# Create a file handle to write to fh = io.FileIO(file_name, 'wb')
# Determine output path if not output_path: if export_mime: ext = export_mime.split('/')[-1].split('+')[0] output_path = f"original_name.ext" else: output_path = original_name google drive api download
The Drive API has rate limits. If you download thousands of files in a loop, you may hit 403: Rate Limit Exceeded errors. # Create a file handle to write to fh = io
# Using OAuth 2.0 Playground or gcloud CLI gcloud auth print-access-token both file types
download_file(service, file_id, 'document.pdf', mime_type='application/pdf')
Here's a full script that handles authentication, both file types, progress bars, and error handling: