Check for missing downloadUrl

[theopolis]

To be honest, I'm not 100% sure when downloadUrl is missing-- but I have a few on the items I've accumulated over the years of my docs/drive foolery.

[vitalif]

Interesting, a file with MD5 checksum but without downloadUrl? What is it then?
Can you post a json dump of it here? (you can get it by logging HTTP requests with --http-log option)

[theopolis]

Looks something like:

 {
   "kind": "drive#file",
   "id": "REMOVED",
   "etag": "\"REMOVED\"",
   "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/REMOVED",
   "webContentLink": "https://docs.google.com/a/REMOVED&export=download",
   "alternateLink": "https://drive.google.com/a/REMOVED/view?usp=drivesdk",
   "iconLink": "https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_powerpoint_list.png",
   "thumbnailLink": "https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/REMOVED",
   "title": "REMOVED.pptx",
   "mimeType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation",
   "labels": {
    "starred": false,
    "hidden": false,
    "trashed": false,
    "restricted": true,
    "viewed": false
   },
   "createdDate": "2014-01-30T14:28:25.836Z",
   "modifiedDate": "2014-01-30T14:28:25.836Z",
   "markedViewedByMeDate": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
   "version": "535003",
   "parents": [
    {
     "kind": "drive#parentReference",
     "id": "REMOVED",
     "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/REMOVED",
     "parentLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/REMOVED",
     "isRoot": false
    }
   ],
   "userPermission": {
    "kind": "drive#permission",
    "etag": "\"REMOVED\"",
    "id": "me",
    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/REMOVED/permissions/me",
    "role": "reader",
    "type": "user"
   },
   "originalFilename": "REMOVED.pptx",
   "fileExtension": "pptx",
   "md5Checksum": "REMOVED",
   "fileSize": "6142792",
   "quotaBytesUsed": "0",
   "ownerNames": [
    "NOT ME"
   ],
   "owners": [
    {
     "kind": "drive#user",
     "displayName": "NOT ME",
     "picture": {
      "url": "REMOVED"
     },
     "isAuthenticatedUser": false,
     "permissionId": "REMOVED",
     "emailAddress": "REMOVED"
    }
   ],
   "lastModifyingUserName": "NOT ME",
   "lastModifyingUser": {
    "kind": "drive#user",
    "displayName": "NOT ME",
    "picture": {
     "url": "REMOVED"
    },
    "isAuthenticatedUser": false,
    "permissionId": "REMOVED",
    "emailAddress": "REMOVED"
   },
   "editable": false,
   "copyable": false,
   "writersCanShare": true,
   "shared": true,
   "explicitlyTrashed": false,
   "appDataContents": false,
   "headRevisionId": "REMOVED",
   "spaces": [
    "drive"
   ]
  },

[vitalif]

And what if you click webContentLink? Will it download the original pptx?

[theopolis]

Nope! webContentLink says the owner hasn't given me permission to download. The alternateLink allows me to view the content only.

[vitalif]

Aha... ok :) thanks for this correction then.

[theopolis]

You got it! Happy to help however possible 💃