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Create a five-minute download link for one Google Drive file, for clients with a shell

Authorizations

x-api-key
string
header
required

Organization API key passed as the x-api-key header. The raw key is the header value; do not prefix it with Bearer.

Body

application/json
fileId
string
required
Required string length: 1 - 512
Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$
format
string

Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings only: export format, such as xlsx or csv for a Sheet, docx, md, txt or pdf for a Doc, pptx for Slides. Defaults to the Office format.

Pattern: ^[a-z]{2,5}$

Response

Short-lived bearer download URL, as JSON and as an MCP resource link, with the file's revision; no file content.

ok
boolean
required
file
object
required
download
object
required
downloadUrl
string<uri>
required

Secret bearer URL for this one file, valid for five minutes. Do not print, share, log or persist it.

expiresAt
string<date-time>
required
Pattern: ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$

The same download as an MCP resource link.

instructions
string
required