- HTTP request
- Path parameters
- Query parameters
- Request body
- Response body
- Authorization scopes
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Gets a file's metadata or content by ID. For more information, see Search for files and folders .
If you provide the URL parameter alt=media
, then the response includes the file contents in the response body. Downloading content with alt=media
only works if the file is stored in Drive. To download Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides use files.export
instead. For more information, see Download and export files
.
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/{fileId}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
fileId
|
The ID of the file. |
Query parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
acknowledgeAbuse
|
Whether the user is acknowledging the risk of downloading known malware or other abusive files. This is only applicable when the |
supportsAllDrives
|
Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives. |
supportsTeamDrives
|
Deprecated: Use |
includePermissionsForView
|
Specifies which additional view's permissions to include in the response. Only |
includeLabels
|
A comma-separated list of IDs of labels to include in the |
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of File
.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.meet.readonly -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonly -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly
Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide .
