Method: children.get

Gets a specific child reference.

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/{folderId}/children/{childId}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
folderId

string

The ID of the folder.
childId

string

The ID of the child.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

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

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
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.meet.readonly
  • 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.