If set, all comments and replies, including deleted comments and replies (with content stripped) will be returned.
maxResults
integer
The maximum number of discussions to include in the response, used for paging.
pageToken
string
The continuation token, used to page through large result sets. To get the next page of results, set this parameter to the value of "nextPageToken" from the previous response.
updatedMin
string
Only discussions that were updated after this timestamp will be returned. Formatted as an RFC 3339 timestamp.
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
A list of comments on a file in Google Drive.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
The list of comments. If nextPageToken is populated, then this list may be incomplete and an additional page of results should be fetched.
kind
string
This is alwaysdrive#commentList.
selfLink
string
A link back to this list.
nextLink
string
A link to the next page of comments.
nextPageToken
string
The page token for the next page of comments. This will be absent if the end of the comments list has been reached. If the token is rejected for any reason, it should be discarded, and pagination should be restarted from the first page of results.
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Lists a file's comments.
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/{fileId}/commentsThe URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
fileIdstringThe ID of the file.
Query parameters
includeDeletedbooleanIf set, all comments and replies, including deleted comments and replies (with content stripped) will be returned.
maxResultsintegerThe maximum number of discussions to include in the response, used for paging.
pageTokenstringThe continuation token, used to page through large result sets. To get the next page of results, set this parameter to the value of "nextPageToken" from the previous response.
updatedMinstringOnly discussions that were updated after this timestamp will be returned. Formatted as an RFC 3339 timestamp.
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
A list of comments on a file in Google Drive.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
items[]object (Comment)The list of comments. If nextPageToken is populated, then this list may be incomplete and an additional page of results should be fetched.
kindstringThis is always
drive#commentList.selfLinkstringA link back to this list.
nextLinkstringA link to the next page of comments.
nextPageTokenstringThe page token for the next page of comments. This will be absent if the end of the comments list has been reached. If the token is rejected for any reason, it should be discarded, and pagination should be restarted from the first page of results.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/docshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drivehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.filehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.meet.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonlySome scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide .