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Google Files API

Operations related to Files

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

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

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

This API exposes 12 operations across 9 paths, and defines 14 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.

12 operations 9 paths 14 schemas 2 DELETE5 GET1 PATCH4 POST

Metadata

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

Authentication & Security 1

Google Files 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 12

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 12 operations — 2 DELETE, 5 GET, 1 PATCH, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Files 12

Operations related to Files

GET
/files
Google Get Files
googleDriveFilesList 27 params → 200
POST
/files
Google Post Files
googleDriveFilesCreate 21 params body → 200
GET
/files/generateIds
Google Get Files Generateids
googleDriveFilesGenerateids 15 params → 200
DELETE
/files/trash
Google Delete Files Trash
googleDriveFilesEmptytrash 14 params → 200
GET
/files/{fileId}
Google Get Files Fileid
googleDriveFilesGet 18 params → 200
PATCH
/files/{fileId}
Google Patch Files Fileid
googleDriveFilesUpdate 23 params body → 200
DELETE
/files/{fileId}
Google Delete Files Fileid
googleDriveFilesDelete 16 params → 200
POST
/files/{fileId}/copy
Google Post Files Fileid Copy
googleDriveFilesCopy 21 params body → 200
GET
/files/{fileId}/export
Google Get Files Fileid Export
googleDriveFilesExport 14 params → 200
GET
/files/{fileId}/listLabels
Google Get Files Fileid Listlabels
googleDriveFilesListlabels 15 params → 200
POST
/files/{fileId}/modifyLabels
Google Post Files Fileid Modifylabels
googleDriveFilesModifylabels 13 params body → 200
POST
/files/{fileId}/watch
Google Post Files Fileid Watch
googleDriveFilesWatch 18 params body → 200

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are File (62 properties), Permission (15 properties), Channel (10 properties), LabelFieldModification (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

User
object
Information about a Drive user.
6 properties
LabelList
object
A list of labels applied to a file.
3 properties
ModifyLabelsResponse
object
Response to a ModifyLabels request. This contains only those labels which were added or updated by the request.
2 properties
FileList
object
A list of files.
4 properties
ContentRestriction
object
A restriction for accessing the content of the file.
7 properties
Label
object
Representation of label and label fields.
4 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
LabelFieldModification
object
A modification to a label's field.
8 properties
LabelField
object
Representation of field, which is a typed key-value pair.
8 properties
GeneratedIds
object
A list of generated file IDs which can be provided in create requests.
3 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
ModifyLabelsRequest
object
A request to modify the set of labels on a file. This request may contain many modifications that will either all succeed or all fail atomically.
2 properties
LabelModification
object
A modification to a label on a file. A LabelModification can be used to apply a label to a file, update an existing label on a file, or remove a label from a f…
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

google-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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google:google-files-api
Base URL
https://api.example.com
Docs
https://cloud.google.com/api-gateway/docs
Provider
Google
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