REST Resource: revisions

Resource: Revision

The metadata for a revision to a file.

Some resource methods (such as revisions.update) require a revisionId. Use the revisions.list method to retrieve the ID for a revision.

JSON representation 
{
  "id": string,
  "mimeType": string,
  "kind": string,
  "published": boolean,
  "exportLinks": {
    string: string,
    ...
  },
  "keepForever": boolean,
  "md5Checksum": string,
  "modifiedTime": string,
  "publishAuto": boolean,
  "publishedOutsideDomain": boolean,
  "publishedLink": string,
  "size": string,
  "originalFilename": string,
  "lastModifyingUser": {
    object (User)
  }
}
Fields
id

string

Output only. The ID of the revision.
mimeType

string

Output only. The MIME type of the revision.
kind

string

Output only. Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "drive#revision".
published

boolean

Whether this revision is published. This is only applicable to Docs Editors files.
keepForever

boolean

Whether to keep this revision forever, even if it is no longer the head revision. If not set, the revision will be automatically purged 30 days after newer content is uploaded. This can be set on a maximum of 200 revisions for a file.

This field is only applicable to files with binary content in Drive.
md5Checksum

string

Output only. The MD5 checksum of the revision's content. This is only applicable to files with binary content in Drive.
modifiedTime

string

Output only. The last time the revision was modified (RFC 3339 date-time).
publishAuto

boolean

Whether subsequent revisions will be automatically republished. This is only applicable to Docs Editors files.
publishedOutsideDomain

boolean

Whether this revision is published outside the domain. This is only applicable to Docs Editors files.
size

string (int64 format)

Output only. The size of the revision's content in bytes. This is only applicable to files with binary content in Drive.
originalFilename

string

Output only. The original filename used to create this revision. This is only applicable to files with binary content in Drive.
lastModifyingUser

object (User)

Output only. The last user to modify this revision. This field is only populated when the last modification was performed by a signed-in user.

Methods

delete

 Permanently deletes a file version.

get

 Gets a revision's metadata or content by ID.

list

 Lists a file's revisions.

update

 Updates a revision with patch semantics.