Google Drive API returns 500 Internal Server Error when exporting large documents

Asked Apr 11 '18 at 21:23

Active Apr 12 '18 at 19:45

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I was trying to export(programmatically download from google drive) a slides document that is larger than 10MB in PDF format and encountered Error - #<Google::Apis::ServerError: Server error>.

I am using Google API ruby client and there is no specification on why this can happen. Documents that are <10MB when downloaded as PDF manually works fine when exported programmatically.

The method I use to export files is

@service.export_file(id, 'application/pdf', download_dest: StringIO.new).string,

@service is a Google::Apis::DriveV3::DriveService object.

edited Apr 12 '18 at 19:45

asked Apr 11 '18 at 21:23

zzlyn

If a download fails your going to have to start again there is nothing you can do about that. – Linda Lawton - DaImTo Apr 13 '18 at 07:06
It fails on every single attempt. I don't think implementing any backoffs can save it. – zzlyn Apr 13 '18 at 18:18

Google Drive API returns 500 Internal Server Error when exporting large documents

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