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#!/usr/bin/env python

# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License');

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import sys

# [START storage_download_file]

from google.cloud import storage

def download_blob(bucket_name, source_blob_name, destination_file_name):

"""Downloads a blob from the bucket."""

# The ID of your GCS bucket

# bucket_name = "your-bucket-name"

# The ID of your GCS object

# source_blob_name = "storage-object-name"

# The path to which the file should be downloaded

# destination_file_name = "local/path/to/file"

storage_client = storage.Client()

bucket = storage_client.bucket(bucket_name)

# Construct a client side representation of a blob.

# Note `Bucket.blob` differs from `Bucket.get_blob` as it doesn't retrieve

# any content from Google Cloud Storage. As we don't need additional data,

# using `Bucket.blob` is preferred here.

blob = bucket.blob(source_blob_name)

blob.download_to_filename(destination_file_name)

print(

"Downloaded storage object {} from bucket {} to local file {}.".format(

source_blob_name, bucket_name, destination_file_name

)

# [END storage_download_file]

if __name__ == "__main__":

download_blob(

bucket_name=sys.argv[1],

source_blob_name=sys.argv[2],

destination_file_name=sys.argv[3],

)

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