Using the google drive API to download a spreadsheet in csv format

Question

I\'m sorry if this is an obvious question, I\'m still pretty new to the API. I\'m using the python drive api library, and trying to download a google spreadsheet as a csv.

Answer 1

Here's an implementation of Alain's suggestion that works for me:

downloadUrl = entry.get('exportLinks')['application/pdf']
# Strip "=pdf" and replace with "=csv"
downloadUrl = downloadUrl[:-4] + "=csv"

resp, content = drive_service._http.request(downloadUrl)