CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javagoogle-drive-api
user2058173
user2058173

Reputation: 109

Read '*.txt' file from google drive in java

I am having some text files in my google drive and wants to read them in my java code. The below code only reads its metadata but not the contents of file.

  URL fileURL = new URL("https://doc-0c-ao-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs....");
  Scanner readFile = new Scanner(fileURL.openStream());
  while(readFile.hasNext())
      System.out.println(readFile.nextLine());

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3974

Answers (1)

Gerralt
Gerralt

Reputation: 221

Is the link you're using a direct (perma)link to the .txt file? Like this link: plain text file

Or does the link you're using open in google drive (browser)?

EDIT:

Like you said in your commend, the file starts downloading. So the link you're using, is in fact a download link and not a direct link to the .txt file.

You can do two things:

Get the direct link to the .txt file

Or

Use the Google Docs API.

Upvotes: 1

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