Method: files.list

Lists the user's files.

This method accepts the q parameter, which is a search query combining one or more search terms. For more information, see the Search for files & folders guide.

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Query parameters

Parameters
corpora

string

Bodies of items (files/documents) to which the query applies. Supported bodies are default, domain, drive and allDrives. Prefer default or drive to allDrives for efficiency.
corpus
(deprecated)

enum (Corpus)

Deprecated: The body of items (files/documents) to which the query applies. Use corpora instead.
driveId

string

ID of the shared drive to search.
includeItemsFromAllDrives

boolean

Whether both My Drive and shared drive items should be included in results.
includeTeamDriveItems
(deprecated)

boolean

Deprecated: Use includeItemsFromAllDrives instead.
maxResults

integer

The maximum number of files to return per page. Partial or empty result pages are possible even before the end of the files list has been reached.
orderBy

string

A comma-separated list of sort keys. Valid keys are:

  • createdDate: When the file was created.
  • folder: The folder ID. This field is sorted using alphabetical ordering.
  • lastViewedByMeDate: The last time the file was viewed by the user.
  • modifiedByMeDate: The last time the file was modified by the user.
  • modifiedDate: The last time the file was modified by anyone.
  • quotaBytesUsed: The number of storage quota bytes used by the file.
  • recency: The most recent timestamp from the file's date-time fields.
  • sharedWithMeDate: When the file was shared with the user, if applicable.
  • starred: Whether the user has starred the file.
  • title: The title of the file. This field is sorted using alphabetical ordering, so 1, 12, 2, 22.
  • title_natural: The title of the file. This field is sorted using natural sort ordering, so 1, 2, 12, 22.

Each key sorts ascending by default, but can be reversed with the 'desc' modifier. Example usage: ?orderBy=folder,modifiedDate desc,title.

Note that there's a current limitation for users with approximately one million files in which the requested sort order is ignored.
pageToken

string

Page token for files.
projection
(deprecated)

enum (Projection)

Deprecated: This parameter has no function.
q

string

Query string for searching files.
spaces

string

A comma-separated list of spaces to query. Supported values are drive, and appDataFolder.
supportsAllDrives

boolean

Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.
supportsTeamDrives
(deprecated)

boolean

Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives instead.
teamDriveId
(deprecated)

string

Deprecated: Use driveId instead.
includePermissionsForView

string

Specifies which additional view's permissions to include in the response. Only published is supported.
includeLabels

string

A comma-separated list of IDs of labels to include in the labelInfo part of the response.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

A list of files.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "nextPageToken": string,
  "kind": string,
  "etag": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "incompleteSearch": boolean,
  "nextLink": string,
  "items": [
    {
      object (File)
    }
  ]
}
Fields
nextPageToken

string

The page token for the next page of files. This will be absent if the end of the files list has been reached. If the token is rejected for any reason, it should be discarded, and pagination should be restarted from the first page of results.
kind

string

This is always drive#fileList.
etag

string

The ETag of the list.
items[]

object (File)

The list of files. If nextPageToken is populated, then this list may be incomplete and an additional page of results should be fetched.

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.apps.readonly
  • 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.

Corpus

Enums
DEFAULT The items that the user has accessed.
DOMAIN Items shared to the user's domain.