Google-api-nodejs-client: Unable to download file using drive APIs TypeError: drive.files.get(...).pipe is not a function

[839998664]

I am trying to download a pdf document from drive. Update it locally and then upload the updated document back into the drive. The api documentation shows that I can pipe the get request to a writeable stream. But I am getting an error that pipe is not a function. Tried looking around for a solution finally came across this and thought of asking for help here.

[JustinBeckwith]

Greetings! Can you share a small example of the code you're using?

[839998664]

Greetings!
I am using below snippet from the documentation...

let drive = google.drive({ version: 'v3', auth });
let dest = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(__dirname, '../temp/', filename));
 drive.files.get({
         fileId: fileId,
         alt: 'media'
 })
.on('end', function () {
      console.log('Done');
})
.on('error', function (err) {
      console.log('Error during download', err);
 })
.pipe(dest);

as is...I was getting errors about the ons initially...So, I tried removing them and using the pipe to dest directly as well...No luck...

[JustinBeckwith]

Got it - can you share the doc where you're finding this? This is a far better example:
https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client/blob/master/samples/drive/download.js

[839998664]

I found this at
https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/manage-downloads
Thanks for pointing me to another example...Will take a look at it...

[839998664]

Ok, the example at the new Url provided works for me...Thanks a lot...

[Hermogenes00]

Sei que faz tempo, mas talvez ajude alguma outra pessoa....
drive.files.get({ fileId: fileId, alt: 'media' }).then(result => { console.log(result); }).catch(err=>{ console.log(err); })

Como pode ver, está retornando uma promisse.

[fhinkel]

Greetings, we're closing this. Looks like the issue got resolved. Please let us know if the issue needs to be reopened.