To download Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides use files.export instead. Downloading content with alt=media only works if the file is stored in Drive. If you provide the URL parameter alt=media, then the response includes the file contents in the response body. Responseīy default, this responds with a Files resource in the response body. Request bodyĭo not supply a request body with this method. For more information, see the authentication and authorization page. Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. This request allows authorization with at least one of the following scopes: Scope Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.ĭeprecated use supportsAllDrives instead. Specifies which additional view's permissions to include in the response. For more information, see Return specific fields for a file.Ī comma-separated list of IDs of labels to include in the labelInfo part of the response.

For development you can use the special value * to return all fields, but you'll achieve greater performance by only selecting the fields you need. If not specified, the response includes a default set of fields specific to this method. The paths of the fields you want included in the response. Whether the user is acknowledging the risk of downloading known malware or other abusive files. Request HTTP request GET fileId Parameters Parameter name

For further information on downloading files, refer to Download files.

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