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Olivia
Olivia

Reputation: 2171

Google Direct Download Link File Type

Is there a way to tell what type of file a google downloadlink will produce? This type of link doesn't tell me anything about the file type (.mov? .png? .jpg?)

(link below is an example)

https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=2D-99h4-CLMNPO!1234567&export=download

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3602

Answers (2)

pinoyyid
pinoyyid

Reputation: 22306

Look at the mimeType property of the file.

See https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/reference/files

Upvotes: 0

CMB
CMB

Reputation: 5163

Unless the file is a Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc... that has a special link, e.g. https://docs.google.com/document/d/FILE-ID, the rest of the file types are just bundled as a generic link like https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE-ID.

You can view the file type before downloading by using View Mode:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE_ID/view

Upvotes: 1

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