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Vartika A.'s avatar
Vartika A.
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11 years ago

Unable to download/delete files using File Id in Java API v2

I am trying the to download/delete the file using unique Ids but I am getting error saying ----- "String 'path' does not match pattern" Following is the code snippet : FileOutputStream out = new ...
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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11 years ago

The API v2 Java SDK downloadBuilder doesn't currently support file IDs, so you'll have to a path. I'll be sure to pass this along as a request though.

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