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Downloads data from Google Cloud Storage to Local Filesystem
============================================================
The `Google Cloud Storage <https://cloud.google.com/storage/>`__  (GCS) is used to store large data from various applications.
This page shows how to download data from GCS to local filesystem.

Prerequisite Tasks
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. include::/operators/_partials/prerequisite_tasks.rst

.. _howto/operator:GCSToLocalFilesystemOperator:

GCSToLocalFilesystemOperator
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

:class:`~airflow.providers.google.cloud.transfers.gcs_to_local.GCSToLocalFilesystemOperator` allows you to download
data from GCS to local filesystem.


Below is an example of using this operator to download a file from GCS.

.. exampleinclude:: /../../tests/system/providers/google/gcs/example_gcs_upload_download.py
    :language: python
    :dedent: 0
    :start-after: [START howto_operator_gcs_download_file_task]
    :end-before: [END howto_operator_gcs_download_file_task]


Reference
---------

For further information, look at:

* `Google Cloud Storage Documentation <https://cloud.google.com/storage/>`__