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Google Drive for desktop (macOS): get a synced file's Drive ID from its local path via xattr com.google.drivefs.item-id#S

Files under ~/Library/CloudStorage/GoogleDrive-<account>/ carry an extended attribute com.google.drivefs.item-id#S holding the Drive file ID once synced. That gives you https://drive.google.com/file/d/<id>/view without the Drive API or OAuth. Sharing still has to be set in the web UI. To confirm public access, curl the uc?export=download URL with no cookies and compare checksums.

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