EndPoint Download a file

Name

download_file

Description

Downloads a file [API reference]

Parameters

Parameter

Label

Required

Options

Description

File Id

YES

Id of a file you want to download

DriveType

Drive Type

YES

Option	Value
My Drive	user
Shared Drive	drive

Default search context is User's drive. Bodies of items (files/documents) to which the query applies. Supported bodies are 'user', 'domain', 'drive', and 'allDrives'. Prefer 'user' or 'drive' to 'allDrives' for efficiency. By default, corpora is set to 'user'. However, this can change depending on the filter set through the 'Query' parameter.

DriveId

Shared DriveId

By default file lists from MyDrive but if you like to search other Shared drive (formally known as Team drive) then set this parameter.

SupportsAllDrives

Supports all drives (e.g. My and Shared)

Option	Value
true	true
false	false

Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.

Output Columns

Label	Data Type (SSIS)	Data Type (SQL)	Length	Raw	Description
Status	`DT_WSTR`	`nvarchar(4000)`	4000	`False`

Input Columns

Label	Data Type (SSIS)	Data Type (SQL)	Length	Raw	Description
There are no Static columns defined for this endpoint. This endpoint detects columns dynamically at runtime.

Examples

SSIS

Use Google Drive Connector in API Source component to read data or in API Destination component to read/write data:

Download a file using API Source

Google Drive

Download a file

SSIS API Source - Read from table or endpoint

Download a file using API Destination

Google Drive

Download a file

SSIS API Destination - Access table or endpoint

ODBC application

Use these SQL queries in your ODBC application data source:

Dowload a file (my drive)

Downloads a file (from user my drive)

SELECT * FROM download_file
  WITH(Id='1PpE2eSi5faAnMwiSolwr34zA5MwOdR3D'	
      ,ResponseDataFile='C:\MyFiles\myfile.ext'
  )
  --You can get file Id by selecting from 'list_files' endpoint

Dowload a file from google shared drive

Dowload a file from google shared drive for which user has access

SELECT * FROM download_file
WITH(
	  DriveType='drive' --or set 'user' for mydrive 
	, DriveId='0AFWIggplk2z6Uk9PVA'
	, Id='1hk7odj2Y2--yxN9DY0zW88hSnxqiyHq0' --file id
	, ResponseDataFile='c:\temp\dump.zip'
	--You can get file Id by selecting from 'list_files' endpoint
)

SQL Server

Use these SQL queries in SQL Server after you create a data source in Data Gateway:

Dowload a file (my drive)

Downloads a file (from user my drive)

DECLARE @MyQuery NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'SELECT * FROM download_file
  WITH(Id=''1PpE2eSi5faAnMwiSolwr34zA5MwOdR3D''	
      ,ResponseDataFile=''C:\MyFiles\myfile.ext''
  )
  --You can get file Id by selecting from ''list_files'' endpoint';

EXEC (@MyQuery) AT [LINKED_SERVER_TO_GOOGLE_DRIVE_IN_DATA_GATEWAY];

Dowload a file from google shared drive

Dowload a file from google shared drive for which user has access

DECLARE @MyQuery NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'SELECT * FROM download_file
WITH(
	  DriveType=''drive'' --or set ''user'' for mydrive 
	, DriveId=''0AFWIggplk2z6Uk9PVA''
	, Id=''1hk7odj2Y2--yxN9DY0zW88hSnxqiyHq0'' --file id
	, ResponseDataFile=''c:\temp\dump.zip''
	--You can get file Id by selecting from ''list_files'' endpoint
)';

EXEC (@MyQuery) AT [LINKED_SERVER_TO_GOOGLE_DRIVE_IN_DATA_GATEWAY];