# Downloading a file from Google Drive gives me Binary data

**URL:** <https://community.make.com/t/downloading-a-file-from-google-drive-gives-me-binary-data/59379>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** google-drive\
**Created:** [November 1, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/downloading-a-file-from-google-drive-gives-me-binary-data/59379 "2024-11-01T02:32:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Parra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba9def/32.png) [@Oscar\_Parra](https://community.make.com/u/Oscar_Parra)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/downloading-a-file-from-google-drive-gives-me-binary-data/59379/1 "2024-11-01T02:32:04Z")

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Hi all, I’m trying to create an automation where I watch a folder in Google Drive for any new files. In my case, it’s going to be doc.  
I want be able to read the content of the file and have OpenAI summarize it.  
However, I try to pass the Web\_View\_link and OpenAI doesn’t accept it.  
When I try to download it, the data is in binary format.  
What I thought would be a simple automation has become frustrating.  
How can I read the data from a file in my google drive and pass that to OpenAI?

Or is there a better way for me to get a file uploaded to my Google drive and have OpenAI summarize it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you in advance!

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**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:** [November 1, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/downloading-a-file-from-google-drive-gives-me-binary-data/59379/2 "2024-11-01T05:47:50Z")

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Welcome to the Make community!

You’ll have to download as **PDF** to upload to OpenAI “ **Message an Assistant** ” module.

For more information, see [How to PDF into openAI (Solution!)](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-pdf-into-openai-solution/43811)

Otherwise, you can also use **CloudConvert to convert it to a TEXT file** , so that you can paste the text contents of the file directly into the prompt.

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the [Make Academy](https://academy.make.com) will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.

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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Parra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba9def/32.png) [@Oscar\_Parra](https://community.make.com/u/Oscar_Parra)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/downloading-a-file-from-google-drive-gives-me-binary-data/59379/3 "2024-11-02T15:50:58Z")

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Thanks, samliew - I appreciate your response!

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**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:** [November 23, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/downloading-a-file-from-google-drive-gives-me-binary-data/59379/4 "2024-11-23T22:57:10Z")

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