Method: files.get | Google Drive | Google for Developers (original) (raw)
- 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.
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 & export files.
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/{fileId}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| fileId | string The ID of the file. |
Query parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| acknowledgeAbuse | boolean Whether the user is acknowledging the risk of downloading known malware or other abusive files. This is only applicable when the alt parameter is set to media and the user is the owner of the file or an organizer of the shared drive in which the file resides. |
| supportsAllDrives | boolean Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives. |
| supportsTeamDrives**(deprecated)** | boolean Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives instead. |
| includePermissionsForView | string Specifies which additional view's permissions to include in the response. Only 'published' is supported. |
| includeLabels | string A comma-separated list of IDs of labels to include in the labelInfo part of the response. |
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of [File](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/files#File).
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drivehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdatahttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.filehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.meet.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadatahttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonlyhttps://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.