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Google Changes API

Operations related to Changes

Google Changes API is one of 125 APIs that Google publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Changes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and an API reference.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1.

3 operations 3 paths 12 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.example.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Google Changes API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope.

  • OAuth2 — OAuth 2.0 authentication for Google Books API

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Changes 3

Operations related to Changes

GET
/changes
Google Get Changes
googleDriveChangesList 26 params → 200
GET
/changes/startPageToken
Google Get Changes Startpagetoken
googleDriveChangesGetstartpagetoken 16 params → 200
POST
/changes/watch
Google Post Changes Watch
googleDriveChangesWatch 26 params body → 200

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are File (62 properties), Permission (15 properties), Drive (12 properties), TeamDrive (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ChangeList
object
A list of changes for a user.
4 properties
User
object
Information about a Drive user.
6 properties
TeamDrive
object
Deprecated: use the drive collection instead.
11 properties
ContentRestriction
object
A restriction for accessing the content of the file.
7 properties
Drive
object
Representation of a shared drive. Some resource methods (such as drives.update) require a driveId. Use the drives.list method to retrieve the ID for a shared d…
12 properties
Permission
object
A permission for a file. A permission grants a user, group, domain, or the world access to a file or a folder hierarchy. Some resource methods (such as permiss…
15 properties
LabelField
object
Representation of field, which is a typed key-value pair.
8 properties
StartPageToken
object
2 properties
Change
object
A change to a file or shared drive.
11 properties
Channel
object
A notification channel used to watch for resource changes.
10 properties
File
object
The metadata for a file. Some resource methods (such as files.update) require a fileId. Use the files.list method to retrieve the ID for a file.
62 properties
Label
object
Representation of label and label fields.
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

google-changes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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