Apps

For a list of methods for this resource, see the end of this page.

Resource representations

The apps resource provides a list of the apps that a user has installed, with information about each app's supported MIME types, file extensions, and other details.

{
  "kind": "drive#app",
  "id": string,
  "name": string,
  "objectType": string,
  "shortDescription": string,
  "longDescription": string,
  "supportsCreate": boolean,
  "supportsImport": boolean,
  "supportsMultiOpen": boolean,
  "supportsOfflineCreate": boolean,
  "installed": boolean,
  "authorized": boolean,
  "hasDriveWideScope": boolean,
  "useByDefault": boolean,
  "productUrl": string,
  "productId": string,
  "openUrlTemplate": string,
  "createUrl": string,
  "createInFolderTemplate": string,
  "primaryMimeTypes": [
    string
  ],
  "secondaryMimeTypes": [
    string
  ],
  "primaryFileExtensions": [
    string
  ],
  "secondaryFileExtensions": [
    string
  ],
  "icons": [
    {
      "category": string,
      "size": integer,
      "iconUrl": string
    }
  ]
}

Property name	Value	Description
`kind`	`string`	This is always drive#app.
`id`	`string`	The ID of the app.
`name`	`string`	The name of the app.
`objectType`	`string`	The type of object this app creates (e.g. Chart). If empty, the app name should be used instead.
`supportsCreate`	`boolean`	Whether this app supports creating new objects.
`supportsImport`	`boolean`	Whether this app supports importing from Docs Editors.
`installed`	`boolean`	Whether the app is installed.
`authorized`	`boolean`	Whether the app is authorized to access data on the user's Drive.
`useByDefault`	`boolean`	Whether the app is selected as the default handler for the types it supports.
`productUrl`	`string`	A link to the product listing for this app.
`primaryMimeTypes[]`	`list`	The list of primary mime types.
`secondaryMimeTypes[]`	`list`	The list of secondary mime types.
`primaryFileExtensions[]`	`list`	The list of primary file extensions.
`secondaryFileExtensions[]`	`list`	The list of secondary file extensions.
`icons[]`	`list`	The various icons for the app.
`icons[].category`	`string`	Category of the icon. Allowed values are: `application` - icon for the application `document` - icon for a file associated with the app `documentShared` - icon for a shared file associated with the app
`icons[].size`	`integer`	Size of the icon. Represented as the maximum of the width and height.
`icons[].iconUrl`	`string`	URL for the icon.
`shortDescription`	`string`	A short description of the app.
`longDescription`	`string`	A long description of the app.
`supportsMultiOpen`	`boolean`	Whether this app supports opening more than one file.
`productId`	`string`	The ID of the product listing for this app.
`openUrlTemplate`	`string`	The template url for opening files with this app. The template will contain `{ids}` and/or `{exportIds}` to be replaced by the actual file ids. See Open Files for the full documentation.
`createUrl`	`string`	The url to create a new file with this app.
`createInFolderTemplate`	`string`	The template url to create a new file with this app in a given folder. The template will contain {folderId} to be replaced by the folder to create the new file in.
`supportsOfflineCreate`	`boolean`	Whether this app supports creating new files when offline.
`hasDriveWideScope`	`boolean`	Whether the app has drive-wide scope. An app with drive-wide scope can access all files in the user's drive.

Methods

list: Lists a user's installed apps.
get: Gets a specific app.