Drive API
googleapis · Analytics
Manages files in Drive including uploading, downloading, searching, detecting changes, and updating sharing permissions.
Authentication
Sample Requests
Lists the changes for a user or shared drive.
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/changes?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&spaces=example&userIp=example&driveId=example&pageSize=1&pageToken=example"aUser=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&teamDriveId=example&includeLabels=example&includeRemoved=true&restrictToMyDrive=true&supportsAllDrives=true&supportsTeamDrives=true&includeCorpusRemovals=true&includeTeamDriveItems=true&includeItemsFromAllDrives=true&includePermissionsForView=example"
import requests
params = {
"alt": "json",
"key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields": "example",
"spaces": "example",
"userIp": "example",
"driveId": "example",
"pageSize": "1",
"pageToken": "example",
"quotaUser": "example",
"oauth_token": "example",
"prettyPrint": "true",
"teamDriveId": "example",
"includeLabels": "example",
"includeRemoved": "true",
"restrictToMyDrive": "true",
"supportsAllDrives": "true",
"supportsTeamDrives": "true",
"includeCorpusRemovals": "true",
"includeTeamDriveItems": "true",
"includeItemsFromAllDrives": "true",
"includePermissionsForView": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/changes",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/changes');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('spaces', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('userIp', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('driveId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('pageSize', '1');
url.searchParams.set('pageToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('teamDriveId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('includeLabels', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('includeRemoved', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('restrictToMyDrive', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('supportsAllDrives', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('supportsTeamDrives', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('includeCorpusRemovals', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('includeTeamDriveItems', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('includeItemsFromAllDrives', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('includePermissionsForView', 'example');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/changes")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("alt", "json")
q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
q.Set("fields", "example")
q.Set("spaces", "example")
q.Set("userIp", "example")
q.Set("driveId", "example")
q.Set("pageSize", "1")
q.Set("pageToken", "example")
q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
q.Set("teamDriveId", "example")
q.Set("includeLabels", "example")
q.Set("includeRemoved", "true")
q.Set("restrictToMyDrive", "true")
q.Set("supportsAllDrives", "true")
q.Set("supportsTeamDrives", "true")
q.Set("includeCorpusRemovals", "true")
q.Set("includeTeamDriveItems", "true")
q.Set("includeItemsFromAllDrives", "true")
q.Set("includePermissionsForView", "example")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/changes")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"spaces" => "example",
"userIp" => "example",
"driveId" => "example",
"pageSize" => "1",
"pageToken" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"teamDriveId" => "example",
"includeLabels" => "example",
"includeRemoved" => "true",
"restrictToMyDrive" => "true",
"supportsAllDrives" => "true",
"supportsTeamDrives" => "true",
"includeCorpusRemovals" => "true",
"includeTeamDriveItems" => "true",
"includeItemsFromAllDrives" => "true",
"includePermissionsForView" => "example"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/changes?" . http_build_query([
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"spaces" => "example",
"userIp" => "example",
"driveId" => "example",
"pageSize" => "1",
"pageToken" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"teamDriveId" => "example",
"includeLabels" => "example",
"includeRemoved" => "true",
"restrictToMyDrive" => "true",
"supportsAllDrives" => "true",
"supportsTeamDrives" => "true",
"includeCorpusRemovals" => "true",
"includeTeamDriveItems" => "true",
"includeItemsFromAllDrives" => "true",
"includePermissionsForView" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Lists the user's shared drives.
