I'm a user of Google Drive and as you say it's just a matter of getting the download link. xls).You can change a Google Drive image link to a download link by swapping for (just use a replace all tool, I'm fond of TextMechanic's simple, free, online Find and Replace but Notepad find and replace will do the trick). To generate direct download links for these documents, you need to convert these documents to a standard file format (e.g.doc. NOTE2: documents created in Drive (Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Forms) can't be downloaded directly. NOTE1: downloading big files using a direct download link will prompt a Drive™ dialog stating that 'The file exceeds the maximum size that Google can scan.' and the user must click the 'Download anyway' button to proceed.

This will automatically share the folder publicly To do this, you can right click the folder, select 'Get link' and change the visibility from 'Restricted' to 'Anyone with the link'.

To fix this issue, it is sufficient to make the folder that contains your files public. If a file is not publicly shared, other people won't be able to use its download link. A new tab will open and the direct download links will be generated progressively (wait for the 'Status: finished' text). This will automatically share the file publiclyĢ) To get the direct download links of all files in a Drive™ folder, simply right click the folder and open it with this extension. To fix this issue, you can right click the file, select 'Get link' and change the visibility from 'Restricted' to 'Anyone with the link'. If the file is not publicly shared, other people won't be able to use that download link. A new tab will open and the direct download link will be generated in a few seconds (wait for the 'Status: finished' text).

IMPORTANT: If Download Link Generator button doesn't automatically appear in Drive™ after adding this extension, please navigate to the extension's website manually and click Authorize: Įasily generate direct download links for your files in Drive™.ġ) To get the direct download link of a single file in Drive™, simply right click the file and open it with this extension.

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