Direct Download link from Google Drive
Sharing files with Google Drive can be very convenient
, but the link that google generates, something like this:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2XdrMbOharQVnFyXDFGHYNYTTg
will just open the file for preview with the browser. To generate a link for download, use this link format instead:
https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B2XdrMbOharQVnFyXDFGHYNYTTg
And change the part after id= to match the link that Google provides.
Similarly you can do the same thing for Dropbox, just add ?dl=1 to the end of the url that Dropbox provide.
Last modified on 2012-08-04