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/drives?q=test&alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&userIp=example&pageSize=1&pageToken=example"aUser=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&useDomainAdminAccess=true"
import requests
params = {
"q": "test",
"alt": "json",
"key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields": "example",
"userIp": "example",
"pageSize": "1",
"pageToken": "example",
"quotaUser": "example",
"oauth_token": "example",
"prettyPrint": "true",
"useDomainAdminAccess": "true"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/drives",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/drives');
url.searchParams.set('q', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('userIp', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('pageSize', '1');
url.searchParams.set('pageToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('useDomainAdminAccess', 'true');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/drives")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("q", "test")
q.Set("alt", "json")
q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
q.Set("fields", "example")
q.Set("userIp", "example")
q.Set("pageSize", "1")
q.Set("pageToken", "example")
q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
q.Set("useDomainAdminAccess", "true")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/drives")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"q" => "test",
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"userIp" => "example",
"pageSize" => "1",
"pageToken" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"useDomainAdminAccess" => "true"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/drives?" . http_build_query([
"q" => "test",
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"fields" => "example",
"userIp" => "example",
"pageSize" => "1",
"pageToken" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"useDomainAdminAccess" => "true"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Lists or searches files.
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/files?q=test&alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&corpus=domain&fields=example&spaces=example&userIp=example&corpora=example&driveId=example&orderBy=date&pageSize=1&pageToken=example"aUser=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&teamDriveId=example&includeLabels=example&supportsAllDrives=true&supportsTeamDrives=true&includeTeamDriveItems=true&includeItemsFromAllDrives=true&includePermissionsForView=example"
import requests
params = {
"q": "test",
"alt": "json",
"key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"corpus": "domain",
"fields": "example",
"spaces": "example",
"userIp": "example",
"corpora": "example",
"driveId": "example",
"orderBy": "date",
"pageSize": "1",
"pageToken": "example",
"quotaUser": "example",
"oauth_token": "example",
"prettyPrint": "true",
"teamDriveId": "example",
"includeLabels": "example",
"supportsAllDrives": "true",
"supportsTeamDrives": "true",
"includeTeamDriveItems": "true",
"includeItemsFromAllDrives": "true",
"includePermissionsForView": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/files",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/files');
url.searchParams.set('q', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('corpus', 'domain');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('spaces', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('userIp', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('corpora', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('driveId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('orderBy', 'date');
url.searchParams.set('pageSize', '1');
url.searchParams.set('pageToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('teamDriveId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('includeLabels', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('supportsAllDrives', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('supportsTeamDrives', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('includeTeamDriveItems', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('includeItemsFromAllDrives', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('includePermissionsForView', 'example');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/files")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("q", "test")
q.Set("alt", "json")
q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
q.Set("corpus", "domain")
q.Set("fields", "example")
q.Set("spaces", "example")
q.Set("userIp", "example")
q.Set("corpora", "example")
q.Set("driveId", "example")
q.Set("orderBy", "date")
q.Set("pageSize", "1")
q.Set("pageToken", "example")
q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
q.Set("teamDriveId", "example")
q.Set("includeLabels", "example")
q.Set("supportsAllDrives", "true")
q.Set("supportsTeamDrives", "true")
q.Set("includeTeamDriveItems", "true")
q.Set("includeItemsFromAllDrives", "true")
q.Set("includePermissionsForView", "example")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/files")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"q" => "test",
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"corpus" => "domain",
"fields" => "example",
"spaces" => "example",
"userIp" => "example",
"corpora" => "example",
"driveId" => "example",
"orderBy" => "date",
"pageSize" => "1",
"pageToken" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"teamDriveId" => "example",
"includeLabels" => "example",
"supportsAllDrives" => "true",
"supportsTeamDrives" => "true",
"includeTeamDriveItems" => "true",
"includeItemsFromAllDrives" => "true",
"includePermissionsForView" => "example"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/drive/v3/files?" . http_build_query([
"q" => "test",
"alt" => "json",
"key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
"corpus" => "domain",
"fields" => "example",
"spaces" => "example",
"userIp" => "example",
"corpora" => "example",
"driveId" => "example",
"orderBy" => "date",
"pageSize" => "1",
"pageToken" => "example",
"quotaUser" => "example",
"oauth_token" => "example",
"prettyPrint" => "true",
"teamDriveId" => "example",
"includeLabels" => "example",
"supportsAllDrives" => "true",
"supportsTeamDrives" => "true",
"includeTeamDriveItems" => "true",
"includeItemsFromAllDrives" => "true",
"includePermissionsForView" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Postman Setup Guide
- See official documentation for authentication and setup.
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