How to generate Google Drive API key for direct Downloading Link

sahil
January 20, 2021




Today we are talking about how to generate a direct Downloading Link for Google drive.
and generate google drive API key also.

Requirement

  • Internet connection

  • Smartphone / laptop / PC

  • Google Account
first of all, you should know why you need google drive API key for direct download link.

sometimes If you generate a link through google drive and share a link with your friend or someone else they should log in to her/his google account for downloading.

If you want to generate a direct downloading link with a single click, it's doesn't matter he/she is logged in or not. make sure follow this tutorial step by step, I am sure you will get benefit from it.

Tutorial

At first, we need to generate google drive API key, for generating google drive API key click on this link Google Developer Console open it and create a Project according to your choice. it doesn't matter which keyword you are chosen. 


After that go back to Google Developer Console home and then click on APIs & Services and then just tap on "Library" 


When you click on Libary a search bar will Appear just type "Google Drive" on the search bar
and then click on Google Drie and Enable it.

go back Google developer console home and then tap on APIs & Services and then click on "Credentials" appear a new window something like this.👇👇


Tap on "+ CREATE CREDENTIALS" now another window will appear something like this.👇👇



Now tap on "API Key" and boom API key will generate and appear within a sec. something like this. 👇👇


Copy your API key and save it on Notepad or keep it in a safe place.

now open Wonder plugin by the following url Wonder Plugin then pate your Google Drive API Key and paste your Google drive material also which you want to share with your friend or someone else. 


but make sure that your google drive end of the url something like this "usp=sharing"
if it was "usp=drivesdk" or something simply replace it with "usp=sharing" then just simply click on Generate google Drive Direct Link Boom a direct link will generate within a secound and you can share it with your friend or someone else. he/she can now download your materials without login.