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I download a file from the Internet to the google drive folder on my local computer. In this case, the file is first downloaded to my local computer and then uploaded to google's servers from my local computer.
My problem is that my upload speed is very slow, so I would like to find a way of downloading the file directly to google's server first, and only then downloaded to my local computer.
ctlaltdefeat
Posted 2014-04-04T15:52:09.387
Reputation: 383
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If you are using Chrome, then Google has released their own extension that can download a file directly to Google Drive: Save to Google Drive. (This worked in 2014, and it's unknown how long it will keep on working.)
More information on using this extension can be found in the article Save Web Pages to your Google Drive.
If you are not using Chrome, you could use this website to do the same: Save Web Files. However, I am not too clear about whether that website can intercept your Google Drive credentials, so I do not know if using it is secure.
harrymc
Posted 2014-04-04T15:52:09.387
Reputation: 306 093
4When I used this extension to try and safe a .PDF file to my Google Drive, it just took a screenshot of the first page of the .PDF file and uploaded it as .PNG and didn't actually upload the .PDF file to Google Drive. This is obviously far less than ideal. – Aaron Franke – 2016-11-08T10:08:47.860
That extension actually downloads the font and re-uploads. Just another useless extension – Anwar – 2016-11-30T12:42:30.670
Save Web Files have deleted their OAuth key and it now returns a Google 401 error page – jarodsmk – 2017-06-14T07:11:00.160
http://timesavy.blogspot.in/2017/06/upload-file-to-google-drive-from-url.html – Pratik Bhoir – 2017-07-18T17:34:26.890
3This does not work as of 2018, the extension hasn't been updated in almost 4 years. – rahuldottech – 2018-03-13T16:07:32.323
Working fine for me, for smaller files, however Download failure: Source too large (40056 MB). – mt025 – 2018-08-25T21:30:10.633
@mt025 It has 250MB limit for a file. – CodeIt – 2019-01-10T13:55:54.060
@fixer1234: Downvoters don't know that it may not work today. I had a comment inside the answer about it, but a moderator deleted it (no comments allowed in answers). So what am I supposed to do? So tried again. – harrymc – 2019-03-28T18:55:53.170
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What you want is available here.
Instructions to Download Web files to Google Drive Directly or any cloud storage like Dropbox, Skydrive, etc.
Head over to http://ctrlq.org/save/
Enter the download link in the input box provided.
Click on “Google drive” to start downloading the file to your Google drive storage. Alternatively you can even select from any of the other service such a Skydrive, Dropbox or Box and download the files to these services directly.
On the popup window that papers, click on “Connect to Google Drive” , after which you will be taken to a new page where you need to authorize the app to access your Google drive’s storage. Click on “Accept” to proceed further.
Finally you will see this page where you need to enter a name for the file to be downloaded and click on “Save As” to save the file to your Google Drive storage.
ViruMax
Posted 2014-04-04T15:52:09.387
Reputation: 191
External links can disappear or be unavailable, in which case your answer would have no value. In this case, there is a second problem in that what looks like a relevant answer is buried far down the link so unless someone thinks to explore the link, it initially looks irrelevant. Please add the essential parts of the link to your answer so it can stand alone. Thanks. – fixer1234 – 2014-12-20T07:27:56.657
1I used to use this a lot. However, it seems the service is not active anymore – Anwar – 2016-11-30T12:42:46.503
4Not working. When I click *Sign in with Google* I get *The OAuth client was deleted.* – Omar – 2016-12-10T16:57:08.033
1This doesn't work anymore, as of 2018. Additionally, the website is broken over HTTPS – rahuldottech – 2018-03-13T16:07:02.167
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None of the existing answers work, as of March 2018.
However, https://savetodrive.net/ is a neat website which allows you to save files to Google Drive, Box or Dropbox from an internet URL. It's simple and free, and doesn't involve a complicated sign-up process.
Note: You must have your ad-blocker disabled in order for the website to work.
rahuldottech
Posted 2014-04-04T15:52:09.387
Reputation: 5 095
1Neither does this, the "Select a service" selection is broken. – Deepak Kamat – 2018-08-30T11:56:56.717
1Service is down. – CodeIt – 2019-01-10T13:53:58.960
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You can use this site http://thoaimedia.com/save/ to save web pages directly to cloud drive (Google Drive, DropBox, OneDrive).
This is also similar to the page http://ctrlq.org/save/
Pravin VELumani
Posted 2014-04-04T15:52:09.387
Reputation: 11
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create a simple HTML spript
save to google drive is a good extension but
but scripting it yourself is fairly easy...
https://developers.google.com/drive/web/savetodrive
<script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script>
<div class="g-savetodrive" data-src="//example.com/path/to/myfile.pdf" data-filename="My Statement.pdf" data-sitename="My Company Name"> </div>
kmassada
Posted 2014-04-04T15:52:09.387
Reputation: 216
4This doesn't answer the question. The OP asked for a way to upload directly to google drive, and this is from the link you gave ("How does it work?" section): The file is downloaded to the user's browser in parts and uploaded to Google Drive as data is received. – Sнаđошƒаӽ – 2016-11-12T05:38:27.350
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I use this extension: Save to Google Drive.
There you can select any folder on the fly where the file (pdf/jpg) or screenshot of an website should be saved in your Google Drive.
Andrea
Posted 2014-04-04T15:52:09.387
Reputation: 1
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Any browser, no need any extension use cloud transfer for google drive. It will save your file without downloading to your local machine. The smartest one.
safee
Posted 2014-04-04T15:52:09.387
Reputation: 1
Look Here => There are diff ways mentioned here http://timesavy.blogspot.in/2017/06/upload-file-to-google-drive-from-url.html
– Pratik Bhoir – 2017-07-18T17:33:36.920https://savetogoogledrive.herokuapp.com working as of 1/.10/19. – CodeIt – 2019-01-10T14:05:44.813