Download a shared google drive file from its URL (or URI)

[ncw (Nick Craig-Wood)]

I think you can do this with the rclone backend copyid command.

The URL contains the ID of the file which you can use in that command.

Eg

How do I copy files from public Gdrive links to my Gdrive account?

Something like this rclone -P backend copyid drive: 1tLBl3rO-kvtDPPXBGomhU2DBGDkLouuc /tmp/ From the docs: copyid Copy files by ID rclone backend copyid remote: [options] [<arguments>+] This command copies files by ID Usage: rclone backend copyid drive: ID path rclone backend copyid drive: ID1 path1 ID2 path2 It copies the drive file with ID given to the path (an rclone path which will be passed internally to rclone copyto). The ID and path pairs can be repeated. The path should end w…