I don't actually have a problem, but I am very curious, why sharing URLs are different in "Get Shareable Link" and "Share..." buttons.
For example, I want to share one folder. When I get URL from "Get Shareable Link", I get this:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Tgz6ltC4WKmgbrRYNhd3r0hAjS7C_K2l
but, if I get URL from "Share...", I get this:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Tgz6ltC4WKmgbrRYNhd3r0hAjS7C_K2l?usp=sharing
Well, I know some things about the URL in the second link: The usp= must be source parameter, that where the link came from, and yes, this is sharing. It came from sharing ("Share..."). And also there are may other parameters:
usp=drive_web
usp=direct_url
Google Drive Links URL format and query parameters
And there are also parameters before usp=: "edit, view: these parameters tell the browser the priority that which type of access to go into if this access type is accessible. So, if the link has "edit" parameter but the user don't have permission to edit the file/folder, then automaticlly it will be redirected into "view" permission mode.
https://learninginhand.com/blog/google-document-url-tricks
Well, these are king of understandable, but my question is this:
Why these two links have different starting?
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Tgz6......https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Tgz6......
I know that this is file/folder ID: 1Tgz6ltC4WKmgbrRYNhd3r0hAjS7C_K2l, but what is the point of these differences in these links?
why the first one has open?id= and the second one has drive/folders/, why? Which one is better to use in which situations? If both are fine in any situation, then why are they two? What is the point of it? You know, I get the point of URL ending parameters (usp= and stuff), but I don't get the point of different URLs which work kinda absolutely the same way: to share/get file/folder.
There is also another example:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vY7tQaNt3Vnkaxy-5Lbn1ImOfTiTC5bPk8mRZLqBOsE
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vY7tQaNt3Vnkaxy-5Lbn1ImOfTiTC5bPk8mRZLqBOsE
What's the point of these two guys:
open?id=spreadsheets/d/
Don't they just do the same thing: to build the URL? So, why the same folder/file is represented by two different URLs? Why there is not just one URL (of course with ending parameters: usp= and stuff. the ending parameters are quick understandable).
