downdocs 0.1.0

CLI tool to download Google Docs from stdin

downdocs

A CLI tool to download Google Docs from stdin. Pipe Google Doc IDs and download them as DOCX, TXT, or Markdown files.

Installation

pip install downdocs

Setup

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
2. Create a new project or select existing one
3. Enable the Google Drive API
4. Create OAuth 2.0 credentials (Desktop app)
5. Download the credentials JSON file
6. Save it to ~/.config/downloadDocs/credentials.json

Usage

# Pipe document IDs to download
echo "1ABC...xyz" | downdocs

# Specify output directory
echo "1ABC...xyz" | downdocs --out ./my-docs

# Download as Markdown
echo "1ABC...xyz" | downdocs --format md

# Download multiple docs
cat doc_ids.txt | downdocs --format docx --out ./downloads

Options

Option	Default	Description
--out	./docs	Output directory
--format	docx	Download format (docx, txt, md)
--token	~/.config/downloadDocs/token.json	Path to token.json
--credentials	~/.config/downloadDocs/credentials.json	Path to credentials.json

Getting Document IDs

Google Doc IDs are the part of the URL between /d/ and /edit:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ABC123xyz/edit
                           ^^^^^^^^^^
                           Document ID

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.