MCP Tools Reference: drivemcp.googleapis.com

    Tool: create_file

    Call this tool to create or upload a File to Google Drive.

    If uploading a file, the content needs to be base64 encoded into the content field regardless of the mimetype of the file being uploaded.

    Returns a single File object upon successful creation.

    The following Google Drive first-party mime types can be created without providing content:

    • application/vnd.google-apps.document
    • application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet
    • application/vnd.google-apps.presentation

    By default, the following conversions will be made for the following mime types:

    • text/plain to application/vnd.google-apps.document
    • text/csv to application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet

    To disable conversions for first-party mime types, set disable_conversion_to_google_type to true.

    Folders can be created by setting the mime type to application/vnd.google-apps.folder .

    The following sample demonstrate how to use curl to invoke the create_file MCP tool.

    Curl Request 
    curl  
--location  
 'https://drivemcp.googleapis.com/mcp' 
  
 \ 
--header  
 'content-type: application/json' 
  
 \ 
--header  
 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' 
  
 \ 
--data  
 '{ 
 "method": "tools/call", 
 "params": { 
 "name": "create_file", 
 "arguments": { 
 // provide these details according to the tool MCP specification 
 } 
 }, 
 "jsonrpc": "2.0", 
 "id": 1 
 }'

    Input Schema

    Request to upload a file.

    CreateFileRequest

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "title" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "mimeType" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "content" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "parentId" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "disableConversionToGoogleType" 
 : 
 boolean 
 }
    Fields
    title

    string

    The title of the file.
    mimeType

    string

    The mime type of the file to upload.
    content

    string

    The content of the file encoded as base64. The content field should always be base64 encoded regardless of the mime type of the file.
    parentId

    string

    The parent id of the file.
    disableConversionToGoogleType

    boolean

    If true, the file will not be converted to a Google type. Has no effect for mime types that do not have a Google equivalent.

    Output Schema

    A file resource.

    File

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "id" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "title" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "parentId" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "mimeType" 
 : 
 string 
 "fileSize" 
 : 
 string 
 "description" 
 : 
 string 
 "fileExtension" 
 : 
 string 
 "contentSnippet" 
 : 
 string 
 "viewUrl" 
 : 
 string 
 "sharedWithMeTime" 
 : 
 string 
 "createdTime" 
 : 
 string 
 "modifiedTime" 
 : 
 string 
 "viewedByMeTime" 
 : 
 string 
 "owner" 
 : 
 string 
 }
    Fields
    id

    string

    The id of the file that was fetched.

    title

    string

    The title of the file.

    parentId

    string

    The (optional) id of the parent of the file.

    Union field _mime_type .

    _mime_type can be only one of the following:

    mimeType

    string

    The mime type of the file.

    Union field _file_size .

    _file_size can be only one of the following:

    fileSize

    string ( int64 format)

    The size in bytes of the file.

    Union field _description .

    _description can be only one of the following:

    description

    string

    The description of the file.

    Union field _file_extension .

    _file_extension can be only one of the following:

    fileExtension

    string

    The original file extension of the file, this is only populated for files with content stored in Drive.

    Union field _content_snippet .

    _content_snippet can be only one of the following:

    contentSnippet

    string

    Generated snippet about the content of the file.

    Union field _view_url .

    _view_url can be only one of the following:

    viewUrl

    string

    The URL to view the file.

    Union field _shared_with_me_time .

    _shared_with_me_time can be only one of the following:

    sharedWithMeTime

    string ( Timestamp format)

    The time that the file was shared with the requester.

    Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" , "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30" .

    Union field _created_time .

    _created_time can be only one of the following:

    createdTime

    string ( Timestamp format)

    The time that the file was created.

    Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" , "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30" .

    Union field _modified_time .

    _modified_time can be only one of the following:

    modifiedTime

    string ( Timestamp format)

    The most recent time at which the file was modified.

    Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" , "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30" .

    Union field _viewed_by_me_time .

    _viewed_by_me_time can be only one of the following:

    viewedByMeTime

    string ( Timestamp format)

    The most recent time at which the file was viewed by requester.

    Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" , "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30" .

    Union field _owner .

    _owner can be only one of the following:

    owner

    string

    The email address of the owner of the file.

    Timestamp

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "seconds" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "nanos" 
 : 
 integer 
 }
    Fields
    seconds

    string ( int64 format)

    Represents seconds of UTC time since Unix epoch 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. Must be between -62135596800 and 253402300799 inclusive (which corresponds to 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59Z).
    nanos

    integer

    Non-negative fractions of a second at nanosecond resolution. This field is the nanosecond portion of the duration, not an alternative to seconds. Negative second values with fractions must still have non-negative nanos values that count forward in time. Must be between 0 and 999,999,999 inclusive.

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