This tool doesn’t work for Google Apps (e.g. There’s one thing to note before we move on to the quick tutorial.
You’ll have an automatically generated URL that triggers a download as soon as it’s clicked. This is why we created a direct download link generator. There is a way to do this by tweaking the “file_id” of your shared file, but that’s all a bit technical-we want to make it easier, not more difficult. But it’s not the most professional look for if you want to share documents with clients or customers.ĭirect download links offer a better, simpler way to automate this process. This link sharing process works well for sharing Google Drive files with family and friends, or to collaborate with colleagues. This process works well, but there’s an easier and faster way to achieve this: with a direct download link. Once people have the URL they’re free to download the file to their own devices. You’ll be given a URL link, alongside multiple permissions options, to allow others to access that specific file.
This extension is hosted at website and is subject to its Privacy Policy.Want to share files from your Drive? All you’ve got to do is open the individual file and click on the Share button.
Your folders and how files are organized: when a folder is opened with this extension, names and download links of all files inside that directory will be read by this extension. It doesn't necessarily mean that the extension accesses that data The names and email addresses of people you share files with: this extension doesn't access this info, this is just a generic text explaining the extents of the permission that this extension asks for. The titles and descriptions of your files: names and the download links of the files that you've opened with this extension will be accessed. Regarding the " See information about your Google Drive files" permission asked during the authorization: All communications with the Drive™ servers is handled via the official Drive™ Javascript API and your Drive™ data is not stored in any way in our databases. Privacy: This extension accesses the metadata of the selected file/folder and reads its download link from that metadata. To do this, you can right click the file/folder, select Get link and change visibility from Restricted to Anyone with the link. If Download Link Generator button isn't present, then you may first need to authorize this extension by clicking the Authorize button below.įor the generated download links to work everywhere, you need to make the file/folder public. When a folder is selected, download links for all the files in that folder are generated. Simply right click the file/folder in your Drive™ and select Open with->Download Link Generator. This Drive™ extension/add-on lets you generate direct download links for the files in your Drive™ storage.
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