import requests def download_file_from_google_drive(id, destination): def get_confirm_token(response): for key, value in response.cookies.items(): if key.startswith('download_warning'): return value return None def save_response_content(response, destination): CHUNK_SIZE = 32768 with open(destination, "wb") as f: for chunk in response.iter_content(CHUNK_SIZE): if chunk: # filter out keep-alive new chunks f.write(chunk) URL = "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download" session = requests.Session() response = session.get(URL, params = { 'id' : id }, stream = True) token = get_confirm_token(response) if token: params = { 'id' : id, 'confirm' : token } response = session.get(URL, params = params, stream = True) save_response_content(response, destination) if __name__ == "__main__": import sys if len(sys.argv) is not 3: print "Usage: python google_drive.py drive_file_id destination_file_path" else: # TAKE ID FROM SHAREABLE LINK file_id = sys.argv[1] # DESTINATION FILE ON YOUR DISK destination = sys.argv[2] download_file_from_google_drive(file_id, destination)