src.data.download.download_from_google_drive

src.data.download.download_from_google_drive(url, output_file, pooch)

A downloader to fetch files from Google Drive.

Unlike some data sources, large files on Google Drive can’t be downloaded by just pointing to a URL. This function uses a workaround from the gdown package so that a pooch.Pooch instance can fetch Google Drive files.

Don’t call this function directly. Instead, it works as the download argument for pooch.Pooch.fetch or pooch.retrieve. See the Pooch documentation for details.

To get the url for a file in Google Drive, use this template:

"https://drive.google.com/uc?id=MY-FILE-ID"

To fill in MY-FILE-ID, right click the file in Google Drive, and select “Get shareable link,” copying out the UUID in the generated link.

Parameters:

• url – The URL for the file to download.
• output_file – The path to the output file.
• pooch – The Pooch instance calling this method.

Returns:

Output file name.

Return type:

str