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
Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string"drive#commentList".
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. The page token is typically valid for several hours. However, if new items are added or removed, your expected results might differ.
[[["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complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-23 UTC."],[],[]]
Lists a file's comments. For more information, see Manage comments and replies .
Required: The
fieldsparameter must be set. To return the exact fields you need, see Return specific fields .HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/{fileId}/commentsThe URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
fileIdstringThe ID of the file.
Query parameters
includeDeletedbooleanWhether to include deleted comments. Deleted comments will not include their original content.
pageSizeintegerThe maximum number of comments to return per page.
pageTokenstringThe token for continuing a previous list request on the next page. This should be set to the value of 'nextPageToken' from the previous response.
startModifiedTimestringThe minimum value of 'modifiedTime' for the result comments (RFC 3339 date-time).
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
A list of comments on a file.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
comments[]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.
kindstringIdentifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string
"drive#commentList".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. The page token is typically valid for several hours. However, if new items are added or removed, your expected results might differ.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://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 .