DirectDownloadLink-Onedrive

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Table of contents
  1. Authors
  2. What is it
  3. Source Code (copy, paste and execute)
  4. Obtaining the “Classic Sharing Link”

tl;dr

Create Direct Download Link for Onedrive given a classic sharable link.

Authors

What is it

The following project makes you able to create Direct Download Link for Onedrive given a classic sharable link.

Here’s the difference:

  • Onedrive Classic Sharing Link: it opens a web interface to visualize the file and download it using an embedded (gui) botton
  • Direct Download Link Onedrive: it lets you immediately download the requested file, throught the Microsoft API. Perfect to share a mirror like link, mostly used for automatic programs that aren’t able to interact with a gui!

ONLY FOR PERSONAL ONEDRIVE USE. NO BUSINESS (SHAREPOINT) COMPATIBILITY. ONLY FOR SINGLE FILE. NO FOLDER COMPATIBILITY!!

Source Code (copy, paste and execute)

Language: C#

/*
 * @author: Andrea Grandieri g.andreus02@gmail.com https://github.com/AndreaGrandieri
 */

using System;

/*
 * ONLY FOR PERSONAL ONEDRIVE USE. NO BUSINESS (SHAREPOINT) COMPATIBILITY.
 * ONLY FOR SINGLE FILE. NO FOLDER COMPATIBILITY!!
 */

/*
 * Il seguente programma permette, partendo da un link di sharing OneDrive (NON DI UNA
 * CARTELLA!) di ottenere un link Direct-Download.
 * Differenza:
 * - Link di sharing OneDrive: apre una interfaccia web per visualizzare il file, scaricabile
 * attraverso l'uso di un bottone dell'interfaccia
 * - Link Direct-Download: scarica direttamente il file, utilizzando le API di Microsoft.
 * Perfetto per fornire link di download di tipo "mirror", utilizzati soprattutto da programmi
 * automatici che non sarebbero in grado di interagire con una interfaccia grafica!
 */

/*
 * - Onedrive Classic Sharing Link: it opens a web interface to visualize the file and download
 * it using an embedded (gui) botton
 * - Direct Download Link Onedrive: it lets you immediately download the requested file, throught
 * the Microsoft API. Perfect to share a _mirror like_ link, mostly used for automatic programs
 * that aren't able to interact with a gui!
 */

namespace DirectDownloadLink_Onedrive
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Place here your CLASSIC sharing link (e.g.: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmstWNn8EkEu73A68W56jHwFltEn?e=qBCpvd)
            string sharingUrl = "";
            string base64Value = System.Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(sharingUrl));
            string encodedUrl = "u!" + base64Value.TrimEnd('=').Replace('/', '_').Replace('+', '-');
            string resultUrl = string.Format("https://api.onedrive.com/v1.0/shares/{0}/root/content", encodedUrl);

            // Here you're printing the resulting link. THIS IS YOUR READY-TO-USE (PERMANENT) DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINK.
            // Just copy it and you are all set!
            Console.WriteLine(resultUrl);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

  1. Choose your file and click on Share.

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  2. Now you have to change the privacy for the file: it has to be set on READ-ONLY-SHARING (unckeck Allow modify).

    2.jpg

  3. Now your panel should look like this:

    3.png

  4. Finally get your classic read only sharing link:

    4.png