What is the problem you are having with rclone?
I have been using rclone for the last 2 months to periodically copy a Google Sheet from Google Drive. Rclone has now all of a sudden stopped being able to copy the Google Sheet file from the Google Drive and states the reason as "failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: Only files with binary content can be downloaded. Use Export with Docs Editors files., fileNotDownloadable"
I am really confused as to what has changed here that is now preventing rclone from being able to copy this file. As a test, I used Google Sheets to make a copy of the file I am having issues with and then used rclone to copy the new file to my laptop without any issues.
What is your rclone version (output from rclone version)
v1.55.1
Which OS you are using and how many bits (eg Windows 7, 64 bit)
Linux Ubuntu Webserver 20.04.2 LTS
Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)
Google Drive
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
rclone -vv --drive-shared-with-me --drive-impersonate dropper@algo-drops.iam.gserviceaccount.com copy algowatcher:WOL\ Distribution.xlsx ./
The rclone config contents with secrets removed.
[algowatcher]
type = drive
scope = drive
service_account_file = /home/avislash/algorand/algo_dropper.json
allow_import_name_change = true
team_drive =
A log from the command with the -vv flag
2021/07/17 13:34:47 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/avislash/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2021/07/17 13:34:47 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.55.1" starting with parameters ["rclone" "-vv" "--drive-shared-with-me" "--drive-impersonate" "dropper@algo-drops.iam.gserviceaccount.com" "copy" "algowatcher:WOL Distribution.xlsx" "./" "--log-file=rclone_copy.out"]
2021/07/17 13:34:47 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "algowatcher:WOL Distribution.xlsx"
2021/07/17 13:34:47 DEBUG : algowatcher: detected overridden config - adding "{r4fNy}" suffix to name
2021/07/17 13:34:47 DEBUG : Google drive root 'WOL Distribution.xlsx': root_folder_id = "0AAh_rBTPjdBsUk9PVA" - save this in the config to speed up startup
2021/07/17 13:34:48 DEBUG : fs cache: adding new entry for parent of "algowatcher:WOL Distribution.xlsx", "algowatcher{r4fNy}:"
2021/07/17 13:34:48 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "./"
2021/07/17 13:34:48 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "./" to be canonical "/home/avislash/wol"
2021/07/17 13:34:48 DEBUG : WOL Distribution: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2021/07/17 13:34:50 ERROR : WOL Distribution: Failed to copy: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: Only files with binary content can be downloaded. Use Export with Docs Editors files., fileNotDownloadable
2021/07/17 13:34:50 ERROR : Attempt 1/3 failed with 1 errors and: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: Only files with binary content can be downloaded. Use Export with Docs Editors files., fileNotDownloadable
2021/07/17 13:34:50 DEBUG : WOL Distribution: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2021/07/17 13:34:53 ERROR : WOL Distribution: Failed to copy: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: Only files with binary content can be downloaded. Use Export with Docs Editors files., fileNotDownloadable
2021/07/17 13:34:53 ERROR : Attempt 2/3 failed with 1 errors and: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: Only files with binary content can be downloaded. Use Export with Docs Editors files., fileNotDownloadable
2021/07/17 13:34:53 DEBUG : WOL Distribution: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2021/07/17 13:34:55 ERROR : WOL Distribution: Failed to copy: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: Only files with binary content can be downloaded. Use Export with Docs Editors files., fileNotDownloadable
2021/07/17 13:34:55 ERROR : Attempt 3/3 failed with 1 errors and: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: Only files with binary content can be downloaded. Use Export with Docs Editors files., fileNotDownloadable
2021/07/17 13:34:55 INFO :
Transferred: 0 / 0 Bytes, -, 0 Bytes/s, ETA -
Errors: 1 (retrying may help)
Elapsed time: 8.3s
2021/07/17 13:34:55 DEBUG : 6 go routines active
2021/07/17 13:34:55 Failed to copy: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: Only files with binary content can be downloaded. Use Export with Docs Editors files., fileNotDownloadable
Additionally, per the log the debug output says the file is not available. When I do
rclone -vv --drive-shared-with-me --drive-impersonate dropper@algo-drops.iam.gserviceaccount.com ls algowatcher:
I see
<7>DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/avislash/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
<7>DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.55.1" starting with parameters ["rclone" "-vv" "--drive-shared-with-me" "--drive-impersonate" "dropper@algo-drops.iam.gserviceaccount.com" "ls" "algowatcher:"]
<7>DEBUG : rclone: systemd logging support activated
<7>DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "algowatcher:"
<7>DEBUG : algowatcher: detected overridden config - adding "{r4fNy}" suffix to name
<7>DEBUG : Google drive root '': root_folder_id = "0AAh_rBTPjdBsUk9PVA" - save this in the config to speed up startup
<7>DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "algowatcher:" to be canonical "algowatcher{r4fNy}:"
5993 WOL Distribution
So the file is definitely there. Any insight into why rclone copy suddenly stopped working would be greatly appreciated it.
Thanks!