Gdown is giving Permission error for particular file,although it is opening up fine manually

Question

I am not able to download file using gdown package.It is giving permission error. But when i am opening it manually.It is giving no such error and opening up fine. Here is the code i am using and link

import gdown
url='https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B1lRQVLFjBRNR3Jqam1menVtZnc'
output='letter.pdf'
gdown.download(url, output, quiet=False)

Error is Permission denied: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B1lRQVLFjBRNR3Jqam1menVtZnc Maybe you need to change permission over 'Anyone with the link'?

This seems like a problem with the permissions of the file. Take into account that `gdown` need to be able to see the file as you are not introducing any permissions the link must be completely public. If you want you can file a bug in the [official `gdown` library](https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown). — Raserhin, Mar 19 '20 at 09:06

score 64 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 18 '22 at 16:20

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In my case, I ran the following command and try using gdown, and problem was solved:

pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir gdown

If you are using google-colab, try:

!pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir gdown

then: !gdown --id [id of your file]

answered Feb 18 '22 at 16:20

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This solution helped me, some files randomly throw the permission denied error and it gets solve by upgrading gdown – Cristian Desivo Feb 21 '22 at 03:53
upgrading `gdown` made it work! I was on version `4.2.2` but now on `4.5.1` – EdgeDev Sep 14 '22 at 08:27

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 24 '22 at 02:29

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instead of

gdown <drive-id>

type

gdown "<drive-id>&confirm=t"

for large files.

answered Nov 24 '22 at 02:29

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score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '20 at 19:24

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If you're working with big files (in my case was a >1gb file), you can solve by copying the url from 'Download anyway' button in Google Drive.

answered Dec 17 '20 at 19:24

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I am using gdown.cli. `python3 -m gdown.cli 0B1lRQVLFjBRNR3Jqam1menVtZnc` gives me the error, but when I use the URL with "confirm=t" it works: `python3 -m gdown.cli "https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B1lRQVLFjBRNR3Jqam1menVtZnc&confirm=t"` – Eric Stdlib Nov 23 '22 at 21:34
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simply calling `gdown "&confirm=t"` works. and yes problem is large file. – Melih Dal Nov 24 '22 at 02:27
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Thanks @MelihDal for your answer ! This work like a charm for big file on Google Drive ! Thanks ! – Jérémie Guillot Nov 26 '22 at 18:59

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 27 '21 at 16:44

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Create your downloadable zip folder and make it "Anyone with the link" and change "Viewer" to "Editor".

Finally use:

!gdown --id 'id of the file'

edited Jul 27 '21 at 16:44

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answered Jul 23 '21 at 07:45

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This would not help if the file is coming from someone else and all we have is the google drive link without any permission to make aforementioned changes – Farid Alijani Dec 25 '22 at 13:22

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 29 '22 at 20:14

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pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir gdown didn't work for me.

You can try pre-released version of this : pip install -U --no-cache-dir gdown --pre This worked for me.

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answered Nov 25 '22 at 19:43

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Gdown is giving Permission error for particular file,although it is opening up fine manually

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