVlFnbTgtS2c
$ cat spam.txt
spam
$ # download with fuzzy extraction of a file ID$ gdown --fuzzy 'https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9P1L--7Wd2vU3VUVlFnbTgtS2c/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-WWs_XOSctfaY_0-sJBKRSQ'$ cat spam.txt
spam
$ # --fuzzy option also works with Microsoft Powerpoint files$ gdown --fuzzy "https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15umvZKlsJ3094HNg5S4vJsIhxcFlyTeK/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117512221203072002113&rtpof=true&sd=true"$ # a folder$ gdown https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15uNXeRBIhVvZJIhL4yTw4IsStMhUaaxl -O /tmp/folder --folder
$ # as an alternative to curl/wget$ gdown https://httpbin.org/ip -O ip.json
$ cat ip.json
{ "origin": "126.169.213.247"}
$ # write stdout and pipe to extract$ gdown https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown/archive/refs/tags/v4.0.0.tar.gz -O - --quiet | tar zxvf -
$ ls gdown-4.0.0/
gdown github2pypi LICENSE MANIFEST.in pyproject.toml README.md setup.cfg setup.py testsimport gdown# a fileurl = "https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1l_5RK28JRL19wpT22B-DY9We3TVXnnQQ"output = "fcn8s_from_caffe.npz"gdown.download(url, output)# same as the above, but with the file IDid = "0B9P1L--7Wd2vNm9zMTJWOGxobkU"gdown.download(id=id, output=output)# same as the above, and you can copy-and-paste a URL from Google Drive with fuzzy=Trueurl = "https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9P1L--7Wd2vNm9zMTJWOGxobkU/view?usp=sharing"gdown.download(url=url, output=output, fuzzy=True)# Cached download with identity check via MD5 (or SHA1, SHA256, etc).# Pass postprocess function e.g., extracting compressed file.md5 = "md5:fa837a88f0c40c513d975104edf3da17"gdown.cached_download(url, output, hash=hash, postprocess=gdown.extractall)# a folderurl = "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15uNXeRBIhVvZJIhL4yTw4IsStMhUaaxl"gdown.download_folder(url)# same as the above, but with the folder IDid = "15uNXeRBIhVvZJIhL4yTw4IsStMhUaaxl"gdown.download_folder(id=id)
Have you made sure you set the file permission to 'Anyone with Link'?
Google restricts access to a file when the download is concentrated.
If you can still access to the file from your browser, downloading cookies file might
help. Follow this step: 1) download cookies.txt using browser extensions like
(Get cookies.txt LOCALLY);
2) mv the cookies.txt to ~/.cache/gdown/cookies.txt; 3) run download again.
If you're using gdown>=5.0.0, it should be able to use the cookies same as your browser.
