The reference for downloadUrl states that the link exists for a short amount of time. How long is this roughly? Minutes, hours, days?
https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/files#downloadUrl
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The reference for downloadUrl states that the link exists for a short amount of time. How long is this roughly? Minutes, hours, days?
https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/files#downloadUrl
I would not rely on this URL for more than minutes or hours, but in reality it is currently stable for a day or so. This is subject to change, so best to get the URL directly before downloading.
Edit: The difference between this
downloadURLand thewebContentLinkis that thewebContentLinkuses authorization from the user’s browser cookie, thedownloadURLrequires an authorized API request (using OAuth 2.0).