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Google Drive Files API

The Files API from Google Drive — 4 operation(s) for files.

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Google Drive Files API is published by Google Drive on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include File. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, pricing, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 8 operations across 4 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3.

8 operations 4 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 PATCH3 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v3
Base URL
https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3
Contact
Google
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 8

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Files 8
GET
/files
List files
listFiles 4 params → 200
POST
/files
Create a file
createFile body → 200
GET
/files/{fileId}
Get a file
getFile 2 params → 200
PATCH
/files/{fileId}
Update a file
updateFile 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/files/{fileId}
Delete a file
deleteFile 1 param → 204
POST
/files/{fileId}/copy
Copy a file
copyFile 1 param body → 200
GET
/files/{fileId}/permissions
List permissions
listPermissions 1 param → 200
POST
/files/{fileId}/permissions
Create a permission
createPermission 1 param body → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are File (9 properties), Permission (5 properties), PermissionList (2 properties), FileList (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Permission
object
A permission for a file or shared drive.
5 properties
File
object
A file resource representing a file or folder in Google Drive.
9 properties
FileList
object
A list of files returned from the files.list endpoint.
2 properties
PermissionList
object
A list of permissions for a file or shared drive.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

google-drive-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
#File
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API Details
ID
google-drive:google-drive-files-api
Base URL
https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3
Docs
https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/about-sdk
Provider
Google Drive
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