Regex to modify Google Drive shared file URL
UPDATED ON 23 March 2017
For PHP:
$link = preg_replace('%https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\?usp=sharing%', 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$1', $link);
For Python:
result = re.sub(r"https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\?usp=sharing", r"https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=\1", url)
For Perl:
$subject =~ s!https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\?usp=sharing!https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$1!g;
For Java:
String resultString = subjectString.replaceAll("https://drive\\.google\\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\\?usp=sharing", "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$1");
For Ruby:
result = subject.gsub(/https:\/\/drive\.google\.com\/file\/d\/(.*?)\/.*?\?usp=sharing/, 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=\1')
For C#:
resultString = Regex.Replace(subjectString, @"https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\?usp=sharing", "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$1");
For R Language:
~gsub("https://drive\\.google\\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\\?usp=sharing", "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=\\1", subject, perl=TRUE);
For Javascript:
result = subject.replace(/https:\/\/drive\.google\.com\/file\/d\/(.*?)\/.*?\?usp=sharing/g, "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$1");
For TCL:
regsub -linestop -all {https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\?usp=sharing} $subject "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download\\&id=\\1" result
for Oracle:
result := REGEXP_REPLACE(subject, 'https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*)/.*?\?usp=sharing', 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=\1', 1, 0, 'c');
For C++:
wxString ;
wxRegEx regexObj(_T("(?p)\\Ahttps://drive\\.google\\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\\?usp=sharing"), wxRE_ADVANCED);
regexObj.ReplaceAll(&subjectString, _T("https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download\\&id=\\1"));
For Groovy:
Matcher regexMatcher = subjectString =~ /https:\/\/drive\.google\.com\/file\/d\/(.*?)\/.*?\?usp=sharing/
String resultString = regexMatcher.replaceAll('https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$1');
For PostgreSQL:
SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE(mycolumn, $$(?p)https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\?usp=sharing$$, $$https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=\1$$, 'g') FROM mytable;
For VisualBasic.NET:
Dim RegexObj As New Regex("https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\?usp=sharing")
ResultString = RegexObj.Replace(SubjectString, "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$1")
For Delphi XE:
Dim RegexObj As New Regex("https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\?usp=sharing")
ResultString = RegexObj.Replace(SubjectString, "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$1")
For PowerShell:
$regex = [regex] 'https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\?usp=sharing'
$result = $regex.Replace($subject, 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$1')
For Xpath:
fn:replace($input, "https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\?usp=sharing", "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$1")
For VBscript:
Dim myRegExp, ResultString
Set myRegExp = New RegExp
myRegExp.Global = True
myRegExp.Pattern = "https://drive\.google\.com/file/d/(.*?)/.*?\?usp=sharing"
ResultString = myRegExp.Replace(SubjectString, "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$1")
If you need a different language just let me know! :)
You don't need regex for that you can complete the url transformation with 2 chained string replace. See for example this (in Java) :
String url="https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE_ID/edit?usp=sharing";
url = url.replace("/file/d/", "/uc?export=download&id=").replace("/edit?usp=sharing", "");
System.out.print(url);
==> The output:
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=FILE_ID