Is there a way to get the download URL from the Google Drive UI?

[tleyden]

When I called "Copy Link URL" in the GDrive web UI, it gave me a link like:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FSXzAYqlbk5-6BifcHAOCqNtcHePMm_k/view?usp=sharing

But GDrive gave a warning:

UserWarning: You specified a Google Drive link that is not the correct link to download a file. You might want to try `--fuzzy` option or the following url: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1FSXzAYqlbk5-6BifcHAOCqNtcHePMm_k
url="https://drive.google.com/uc?id={}".format(file_id)

After switching it to that format, this worked:

!gdown -O test.zip "https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1FSXzAYqlbk5-6BifcHAOCqNtcHePMm_k"

Is there an easier way to get the download URL that is compatible w/ gdown? I checked this SO post and the process seemed like you need manually extract the file id and construct the URL, but just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything.

[wkentaro]

You can probably try

gdown --fuzzy 'https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FSXzAYqlbk5-6BifcHAOCqNtcHePMm_k/view?usp=sharing'