Are you working on an application that needs download files from a users Google Drive account. I am going to show you how to do that using C# and the Google .Net Client library.
- How To Download Image From Google Drive
- How To Download Photo From Google Drive To Pc
- Download Pictures From Google Drive To Iphone
- Unable To Download Image From Google Drive
Contents
Prerequisite
I would however say it is possible to do so between Google Drive applications. The workaround would be either 1. To download the image and insert it as a picture from your computer or 2. Copy the URL of the picture on the Internet (Not Google Drive) and also go to insert > picture > and paste the URL in the location field of the picture.
The first thing we will need to do is import the Google Drive API v3 NuGet package
Install-Package Google.Apis.Drive.v3
Authenticate
File list is private data which means it is owned by a user. In order to access it you must be authenticated to that user. We also need a users permission to download the file once we have listed it.
File.List
My tutorial on searching for files with the file.list method contains the code you will need to list files. I wont be adding that here i recommend you check out that tutorial first. Search files with Google Drive with C#.
Download File
How To Download Image From Google Drive
Downloading a file is done with the Files.get method and a media downloader from the client library to download your file.
Assuming that the file download succeeds then we save the file to the hard drive.
Putting it all together
How To Download Photo From Google Drive To Pc
By using file.list I can search for the files that I am interested in then loop though each one downloading it.
Conclusion
Download Pictures From Google Drive To Iphone
Downloading files from Google drive can be quite useful using media downloader makes it quite simple. I have considered setting up a windows service to mirror my google drive account down to my PC and back up to Google Drive. This way i can keep the data backed up and in sync.