Google Drive raw data?

Question

Is there any URL google has that contains the raw data for the file? using https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE_ID just takes you to a 'share' section of the file... say I have a .js file on GDrive. If you go to their share link, they have a share page. Is there any link to get the raw javascript from the file, as to use in a <script src="google_link_or_whatever">?

Answer 1

NOTE - THIS WAS THE SOLUTION BUT IT NO LONGER WORKS - SEE COMMENT BY @Bobby Fritze below

No API's and no JS necessary. Confirmed now working on latest version of Drive. Great workaround for if your server doesn't use https but a vendor plugin demands https to call in a CSS or other file:

1. On the folder with your intended file (e.g. FILE.css), hit Sharing Settings, then Advanced, then select "Public on the web - Anyone on the Internet can find and view."
2. In the URL bar (or share link), copy everything after the drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/
3. Use that ID to replace the XX-XXXXXXXXXXXXX in: http://googledrive.com/host/XX-XXXXXXXXXXXXX/FILE.css
4. Navigate to the appended URL in Step 3 and you will now see your raw data.

My use case below:

<script type="text/javascript">
var vsDisableResize = false;
var vsCssUrl =         'https://cbe7c864b9c1ae8d5be60c7fed3e467334a04d2f.googledrive.com/host/0B9ngkmVbo5T7TDhTTU81M25iNnc/cart.css';
var vsWineryId = '850';
var vsWineListId = '71';

Credit to @chris.huh at: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/drive/MyD7dgLJaEo

Answer 2

First, go to the sharing settings for your document and choose "Anyone with a link." It will generate a link in the format https://drive.google.com/file/d/XXX/view?usp=sharing.

Now you can use the following URL format: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=XXX

Note that I'm seeing an HTTP redirect when I do this, so use curl -L on the command line or otherwise make sure that your HTTP client follows redirect.