FOLDER = '1J_Yw3ENBfDOEjiPV2LpYIa86aAPnaVx3' import os from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive gauth = GoogleAuth() gauth.CommandLineAuth() drive = GoogleDrive(gauth) file_list = drive.ListFile({'q': "'{}' in parents and trashed=false".format(FOLDER)}).GetList() for file1 in file_list: if file1['mimeType'] == 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder': continue local_filename = file1['title'] print(local_filename) if not os.path.exists(local_filename): file1.GetContentFile(local_filename) else: raise "{} exists".format(local_filename)