Onedrive download files how to#

This article describes how to download the OneDrive sync app and sign in with your personal account, or work or school account, to get started syncing. Whenever you’re online, any changes that you or others make will sync automatically. You can work with your synced files directly in File Explorer and access your files even when you’re offline. If you add, change, or delete a file or folder in your OneDrive folder, the file or folder is added, changed, or deleted on the OneDrive website and vice versa. With OneDrive, you can sync files between your computer and the cloud, so you can get to your files from anywhere - your computer, your mobile device, and even through the OneDrive website at.

Onedrive download files windows#

I use this new Refresh Token the next time I run the program, and so on.Important: Beginning January 1, 2022, we are ending support for selected OneDrive desktop apps running on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. I call the Token endpoint using that Refresh Token, and the API gives me an Access Token to use during the current session and a new Refresh Token.

So basically, I have the Refresh Token always updated. PATH_TO_FILE + '/' + FILE_NAME + ':/content', headers=header) # I just overwrite the file with the new one. # ^ Save somewhere the new refresh token. Response = requests.post('', data=params)Īccess_token = response.json() 'refresh_token': refresh_token_that_you_got_in_the_previous_step This will return an Access Token and a Refresh Token. I used for this.įorm URL: grant_type=authorization_code&client_id=your_app_client_id&code=use_the_code_returned_on_previous_step Do a POST request with type FORM URL Encoded.

That URL will redirect you to the Redirect URI that you set up and with a code= something in the URL. Use the Scopes and the Redirect URI that you set up in Azure Portal. Open a browser and go to the URL below.

Onedrive download files manual#

If we add new permissions, the tokens that we have will become invalid and we have to do this manual part again. I also thought about using Selenium for this, but since it's only one time and my app will request tokens every hour (keeping the tokens fresh), I dropped that idea. There must be a programmatic way to do this, but I had no idea how to do it. Looks like to get a token for the first time we have to use a browser or emulate something like that.

I did not create any Certificate or Secret.

The offline_access is to be able to get the refresh token, which will be crucial to keep the app running without asking the user to login. I added User.Read, Files.ReadWrite and offline_access.

In the section API permissions, you have to add all the permissions that your app will use.

You can use your own, I chose one of the suggested:

In the section Authentication, click Add a Platform and choose Desktop + devices.

In the application details, in the section Overview, take note of the Application (client) ID.

In Redirect URI, choose Public client/native.

In Supported account types, choose the one that has personal Microsoft accounts.

Azure Active Directory -> App Registrations -> Applications from personal account It's running automatically every hour and I don't need to touch it. I'm not sure if it's the best way but it is working now.