- I have an audio recording in Google Drive.
- files "viewed by anyone with a link"
- I created a podcast channel that links to these files.
For a podcast client to upload files, it needs a direct download link. The Google Drive API returns two fields in the file metadata that can fulfill this role:
webContentLinkDesigned for use in a browser. This allows my podcast client to upload files less than 25 MB in size; unfortunately, in this amount Google requires user confirmation, because the file is not checked by a virus. This user confirmation step prevents my podcast clients from downloading a file if it exceeds 25 MB.downloadUrl- this is what you should use, but I can't get it to work at all. If I copy-paste downloadUrldirectly into the address bar of the browser, I get nothing. Similarly, my podcast client cannot download anything using downloadUrl.
This problem seems unresolved and suggests that it is still broken, but I have a few questions:
- Should I provide an API key requesting downloadUrl? WebContentLink does not require a key.
- Is there any workaround?
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