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I can't find the answer to this in the API docs or elsewhere. I see in the docs says you can get a downloadURL of a file, but it refers to it as a 'short lived URL'. What does that mean?
I need to upload images and get a permanent URL of that image that is the direct URL than can be embedded into emails or web docs etc. Is that possible?
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When you share any file or folder in Google Drive with another user, the shared links will work forever unless you manually change the sharing permissions. For instance, if you have shared a document with an external vendor, they'll continue to have access to the file long after your business contract may have ended.
With Google Drive, you can store files in the cloud and share them easily with anyone. Open any file in Google Drive, click the Share button and you'll get a URL (link) that others can use to access your file.
Yes, you can get a permalink to any file hosted on Google Drive in a public folder. Just note the folderID: 
and paste it to the following URL: http://googledrive.com/host/<folderID>/<filename> or you can create a short custom alias using G Drives: http://gdriv.es/<alias>/<filename>
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