Google Drive Direct Link

API key v1

Turn a Google Drive share link into a direct download URL.

Resolves a Google Drive share link (the file/d/<id>/view or open?id= forms) to the URL that serves the file bytes directly, so it can be used in download buttons, wget scripts or media tags. The file must be shared with "anyone with the link".

GET https://api.zactonz.com/gdrive/directlink/

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`url`required	string	The Google Drive share link.

Send parameters in the query string.

Response

The direct download URL.

Field	Type	Description
`status`	integer	`200` on success. See status codes below.
`data`	string	The direct download URL, or an explanation for non-200 statuses.

Status codes

The outcome is reported in the JSON status field. See Errors & status codes for the general rules.

`200`	OK	Resolved.
`400`	Missing url	`url` was empty or absent.
`403`	Could not resolve	The file is private, was removed, or Google is throttling it. `data` carries the reason.

Notes

Direct links for large files pass through Google's virus-scan interstitial; the resolver follows it for you. Google may rate-limit files that are downloaded very frequently, in which case the reply is a 403 with the explanation in data.

<?php $query = http_build_query([ 'url' => 'https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8vQ0mnbCTFRcW1ZclhtS3ZKZGs/view', ]); $ch = curl_init("https://api.zactonz.com/gdrive/directlink/?" . $query); curl_setopt_array($ch, [ CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'], ]); $result = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

const params = new URLSearchParams({ url: "https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8vQ0mnbCTFRcW1ZclhtS3ZKZGs/view", }); const res = await fetch("https://api.zactonz.com/gdrive/directlink/?" + params, { headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }, }); const result = await res.json();