[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-23 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: parents.list\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n - [JSON representation](#body.ParentList.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nLists a file's parents.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/{fileId}/parents`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------|------------------------------|\n| `fileId` | `string` The ID of the file. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nA list of a file's parents.\n\nIf successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:\n\n| JSON representation |\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"items\": [ { object (/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v2/parents#ParentReference) } ], \"kind\": string, \"etag\": string, \"selfLink\": string } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `items[]` | `object (`[ParentReference](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v2/parents#ParentReference)`)` The list of parents. |\n| `kind` | `string` This is always `drive#parentList`. |\n| `etag` | `string` The ETag of the list. |\n| `selfLink` | `string` A link back to this list. |\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/docs`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.meet.readonly`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonly`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly`\n\nSome scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent)."]]
