Gets information about the user, the user's Drive, and system capabilities. For more information, see Return user info .
Required: The fields
parameter must be set. To return the exact fields you need, see Return specific fields
.
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/about
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of About
.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonly -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly
Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide .
