How to download a file from Google Cloud Storage with Java?

Question

I\'m developping an application that provides users with an interface where they can download files from our Google Cloud Storage. I wrote unit tests and I could connect to

Answer 1

As you say, currently you're downloading the metadata. You need to use media download to download the object's data.

Take a look at the sample Java code here: https://developers.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1/objects/get

That is the simplest method, using getMediaHttpDownloader().

There is more info on media and the other method, resumable download, here: https://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/wiki/MediaDownload