GOgoogle
files

POST /files/{fileId}/download

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Downloads the content of a file. For more information, see Download and export files. Operations are valid for 24 hours from the time of creation.

Request

  • Base URL
    https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3
  • Auth
    • OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
      Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
      Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
    • or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
      Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
      Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
    • or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
      Implicithttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly
      Authorization codehttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
      Token URLhttps://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
      Scopeshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly

Path parameters

fileIdstring required

Required. The ID of the file to download.

Query parameters

mimeTypestring

Optional. The MIME type the file should be downloaded as. This field can only be set when downloading Google Workspace documents. For a list of supported MIME types, see Export MIME types for Google Workspace documents. If not set, a Google Workspace document is downloaded with a default MIME type. The default MIME type might change in the future.

revisionIdstring

Optional. The revision ID of the file to download. This field can only be set when downloading blob files, Google Docs, and Google Sheets. Returns INVALID_ARGUMENT if downloading a specific revision on the file is unsupported.

Response

Successful response

doneboolean

If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress. If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.

metadataobject

Service-specific metadata associated with the operation. It typically contains progress information and common metadata such as create time. Some services might not provide such metadata. Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.

namestring

The server-assigned name, which is only unique within the same service that originally returns it. If you use the default HTTP mapping, the name should be a resource name ending with operations/{unique_id}.

responseobject

The normal, successful response of the operation. If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete, the response is google.protobuf.Empty. If the original method is standard Get/Create/Update, the response should be the resource. For other methods, the response should have the type XxxResponse, where Xxx is the original method name. For example, if the original method name is TakeSnapshot(), the inferred response type is TakeSnapshotResponse.

Changes

  • d1fe7d8d02c7Revision changes
    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c

  • 3257eb8f178cRevision changes
    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2

    • info

      the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c