How to Retrieve files from Google drive link to website

Bineeshcp Viswanath

7y2.7k.NET

Dear All,

I need your help to solve a issue in retreiving a image from google drive folder in my asp.net c# web application.

I want to read byte from the google drive link. How I can achieve that.

Please find the link below:-

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15v_3gHEQ9PTHICUlQiE98ChfgKOijWpD/view?usp=sharing

Here is my code piece for this function:-

byte[] bFile = File.ReadAllBytes(@"https://drive.google.com/file/d/15v_3gHEQ9PTHICUlQiE98ChfgKOijWpD/view?usp=sharing".ToString());

TypeConverter tc = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(Bitmap));

Bitmap mybtMp = (Bitmap)tc.ConvertFrom(bFile);

string ImageString = Convert.ToBase64String(bFile);

modal_Img.Src = String.Format("data:image/Bmp;base64,{0}\"", ImageString);

The above code getting the 404 error :-

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Bineeshcp Viswanath7y ago
Dear All,

I have switched to hosted server folder to store the files. Admin user may or maynot insert images into that folder through front end and customer can view those files from browser.

I found a way to do that and the process is working good for me.

Thank you for the support.
Amit Gupta7y ago
I don't think Google Drive allows a user to download a file from a direct link. You have to use Drive API or alternatively you can upload files to another server like Dropbox and get the downloaded file link.

Good Luck
Manoj Bhoir7y ago
Hi,

You can use Google Drive API to achive this.

Check this link :

https://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Display-View-list-of-files-from-Google-Drive-using-Google-Drive-API-in-ASPNet-with-C-and-VBNet.aspx