c# - Unable to upload large files to Google Docs

Question

I am uploading documents on Google Docs as:

DocumentsService myService = new DocumentsService("");
myService.setUserCredentials("username@domain.com", password );
DocumentEntry newEntry = myService.UploadDocument(@"C:Sample.txt", "Sample.txt");

But when I try to upload a file of 3 MB I get an exception:

An unhandled exception of type 'Google.GData.Client.GDataRequestException' occurred in Google.GData.Client.dll Additional information: Execution of request failed: http://docs.google.com/feeds/documents/private/full

How can I upload large files to Google Docs? I am using Google API ver 2.

Answer 1

In your code you are attempting to upload a .txt file.

This will be converted to a Google Docs "Document" file.

Files that can be converted are limited to 1 Million characters of (2Mb in size).

If you change the extension type to something that is not recognised by Google Docs (for example .log), it will allow you to upload a file of up to 10Gb! Although the free account only has 1Gb of storage for files.

This will allow you to store and retrieve files via your application, but the user will not be able to directly modify them with the Google docs interface, although they can still download it.