I have been trying for weeks to just get a docx file from Google Drive using their API. I understand the way to do this would be to use the get_media method, which has worked and I am able to get the byte stream. However, every single method I have used to convert this to text, has failed. All I want is the text from a docx file in google drive, so if anyone has any suggestions that would be extremely appreciated. service = build("drive", "v3", credentials=creds) file_id = real_file_id request = service.files().get_media(fileId=file_id) file = io.BytesIO() downloader = MediaIoBaseDownload(file, request) done = False while done is False: status, done = downloader.next_chunk() print(f"Download {int(status.progress() * 100)}.") This gets me the bytes of the file but when I attempt to decode, I get invalid continuation bytes and then even ignoring errors, it still does not work. If anyone has done this before or can help me out I would GREATLY appreciate it. Continue reading...
