Google Drive API | Google for Developers (original ) (raw )The Google Drive API allows clients to access resources from Google Drive.
Service: googleapis.com/drive/v2To call this service, we recommend that you use the Google-provided client libraries . If your application needs to use your own libraries to call this service, use the following information when you make the API requests.
Discovery documentA Discovery Document is a machine-readable specification for describing and consuming REST APIs. It is used to build client libraries, IDE plugins, and other tools that interact with Google APIs. One service may provide multiple discovery documents. This service provides the following discovery document:
Service endpointA service endpoint is a base URL that specifies the network address of an API service. One service might have multiple service endpoints. This service has the following service endpoint and all URIs below are relative to this service endpoint:
https://www.googleapis.com
Methods
get
GET /drive/v2/about Gets the information about the current user along with Drive API settings
REST Resource: v2.apps
Methods
get
GET /drive/v2/apps/{appId} Gets a specific app.
list
GET /drive/v2/apps Lists a user's installed apps.
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get
GET /drive/v2/changes/{changeId} Deprecated: Use changes.getStartPageToken and changes.list to retrieve recent changes.
getStartPageToken
GET /drive/v2/changes/startPageToken Gets the starting pageToken for listing future changes.
list
GET /drive/v2/changes Lists the changes for a user or shared drive.
watch
POST /drive/v2/changes/watch Subscribe to changes for a user.
Methods
stop
POST /drive/v2/channels/stop Stops watching resources through this channel.
Methods
delete
DELETE /drive/v2/files/{folderId}/children/{childId} Removes a child from a folder.
get
GET /drive/v2/files/{folderId}/children/{childId} Gets a specific child reference.
insert
POST /drive/v2/files/{folderId}/children Inserts a file into a folder.
list
GET /drive/v2/files/{folderId}/children Lists a folder's children.
Methods
delete
DELETE /drive/v2/drives/{driveId} Permanently deletes a shared drive for which the user is an organizer.
get
GET /drive/v2/drives/{driveId} Gets a shared drive's metadata by ID.
hide
POST /drive/v2/drives/{driveId}/hide Hides a shared drive from the default view.
insert
POST /drive/v2/drives Creates a new shared drive.
list
GET /drive/v2/drives Lists the user's shared drives.
unhide
POST /drive/v2/drives/{driveId}/unhide Restores a shared drive to the default view.
update
PUT /drive/v2/drives/{driveId} Updates the metadata for a shared drive.
Methods
copy
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/copy Creates a copy of the specified file.
delete
DELETE /drive/v2/files/{fileId} Permanently deletes a file owned by the user without moving it to the trash.
emptyTrash
DELETE /drive/v2/files/trash Permanently deletes all of the user's trashed files.
export
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/export Exports a Google Workspace document to the requested MIME type and returns exported byte content.
generateIds
GET /drive/v2/files/generateIds Generates a set of file IDs which can be provided in insert or copy requests.
get
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId} Gets a file's metadata or content by ID.
insert
POST /drive/v2/files POST /upload/drive/v2/files Inserts a new file.
list
GET /drive/v2/files Lists the user's files.
listLabels
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/listLabels Lists the labels on a file.
modifyLabels
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/modifyLabels Modifies the set of labels applied to a file.
patch
PATCH /drive/v2/files/{fileId} Updates a file's metadata and/or content.
touch
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/touch Set the file's updated time to the current server time.
trash
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/trash Moves a file to the trash.
untrash
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/untrash Restores a file from the trash.
update
PUT /drive/v2/files/{fileId} PUT /upload/drive/v2/files/{fileId} Updates a file's metadata and/or content.
watch
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/watch Subscribes to changes to a file.
Methods
delete
DELETE /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/parents/{parentId} Removes a parent from a file.
get
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/parents/{parentId} Gets a specific parent reference.
insert
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/parents Adds a parent folder for a file.
list
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/parents Lists a file's parents.
Methods
delete
DELETE /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/permissions/{permissionId} Deletes a permission from a file or shared drive.
get
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/permissions/{permissionId} Gets a permission by ID.
getIdForEmail
GET /drive/v2/permissionIds/{email} Returns the permission ID for an email address.
insert
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/permissions Inserts a permission for a file or shared drive.
list
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/permissions Lists a file's or shared drive's permissions.
patch
PATCH /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/permissions/{permissionId} Updates a permission using patch semantics.
update
PUT /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/permissions/{permissionId} Updates a permission.
Methods
delete
DELETE /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties/{propertyKey} Deletes a property.
get
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties/{propertyKey} Gets a property by its key.
insert
POST /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties Adds a property to a file, or updates it if it already exists.
list
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties Lists a file's properties.
patch
PATCH /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties/{propertyKey} Updates a property.
update
PUT /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties/{propertyKey} Updates a property.
Methods
delete
DELETE /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/revisions/{revisionId} Permanently deletes a file version.
get
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/revisions/{revisionId} Gets a specific revision.
list
GET /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/revisions Lists a file's revisions.
patch
PATCH /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/revisions/{revisionId} Updates a revision.
update
PUT /drive/v2/files/{fileId}/revisions/{revisionId} Updates a revision.