Easily upload a file from a url to google drive

Madhu Sudhan Subedi
savetodrive
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3 min readMay 22, 2018
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You may already know how we upload files to google drive. For instance, if you need to upload web files, you simply download the files to your computer and then upload them to google drive.

This article originally published on http://web.savetodrive.net/posts/2018-05-13/upload-in-google-drive/ at May 13, 2018

Downloading web files and uploading them again to google drive takes a lot of our precious time as well as consume disk space on your computer. And if you don’t have a fast internet connection we understand how frustrating it can get.

In this article, you will get an idea on how easily web files can be uploaded to Google Drive using direct link and Save To Drive making your life easier.

tl;dr: Visit Save To Drive by clicking this link, authenticate your google account by clicking the google drive icon. Add your web file link url to the input field over there. Select Google Drive service. Check ‘I m not robot’ box and click the orange upload button. Then you’re done

Steps for uploading web files

  1. Visit the https://savetodrive.net , we are uploading web files using Save To Drive.
  2. You need to authenticate your google account to upload files to your google drive, So just click the google drive icon and complete authentication process. And you’ll see the green check mark in google drive icon like this.

3. Copy the Link of the any web file, let’s say “https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/05/04/21/22/meadow-3375052_1280.jpg” this one is a pixabay’s image link. Just paste this link to the url input field and select Google Drive service.

4. You are almost, Check the ‘I am not robot’ checkbox and click orange color upload button then you can see the uploading progress there. If progress bar shows 100% then you’re done. Cheers ! now you can check your google drive.

5. You can also change the original file name by clicking the ‘change file name’ checkbox there will be a filename input field there so that you can put any name you want.Similarly, if you want to get notified in email for success/error on upload check the ‘Mail me when upload is success/error’ and fill your email there.

Conclusion: Web files can be saved to Google Drive using direct link with the help of Save To Drive.

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Madhu Sudhan Subedi
savetodrive

Software Developer, Movies, TV Series, Liverpool Fan, Cricket Fan, Part Time Blogger….. www.madhusudhansubedi.com.np