The Google Drive API allows clients to access resources from Google Drive.
- REST Resource: v2.about
- REST Resource: v2.apps
- REST Resource: v2.changes
- REST Resource: v2.channels
- REST Resource: v2.children
- REST Resource: v2.comments
- REST Resource: v2.drives
- REST Resource: v2.files
- REST Resource: v2.parents
- REST Resource: v2.permissions
- REST Resource: v2.properties
- REST Resource: v2.replies
- REST Resource: v2.revisions
Service: googleapis.com/drive/v2
To call this service, we recommend that you use the Google-provided client libraries . If your application needs to use your own libraries to call this service, use the following information when you make the API requests.
Discovery document
A Discovery Document is a machine-readable specification for describing and consuming REST APIs. It is used to build client libraries, IDE plugins, and other tools that interact with Google APIs. One service may provide multiple discovery documents. This service provides the following discovery document:
Service endpoint
A service endpoint is a base URL that specifies the network address of an API service. One service might have multiple service endpoints. This service has the following service endpoint and all URIs below are relative to this service endpoint:
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https://www.googleapis.com
REST Resource: v2.about
Methods | |
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get
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GET /drive/v2/about
Gets the information about the current user along with Drive API settings |
REST Resource: v2.apps
Methods | |
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get
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GET /drive/v2/apps/{appId}
Gets a specific app. |
list
|
GET /drive/v2/apps
Lists a user's installed apps. |
REST Resource: v2.changes
Methods | |
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get
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GET /drive/v2/changes/{changeId}
Deprecated: Use changes.getStartPageToken
and changes.list
to retrieve recent changes. |
getStartPageToken
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GET /drive/v2/changes/startPageToken
Gets the starting pageToken for listing future changes. |
list
|
GET /drive/v2/changes
Lists the changes for a user or shared drive. |
watch
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POST /drive/v2/changes/watch
Subscribe to changes for a user. |
REST Resource: v2.channels
Methods | |
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stop
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POST /drive/v2/channels/stop
Stops watching resources through this channel. |
REST Resource: v2.children
Methods | |
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delete
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DELETE /drive/v2/files/{folderId}/children/{childId}
Removes a child from a folder. |
get
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GET /drive/v2/files/{folderId}/children/{childId}
Gets a specific child reference. |
insert
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POST /drive/v2/files/{folderId}/children
Inserts a file into a folder. |
list
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GET /drive/v2/files/{folderId}/children
Lists a folder's children. |
REST Resource: v2.drives
Methods | |
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delete
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DELETE /drive/v2/drives/{driveId}
Permanently deletes a shared drive for which the user is an organizer
. |
get
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GET /drive/v2/drives/{driveId}
Gets a shared drive's metadata by ID. |
hide
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POST /drive/v2/drives/{driveId}/hide
Hides a shared drive from the default view. |
insert
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POST /drive/v2/drives
Creates a new shared drive. |
list
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GET /drive/v2/drives
Lists the user's shared drives. |
unhide
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POST /drive/v2/drives/{driveId}/unhide
Restores a shared drive to the default view. |
update
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PUT /drive/v2/drives/{driveId}
Updates the metadata for a shared drive. |
REST Resource: v2.files
Methods | |
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copy
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POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/copy
Creates a copy of the specified file. |
delete
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DELETE /drive/v2/files/{fileId}
Permanently deletes a file owned by the user without moving it to the trash. |
emptyTrash
|
DELETE /drive/v2/files/trash
Permanently deletes all of the user's trashed files. |
export
|
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/export
Exports a Google Workspace document to the requested MIME type and returns exported byte content. |
generateIds
|
GET /drive/v2/files/generateIds
Generates a set of file IDs which can be provided in insert or copy requests. |
get
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GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}
Gets a file's metadata or content by ID. |
insert
|
POST /drive/v2/files
POST /upload/drive/v2/files
Inserts a new file. |
list
|
GET /drive/v2/files
Lists the user's files. |
listLabels
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GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/listLabels
Lists the labels on a file. |
modifyLabels
|
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/modifyLabels
Modifies the set of labels applied to a file. |
patch
|
PATCH /drive/v2/files/{fileId}
Updates a file's metadata and/or content. |
touch
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POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/touch
Set the file's updated time to the current server time. |
trash
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POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/trash
Moves a file to the trash. |
untrash
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POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/untrash
Restores a file from the trash. |
update
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PUT /drive/v2/files/{fileId}
PUT /upload/drive/v2/files/{fileId}
Updates a file's metadata and/or content. |
watch
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POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/watch
Subscribes to changes to a file. |
REST Resource: v2.parents
Methods | |
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delete
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DELETE /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/parents/{parentId}
Removes a parent from a file. |
get
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GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/parents/{parentId}
Gets a specific parent reference. |
insert
|
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/parents
Adds a parent folder for a file. |
list
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GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/parents
Lists a file's parents. |
REST Resource: v2.properties
Methods | |
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delete
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DELETE /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties/{propertyKey}
Deletes a property. |
get
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GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties/{propertyKey}
Gets a property by its key. |
insert
|
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties
Adds a property to a file, or updates it if it already exists. |
list
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GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties
Lists a file's properties. |
patch
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PATCH /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties/{propertyKey}
Updates a property. |
update
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PUT /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties/{propertyKey}
Updates a property. |
REST Resource: v2.replies
Methods | |
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delete
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DELETE /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments/{commentId}/replies/{replyId}
Deletes a reply. |
get
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GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments/{commentId}/replies/{replyId}
Gets a reply. |
insert
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POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments/{commentId}/replies
Creates a new reply to the given comment. |
list
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GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments/{commentId}/replies
Lists all of the replies to a comment. |
patch
|
PATCH /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments/{commentId}/replies/{replyId}
Updates an existing reply. |
update
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PUT /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments/{commentId}/replies/{replyId}
Updates an existing reply. |
REST Resource: v2.revisions
Methods | |
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delete
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DELETE /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/revisions/{revisionId}
Permanently deletes a file version. |
get
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GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/revisions/{revisionId}
Gets a specific revision. |
list
|
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/revisions
Lists a file's revisions. |
patch
|
PATCH /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/revisions/{revisionId}
Updates a revision. |
update
|
PUT /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/revisions/{revisionId}
Updates a revision. |
REST Resource: v2.comments
delete
DELETE /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments/{commentId}
Deletes a comment.
get
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments/{commentId}
Gets a comment by ID.
insert
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments
Creates a new comment on the given file.
list
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments
Lists a file's comments.
patch
PATCH /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments/{commentId}
Updates an existing comment.
update
PUT /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/comments/{commentId}
Updates an existing comment.