Method: about.get

Gets information about the user, the user's Drive, and system capabilities. For more information, see Return user info.

Required: The fields parameter must be set. To return the exact fields you need, see Return specific fields.

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/about

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of About.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly

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