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Dave3of5
Dave3of5

Reputation: 730

Getting File Not Found on Export of Google Drive

I'm getting a 404 file not found error when using the google drive v3 API. The file-Id I'm getting from google picker so I know the id is correct. The offending code is as following (javascript):

downloadFile: function () {
      var _this = this;
      gapi.client.init({
        apiKey: this.developerKey,
        clientId: this.clientId,
        discoveryDocs: ['https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis/drive/v3/rest'],
        scope: 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'
      }).then(function () {
        // not working with private files
        gapi.client.setToken(_this.oauthToken);
        gapi.client.drive.files.export({
          'fileId': _this.selectedFileId,
          'mimeType': 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet'
        }).then(function (response) {
            console.log('success!');
          });
        }, function (error) {
          console.log(error);
        });
      }, function (error) {
        console.log(error);
      });
    }

Funnily enough it doesn't happen with all files only private files. So I assume the file not found error is just a generic response back from google indicating I wasn't allowed to access the file.

Oddly enough doing a files.get works fine:

 gapi.client.drive.files.get({
         fileId: _this.selectedFileId,
       supportsTeamDrives: true
       }).then(function (response) {
         console.log('worked');
       }, function (error) {
           console.log('failed');
       });

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1812

Answers (1)

Femi
Femi

Reputation: 64700

I saw this same error when I used the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file permission: to get export to work you need to have at least the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly permission granted to the OAuth token you are using.

Upvotes: 5

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