Google Resumable Media

2.8.0 · active · verified Sat Mar 28

A Python library providing utilities for Google Media Downloads and Resumable Uploads. Current version: 2.8.0, released on November 11, 2025. Supports Python 3.7 and above. Release cadence: approximately quarterly.

Warnings

breaking The library has been archived as of March 6, 2026, and is now in a read-only state.
Fix: Consider migrating to alternative libraries for active development and support.
deprecated Support for Python 2.7 and 3.5 has been removed. The last compatible version for these Python versions is 1.3.3.
Fix: Upgrade to Python 3.7 or later to continue using the library.

Install

pip install google-resumable-media Install google-resumable-media

Imports

ChunkedDownload
```
from google.resumable_media.requests import ChunkedDownload
```
Ensure correct import path to avoid ImportError.
SimpleUpload
```
from google.resumable_media.requests import SimpleUpload
```
Ensure correct import path to avoid ImportError.

Quickstart

This script demonstrates how to perform a chunked download using the google-resumable-media library. It downloads a large file in 1 MB chunks and writes it to 'downloaded_file'.

import os
from google.resumable_media.requests import ChunkedDownload

# Set up the media URL and destination stream
media_url = 'https://example.com/largefile'
stream = open('downloaded_file', 'wb')

# Initialize ChunkedDownload
chunk_size = 1024 * 1024  # 1 MB
download = ChunkedDownload(media_url, chunk_size, stream)

# Consume the download in chunks
while not download.finished:
    download.consume_next_chunk()
    print(f'Downloaded {download.bytes_downloaded} bytes')

# Close the stream
stream.close()

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