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The Google Drive API allows clients to access resources from Google Drive.

Service: googleapis.com/drive/v2

To 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 document

A 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 endpoint

A 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:

REST Resource: v2.about

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.

REST Resource: v2.changes

Methods
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.

REST Resource: v2.channels

Methods
stop POST /drive/v2/channels/stop Stops watching resources through this channel.

REST Resource: v2.children

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.

REST Resource: v2.drives

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.

REST Resource: v2.files

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.

REST Resource: v2.parents

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.

REST Resource: v2.permissions

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.

REST Resource: v2.properties

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.

REST Resource: v2.revisions

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.