Download File

Download a file by its ID from Google Drive.

This is only intended for non-native Google file types (for example, Google Sheets).

Input

Field	Definition	Type	Required
File ID	Unique ID associated with the file to be downloaded.	Text	TRUE
Options
Download Format	Format options to which the file download file contents are converted: Do not convert .CSV - Comma Separated Values .DOCX - Microsoft Office Document .EPUB - Electronic Publication .HTML - Hypertext Markup Language .JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group .ODP - OpenDocument Presentation .ODS - OpenDocument Spreadsheet .ODT - OpenDocument Text .PDF - Portable Document Format .PNG - Portable Network Graphics .PPTX - Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation .RTF - Rich Text Format .SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics .TSV - Tab Separated Values .TXT - Plain Text .XLSX - Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet .ZIP - Zipped Archive If you select Do not convert, then the card dynamically calls the Google Drive API to get the MIME type of the file. The card uses the type to construct the URL. The constructed URL is used when making the call to export the file from the Google Drive API. The Download Format pull-down contains a list of statically defined MIME types. If you select a different statically defined MIME type from the pull-down, then the selected MIME type is used to construct the URL. Note that the values from the Download Format drop-down and the file name and extension are independent. After a file is downloaded, it is stored with the file name provided by Google Drive regardless of the option selected from the Download Format drop-down.	Dropdown	FALSE

Field

Definition

Type

Required

File ID

Unique ID associated with the file to be downloaded.

Text

TRUE

Options

Download Format

Format options to which the file download file contents are converted:

Do not convert
.CSV - Comma Separated Values
.DOCX - Microsoft Office Document
.EPUB - Electronic Publication
.HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
.JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
.ODP - OpenDocument Presentation
.ODS - OpenDocument Spreadsheet
.ODT - OpenDocument Text
.PDF - Portable Document Format
.PNG - Portable Network Graphics
.PPTX - Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation
.RTF - Rich Text Format
.SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics
.TSV - Tab Separated Values
.TXT - Plain Text
.XLSX - Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
.ZIP - Zipped Archive

If you select Do not convert, then the card dynamically calls the Google Drive API to get the MIME type of the file. The card uses the type to construct the URL. The constructed URL is used when making the call to export the file from the Google Drive API.

The Download Format pull-down contains a list of statically defined MIME types. If you select a different statically defined MIME type from the pull-down, then the selected MIME type is used to construct the URL.

Note that the values from the Download Format drop-down and the file name and extension are independent. After a file is downloaded, it is stored with the file name provided by Google Drive regardless of the option selected from the Download Format drop-down.

Dropdown

FALSE

A file must be at least 1 byte in size, but cannot be larger than 2 GB. See Workflows system limits.

Output

Field	Definition	Type
File Content	Unique ID associated with the file content in the Workflows file system.	Text

Download File

Input

Output

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