Download Google doc file to device

Question

I am trying to download a doc.google file to my device, however I can't figure the best way for that..

First: I created an Auth key to my Drive following this tutorial

Then: I am trying to follow this tutorial to download the file, but It is not going well

I want to connect to this Auth key through the app and download/Export the file automatically without prompting the user to choose account or anything..

This is the URL for the doc file:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QJTna4iz-VivwAzwgq7V5QDs2XbgM2lEFPEG7NqCPdo/

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Try the method used in this SO post.

It was cited that to overcome the google problem when setting the file publicly. As in the post:

If you set the file permissions to be publicly available and create/generate a direct access link by using something like the gdocs2direct tool or just crafting the link yourself:

https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=<your file id>

You will get a cookie based verification code and prompt "Google could not scan this file" prompt, which won't work for things such as wget or Vagrantfile configs.

The code that it generates is a simple code that appends GET query variable ...&confirm=### to the string, but it's per user specific, so it's not like you can copy/paste that query variable for others.

The specified web page hosting method will suffice.