Given the path of a google document stored locally (with extension .gdoc, .gsheets ...), the script will open it in the default web browser. Useful if you stop using Google Drive as your cloud service, but still want to be able to open google documents from your file explorer.

google_doc_opener.py

import sys
import json
import webbrowser
from pathlib import Path

def open_google_doc(file_path):
    # Read the file
    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
        data = json.load(file)
    
    # Extract the doc_id
    doc_id = data.get('doc_id')
    
    if not doc_id:
        print("Error: 'doc_id' not found in the file.")
        return
    
    # Determine the correct URL based on the file extension
    file_extension = Path(file_path).suffix.lower()
    
    url_templates = {
        '.gdoc': 'https://docs.google.com/document/d/{}',
        '.gsheet': 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/{}',
        '.gslides': 'https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/{}',
        '.gform': 'https://docs.google.com/forms/d/{}',
        '.gdraw': 'https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/{}',
        '.gmaps': 'https://www.google.com/maps/d/{}',
        '.gsite': 'https://sites.google.com/view/{}',
        '.gjam': 'https://jamboard.google.com/d/{}'
    }
    
    url_template = url_templates.get(file_extension, 'https://docs.google.com/open?id={}')
    
    # Construct the URL
    url = url_template.format(doc_id)
    
    # Open the URL in the default browser
    webbrowser.open(url)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print("Usage: python script.py <path_to_google_doc_file>")
    else:
        file_path = sys.argv[1]
        open_google_doc(file_path)