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Not able to download the files (>50 MB Size) from G-Drive

  • March 16, 2026
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We are developing a bot where the bot 1 file (.xlsx workbook) output is upload to the G-Drive and when Bot 2 runs, it uses the output of Bot 1 uploaded to G_Drive. Once uploaded business will review the file and make necessary changes in the file. Bot 2 need to download the file from G-drive to local and further processes it. Since there is issue with AA A360 G-drive download activity for larger files, it is throwing read timeout error as the file size is >50 MB. We tried using RestAPi to download the file, but even google documentation tell the limit is only upto 10 MB. 

If do you have any solution or alternative to do this, kindly help us out with this.

Thanks!!

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    Aaron.Gleason
    Automation Anywhere Team
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    • Aaron.Gleason
    • Automation Anywhere Team
    • March 16, 2026

    ​@abhijna.nayak When it rains it pours! I have seen this specific issue pop up at least 5 times recently.

    This is a problem with Google Drive. However, an internal engineer has solved the problem with a specially-coded custom package that is not yet publicly available.

    The best solution is NOT to use Google Drive.

    The second best is to contact your CSM and see if you can be put on the list to receive this special package.

    The third best is to use this Python script to download files:

    https://github.com/abdulsaheel/async-file-downloader

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