• v2.0.5 (March 10, 2023)

  1. From this version, when the API key is used, the large file is downloaded by the API key. Because the specification for downloading the shared large file is sometimes changed. When the API key is not used, the shared large file is downloaded by the current specification (v2.0.4). If the shared large file cannot be downloaded by the change of the specification on Google’s side, please use the API key and test it again. The usage of goodls has not changed.

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

• v2.0.4 (March 9, 2023)

  1. From January 2024, it seems that the specification of the process for downloading a large shared file on Google Drive has been changed. So I updated goodls to reflect this. The usage of goodls has not changed. In the current stage, when a large share file is downloaded, it is required to click the following button.

  <form
    id="download-form"
    action="https://drive.usercontent.google.com/download"
    method="get"
  >
    <input
      type="submit"
      id="uc-download-link"
      class="goog-inline-block jfk-button jfk-button-action"
      value="このままダウンロード"
    />
    <input type="hidden" name="id" value="fileId" />
    <input type="hidden" name="export" value="download" />
    <input type="hidden" name="authuser" value="0" />
    <input type="hidden" name="confirm" value="t" />
    <input type="hidden" name="uuid" value="uuId" />
    <input type="hidden" name="at" value="some value" />
  </form>
  

  In this version, the URL obtained by this click is created, and the created URL is used for downloading it.

• v2.0.3 (April 5, 2023)

  1. Forgot to update the version number and modified it. And, built the sources with the latest version. Ref

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

• v2.0.1 (February 26, 2022)

  1. A bug for the resumable download was removed.

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

• v2.0.0 (February 25, 2022)

  1. By changing the specification of methods, drive.New() and transport.APIKey were deprecated. By this, I updated go-getfilelist. In this version, I used this updated library to goodls. And also, drive.NewService() is used instead of drive.New().

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

• v1.2.8 (February 17, 2022)

  1. Recently, it seems that the specification the process for downloading the shared file on Google Drive has been changed. So I updated goodls for reflecting this. The usage of goodls is not changed.

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

• v1.2.6 (February 23, 2020)

  1. When the files are downloaded from the shared folder, if an error occurs, the download was stopped. In this thread, a request for skipping this error was proposed. This request was implemented at v1.2.6. Please try the option of --skiperror like below.
     • $ goodls -u https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/###?usp=sharing --skiperror

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

• v1.2.5 (January 29, 2020)

  1. An option for selecting whether the top directory is created was added.
     • $ goodls -u [URL] --notcreatetopdirectory or $ goodls -u [URL] -ntd
     • When this option is NOT used (default situation), when a folder including sub-folders is downloaded, the top folder which is downloaded is created as the top directory under the working directory. When this option is used, the top directory is not created and all files and sub-folders under the top folder are downloaded under the working directory.
     • This feature request was implemented.

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

• v1.2.3 (October 31, 2019)

  1. An option for inputting the directory to save the downloaded files was added.

     • $ goodls -u [URL] -d [directory]

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

• v1.2.2 (December 12, 2018)

  1. When files are downloaded from a specific folder, it got to be able to select mimeType. By this, files with the specific mimeType in the specific folder can be retrieved. For this, I updated the go library go-getfilelist.
     • $ goodls -u [URL] -key [APIkey] -m "application/pdf,image/png"

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

• v1.2.1 (November 25, 2018)

  1. API key got to be able to be used by an environment variable. When GOODLS_APIKEY as the environment variable is set API key, goodls uses API key from the environment variable.

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

• v1.2.0 (November 24, 2018)

  1. By using API key, the shared large files can be run the resumable download.
     • This demonstration can be seen at Demo.

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

goodls was updated to v.1.1.1

• v1.1.1 (November 13, 2018)

  1. Version of go-getfilelist was updated. Because the structure of drive.File got to be able to be used, I also updated this application.

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

goodls was updated to v.1.1.0

• v1.1.0 (November 4, 2018)

  1. By using API key, files from the shared folder got to be able to be downloaded while keeping the folder structure.
     • This demonstration can be seen at Demo.
  2. By using API key, the information of shared file and folder can be also retrieved.
  3. About the option of --extension and -e, when -e ms is used, Google Docs (Document, Spreadsheet, Slides) are converted to Microsoft Docs (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), respectively.

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

goodls was updated to v.1.0.3

• v1.0.3 (September 4, 2018)

  1. When the files are downloaded, the progress of downloading got to be able to be displayed.
     • This scene can be seen at this demonstration video.
     • If the new option of --np is used, the progress is not displayed.

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

goodls was updated to v.1.0.2

• v1.0.2 (May 10, 2018)

  1. Files with large size has gotten to be able to be used.
     • In order to download files with large size (several gigabytes), files are saved by chunks.

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

goodls was updated to v.1.0.1

• v1.0.1 (January 11, 2018)

  1. In order to download several files, a datafile including URLs using Standard Input and Pipe have gotten to be able to be inputted.

The detail information and how to get this are https://github.com/tanaikech/goodls.

Overview

This is a CLI tool to download shared files from Google Drive.

Description

We have already known that the shared files on Google Drive can be downloaded without the authorization. But when the size of file becomes large (about 40MB), it requires a little ingenuity to download the file. It requires to access 2 times to Google Drive. At 1st access, it retrieves a cookie and a code for downloading. At 2nd access, the file is downloaded using the cookie and code. I created this process as a CLI tool. This tool has the following features.