How to download files or folders in google drive in python

• 1. Get a Direct Link for Your Google Drive Files
• 2. Install gdown
• 3. Download the file in google drive using Python
• 4. Download a folder in google drive using Python

1. Get a Direct Link for Your Google Drive Files

a. open Google Drive

b. Right-click on your file

c. Click on Get Link

d. Make sure your file is available for “Anyone with the link”

e. Click on Copy Link

2. Install gdown

• gdown doc

!pip install gdown

3. Download the file in google drive using Python

import gdown

url = 'https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uFTzwFc3tmS-D7azjMiJcxSfn71BPqKt/view?usp=sharing'
output_path = 'graph_ML.pk'
gdown.download(url, output_path, quiet=False,fuzzy=True)

Downloading...
From: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1uFTzwFc3tmS-D7azjMiJcxSfn71BPqKt
To: /content/graph_ML.pk
100%|██████████| 1.94G/1.94G [00:23<00:00, 82.2MB/s]

'graph_ML.pk'

4. Download a folder in google drive using Python

import gdown
url = "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HWFHKCprFzR7H7TYhrE-W7v4bz2Vc7Ia"
gdown.download_folder(url, quiet=True, use_cookies=False)

['/content/ihpperson_data_with_rules/civil_servant.csv',
 '/content/ihpperson_data_with_rules/eunuch.csv',
 '/content/ihpperson_data_with_rules/general.csv',
 '/content/ihpperson_data_with_rules/remain_person.csv',
 '/content/ihpperson_data_with_rules/special_general.csv']