Download files and folders from Google Storage bucket to a local folder [closed]

Answer 1

For those wanting to avoid installing local tools like gsutil, there is a way to download files and folders from Google Cloud Storage entirely in the browser:

1. Navigate to: https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/BUCKET_NAME
2. Find the folder/file you want to download.
3. At the top-right of the page, press the code icon to open the Cloud Shell.
4. Create a temporary folder in the Cloud Shell virtual-machine: mkdir Data
5. Copy the Cloud Storage data to the temporary Data folder: gsutil -m cp -R gs://BUCKET_NAME/FOLDER_OR_FILE_PATH ./Data
6. Copy the data into a zip file: zip -r Data.zip Data
7. Download the zip file by running dl Data.zip, or: opening the "..." dropdown in the toolbar, pressing "Download file", typing Data.zip, and pressing "Download".

As an alternative to steps 6 and 7 (or if you want a tar file instead of a zip):

. . 6b. Press the computer icon (or pencil) in the toolbar, to open the Cloud Shell Environment explorer in a new tab.
. . 7b. Right click the Data folder in the directory browser to the left, and press "Download". A tar file will be downloaded to your local machine, which you can then extract using 7-Zip or the like.