Downloading large amount of files from google drive

Is this a google issue? The same issue BeckerJason had might be happening here, so possibly an HTML error page is being downloaded instead of the actual file. You can call File. ReadAllText and log it to console to see its contents. This looks like its in Unity. In Unity I have seen that question mark when the file referenced doesn't exist. What yasirkula said seems correct. Most likely it is now downloading an HTML error. It was working well. But after a while, it stopped working.

It gives nothing on DownloadFileCompleted event. When I copy-pasted downloadAddress on the browser it downloads. Is it a Google issue? I have 27 images at KB size range on google drive.

My app made approximately calls on a short time. Is Google bans such requests Can you download the file in an incognito browser tab while you aren't logged in to your Google account? If so, can you check if the FileDownloader issue still persists? Yes, I could download the file in an incognito browser tab while I am not logged in to my Google account.

I changed my approach to download the files, I decreased request count. With this approach your script continues to work flawlessly. Thank you yasirkula. Nope -- GetResponse headers is empty -- thanks anyway -- I'll try something else -- probably web client code. I'm doing a large number of files downloads with files that average 10MB each.

I'm getting either 62 files downloaded or a max of just over MB, whichever comes first. So did the ridiculous, when I get the I use a await Task. Delay ConvertMinutesToMilliseconds 30 ;.

Yes -- this will take forever but I don't see a way out. Skip to content. Sign in Sign up. Instantly share code, notes, and snippets. Last active Aug 16, Code Revisions 4 Stars 44 Forks Embed What would you like to do? Embed Embed this gist in your website. Share Copy sharable link for this gist.

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Thank You once again. I haven't tried multiple Drive downloads, so I can't make any promises. How can i download shared folder contents? Google Drive: redacted. I am using WPF aswell.

Thanks if you can help! WriteLine "Download completed" ; Any idea what im doing wrong? You can simply rename sender to sender2. I've converted it to C for you, hope it works. Happy to hear that :. WriteLine "Download completed" ; fileDownloader.

Tank you for answer. TotalBytesToReceive Figure out how to make all work. Text ; if OnlineVersion. Nevertheless, you can insert the following code to line 84 to give the above solution a try: HttpWebRequest request.

Any idea on what could cause this, and how to get around it? Any ideas? Thank you so much! GetGoogleDriveDownloadAddress category. GetTexture downloadAddress ; yield return www. SendWebRequest ; if www. GetCategoryImagePath category. SaveAppImage path, www. GetCategoryImage category. BTW -- this code is fantastic. Descendants "meta". DefaultIfEmpty string. Delay ConvertMinutesToMilliseconds 30 ; and resume and loop the process.

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Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Here are the main steps: In Google Drive temporarily move the folder you want to download to the top level of your drive the "My Drive" folder. Then click the "All Drive Selected" button Uncheck "Include all files and folders in Drive", select the one folder you want.

Confirm and wait for the download link via email Notes: This assumes you are the owner of the files. Don't forget to move your folder back to it's original location afterwards. Improve this answer. I know it's not the question asked, but a tip: If you have tools to extract tar. Get an OAuth token: go to OAuth 2.

Ian Hyzy Ian Hyzy 2 2 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. This tool does not download a large file. Start over again and again. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Who is building clouds for the independent developer? So we will tell you how to download files from Google Drive without zipping them. If you try to download large or a bundle of files from anywhere on the internet, Google will zip before downloading.

The issue with zipping the files is that the overall process takes a lot of time. First, the files are zipped, then you have to extract them before using them.

Many users want to avoid the zipping process. They want to download multiple files directly. If you also want the same, check out these four methods to download files without zipping on Drive. The Google Drive zips files only when you download them via a browser. If you use the Drive apps provided by Google, then such a step is no longer required.

People with regular accounts have to use the Backup and Sync app while business owners can download Drive File Stream. The Google Drive app for PC does not let you view the files in its interface. It creates a new folder on your PC that houses various files. Step 2 : Once installed, you will be asked to sign in to the app with your Google account.

Log in with the account from which you want to download files. Step 3: Since Backup and Sync works two ways i. Leave the rest untouched and hit Next. Step 4: This is an important step for our tutorial. Now you will have to select the Google Drive folders from where you want to download files. You can change this later in the app settings.

The folders that you select will be synced to your PC. Select 'Sync only these folders' if you want to choose the folders. If case you want to sync everything from Drive, choose Sync everything.