Https+drivegooglecom+file+d+1xy8bpgzdxewx5wtnbtwxvj9mvynojl+k+view+usp+sharing -

from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.http import MediaIoBaseDownload
from google.oauth2 import service_account
import io
# 1️⃣ Authenticate (using a service‑account key file)
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly']
SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE = 'path/to/service-account.json'
creds = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
        SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE, scopes=SCOPES)
service = build('drive', 'v3', credentials=creds)
# 2️⃣ File ID to download
file_id = '1xy8bpgzdxewx5wtnbtwxvj9mvynojl'
# 3️⃣ Request the file metadata (optional, useful for name & mime type)
meta = service.files().get(fileId=file_id, fields='name, mimeType').execute()
file_name = meta.get('name', 'downloaded_file')
print(f'Downloading: file_name (meta["mimeType"])')
# 4️⃣ Download the file contents
request = service.files().get_media(fileId=file_id)
fh = io.FileIO(file_name, 'wb')
downloader = MediaIoBaseDownload(fh, request)
done = False
while not done:
    status, done = downloader.next_chunk()
    print(f'Download int(status.progress() * 100)%')
print('✅ Download complete')

Google Drive is one of the most popular cloud storage platforms, used by millions to share documents, images, videos, and other files. However, sometimes shared links become corrupted during copying, pasting, or text processing. One common corruption pattern turns a valid Google Drive URL into a string like:

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If you’ve encountered such a string, you might think the file is lost forever. In most cases, the file is still accessible—you just need to reconstruct the original link. Google Drive is one of the most popular

This article explains: