# Cloud Storage - [API documentation](#api-documentation) - [Notes](#notes) - [Definitions](#definitions) - [Download a Cloud Storage Bucket Object](#download-a-cloud-storage-bucket-object) ## API documentation * [Cloud Storage API - Objects](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1/objects) ## Notes To use these commands you must add the 'Cloud Storage API' to your project and update your client access authorization. Enable `Cloud Storage API (Read, Vault/Takeout Download)`. ``` gam update project gam oauth create ``` ## Definitions ``` ::= ::= ::= https://storage.cloud.google.com//| https://storage.googleapis.com//| gs:///| / ``` ## Download a Cloud Storage Bucket Object ``` gam download storagefile [targetfolder ] [overwrite []] [nogcspath []] ``` By default, the takeout files will be downloaded to the directory specified by `drive_dir` in gam.cfg. * `targetfolder ` - The takeout files will be downloaded to `` By default, when getting a document, an existing local file will not be overwritten; a numeric prefix is added to the filename. * `overwrite false` - Do not overwite an existing file; add a numeric prefix and create a new file * `overwrite | overwrite true` - Overwite an existing file By default, when getting a document, its Google Cloud Storage path is preserved. * `nogcspath false` - Preserve the Google Cloud Storage path * `nogcspath | nogcspath true` - Do not preserve the Google Cloud Storage path ### Example This example downloads a Google Cloud Storage file preserving its path ``` $ gam download storagefile gs://gam-bucket/SubFolder/SimpleText.txt Getting File SubFolder/SimpleText.txt Cloud Storage File: SubFolder/SimpleText.txt, Downloaded to: /Users/admin/Documents/GamWork/SubFolder/SimpleText.txt ``` This example downloads a Google Cloud Storage file removing its path ``` $ gam download storagefile gs://gam-bucket/SubFolder/SimpleText.txt nogcspath Getting File SubFolder/SimpleText.txt Cloud Storage File: SubFolder/SimpleText.txt, Downloaded to: /Users/admin/Documents/GamWork/SimpleText.txt ```