Downloads uploaded media, but not Google Drive files. Download is supported on the URI /v1/media/{+name}?alt=media. To export bytes from a Google Drive file, see the files.export method in Google Drive.
HTTP request
GET https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/media/{resourceName=**}
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