This site will create a downloadable link of any Google Drive file: How to share the google drive files so that when people click on the link it automatically downloads the file ( AKA, sending the google drive file as a download) So you simply take a FILEID and paste it into the above URL and you will now have a Google Drive file that can be shared as a link and see over the web Now take your FILEID and use this link but replace my FILEID with yours –.0B9F7aa5Cm7ZFc3RhcnRlcl9maWxl/ view?usp=sharing.In the example above I highlighted the part you need You need to copy everything after the ‘d/’ but before the ‘/view’ Now, what we are going to need from this link is the FILEID. Go back to the 3 buttons on the top right and choose “ Get Shareable Link“.

Click on “ Advanced” and then change the file from “ Private” to “On=Public to the web” ( you can share it as URL to specific people as well but then I’m not sure why you would need these instructions as you can just send them a link to the file directly).Click on the 3 buttons on the top right and choose “SHARE“.Go to your Google Drive webpage and open the file you want to share.How to share a google drive file or doc as a link: In our instance, digital signage software needed to reference videos, and other Google Drive content, as an HTTP or URL path.

While uploading videos to Google Drive I discovered that Google Drive has very limited options when you share or reference files as URL paths, so here is how to share Google Drive files as a URL or Link How to Share Google Drive Files as a URL Link

How to make a google drive link