Gets a file's metadata or content by ID. Try it now.
If you provide the URL parameter alt=media, then the response includes the file contents in the response body. Downloading content with alt=media only works if the file is stored in Drive. To download Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides use files.export instead. For further information on downloading files, refer to Download files.
Request
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/fileId
Parameters
| Parameter name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Path parameters | ||
fileId |
string |
The ID of the file. |
| Optional query parameters | ||
acknowledgeAbuse |
boolean |
Whether the user is acknowledging the risk of downloading known malware or other abusive files. This is only applicable when alt=media.
(Default: false)
|
fields |
string |
The paths of the fields you want included in the response. If not specified, the response includes a default set of fields specific to this method. For development you can use the special value * to return all fields, but you'll achieve greater performance by only selecting the fields you need. For more information, see Return specific fields for a file.
|
includePermissionsForView |
string |
Specifies which additional view's permissions to include in the response. Only 'published' is supported. |
supportsAllDrives |
boolean |
Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.
(Default: false)
|
supportsTeamDrives |
boolean |
Deprecated use supportsAllDrives instead.
(Default: false)
|
Authorization
This request allows authorization with at least one of the following scopes:
| Scope |
|---|
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonly |
Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the authentication and authorization page.
Request body
Do not supply a request body with this method.
Response
By default, this responds with a Files resource in the response body. If you provide the URL parameter alt=media, then the response includes the file contents in the response body. Downloading content with alt=media only works if the file is stored in Drive. To download Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides use files.export instead. For further information on downloading files, refer to Download files.
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