# Direct Download link google doc / drive **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** google-drive\ **Created:** [August 12, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/direct-download-link-google-doc-drive/50564 "2024-08-12T09:46:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loic\_AI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loic\_AI](https://community.make.com/u/Loic_AI)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/direct-download-link-google-doc-drive/50564/1 "2024-08-12T09:46:34Z")
Hello everyone, I’m working on a scenario where I generate a .docx document from a template stored on my Google Drive. This document is then sent by email, and so far, everything works perfectly. However, I also need to make this document downloadable via a link. Currently, the generated link points to Google Docs, which requires the user to sign in to their Google account to download the file—this isn’t ideal. Does anyone have a solution for creating a direct download link that bypasses the Google sign-in requirement? Thanks in advance for your expert advice! ![Capture d’écran 2024-08-12 à 11.44.06](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/2/8/28ad512fea459fba88cfb82b688b688c70e26d36.png) ---
**Author:** ![samliew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/samliew/32/13327_2.png) [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/direct-download-link-google-doc-drive/50564/2 "2024-08-12T12:42:40Z")
You have to set the sharing to **Reader** and **Anyone**. ![Screenshot_2024-08-12_200856](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/0/c/0c395768fdba71330e12bdff8c11780e97ec55b8.png) Then, use the “ **Web Content Link** ”, which is a direct link to **Download** the file. ![Screenshot_2024-08-12_200813](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/2/4/24e00495c1211df09597531e7704c21d1312b6c3.png) Do NOT use the “Share Link”! Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues. — @samliew ---
**Author:** ![Loic\_AI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loic\_AI](https://community.make.com/u/Loic_AI)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/direct-download-link-google-doc-drive/50564/3 "2024-08-12T15:02:02Z")
Thank you @samliew ! But it doesn’t work. The Web Content link gives me an HTTP ERROR 500. ![Capture d’écran 2024-08-12 à 16.57.02](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/6/7/67ffa3fbf33fd0f3b8812a6ca206253d8c3fd9b0.png) ---
**Author:** ![samliew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/samliew/32/13327_2.png) [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/direct-download-link-google-doc-drive/50564/4 "2024-08-12T15:05:53Z")
How are you mapping this variable? I don’t see any variables from Google Drive in your HTTP screenshot. You are mapping module [1] and [3] but not module [22]. ---
**Author:** ![Loic\_AI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loic\_AI](https://community.make.com/u/Loic_AI)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/direct-download-link-google-doc-drive/50564/5 "2024-08-12T16:08:08Z")
I had disconnected it during my tests to first get a working link to send. (It sends to my Bubble application). I reconnected it, but it’s the same— the link opens a blank page in the browser with a 500 error ([drive.usercontent.google.com](http://drive.usercontent.google.com)). ![Capture d’écran 2024-08-12 à 18.03.48](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/2/1/2146966175d0aa71477d45a7d4552841907cb8ce.png) ![Capture d’écran 2024-08-12 à 18.06.53](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/6/8/6854ba619fda43c48efb65aea48bc222c65d3cc8.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ruben\_Koemans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Ruben\_Koemans](https://community.make.com/u/Ruben_Koemans)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/direct-download-link-google-doc-drive/50564/6 "2024-08-12T18:53:54Z")
I used share link on my end and it works. Maybe the permission settings of the document are not right. You should make it “anyone can view” ---
**Author:** ![Loic\_AI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loic\_AI](https://community.make.com/u/Loic_AI)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/direct-download-link-google-doc-drive/50564/7 "2024-08-12T21:13:39Z")
After many different attempts without success, I found a solution that works! I grab one of the links from the Google Doc module (the module that creates my document from a template). There are export links (pdf, text, odt, etc.). There’s no .docx, but you can simply change =odt to =docx in a Set Variable module, and it works! You get a direct download link. Thank you for your help, and I hope this solution helps other Makers who are struggling like I was! 🙂 ![Capture d’écran 2024-08-12 à 23.09.20](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/4/d/4d2d4ba87098c8c2c04755dd938a6958b2313538.png) ---
**Author:** ![Make\_Bot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/make_bot/32/14661_2.png) [@Make\_Bot](https://community.make.com/u/Make_Bot)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/direct-download-link-google-doc-drive/50564/8 "2024-08-26T21:19:08Z")
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