Method: parents.insert

• HTTP request
• Path parameters
• Query parameters
• Request body
• Response body
• Authorization scopes
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Adds a parent folder for a file.

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/{fileId}/parents

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
fileId	string The ID of the file.

Query parameters

Parameters
enforceSingleParent (deprecated)	boolean Deprecated: Adding files to multiple folders is no longer supported. Use shortcuts instead.
supportsAllDrives	boolean Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.
supportsTeamDrives (deprecated)	boolean Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives instead.

Request body

The request body contains an instance of ParentReference.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of ParentReference.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/docs
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file

Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide.