Permissions: get

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Gets a permission by ID. Try it now or see an example.

Request

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/fileId/permissions/permissionId

Parameters

Parameter name Value Description
Path parameters
fileId string The ID for the file or shared drive.
permissionId string The ID for the permission.
Optional query parameters
supportsAllDrives boolean Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives. (Default: false)
supportsTeamDrives boolean Deprecated use supportsAllDrives instead. (Default: false)
useDomainAdminAccess boolean Issue the request as a domain administrator; if set to true, then the requester will be granted access if the file ID parameter refers to a shared drive and the requester is an administrator of the domain to which the shared drive belongs. (Default: false)

Authorization

This request requires 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.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

If successful, this method returns a Permissions resource in the response body.

Examples

Note: The code examples available for this method do not represent all supported programming languages (see the client libraries page for a list of supported languages).

Java

Uses the Java client library.

import com.google.api.services.drive.Drive;
import com.google.api.services.drive.model.Permission;

import java.io.IOException;
// ...

public class MyClass {

  // ...

  /**
   * Print information about the specified permission.
   *
   * @param service Drive API service instance.
   * @param fileId ID of the file to print permission for.
   * @param permissionId ID of the permission to print.
   */
  private static void printPermission(Drive service, String fileId,
      String permissionId) {
    try {
      Permission permission = service.permissions().get(
          fileId, permissionId).execute();

      System.out.println("Name: " + permission.getName());
      System.out.println("Role: " + permission.getRole());
      for (String additionalRole : permission.getAdditionalRoles()) {
        System.out.println("Additional role: " + additionalRole);
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("An error occurred: " + e);
    }
  }

  // ...

}

.NET

Uses the .NET client library.

using Google.Apis.Drive.v2;
using Google.Apis.Drive.v2.Data;

using System.Net;
// ...

public class MyClass {

  // ...

  /// <summary>Print information about the specified permission.</summary>
  /// <param name="service">Drive API service instance.</param>
  /// <param name="fileId">ID of the file to print permission for.</param>
  /// <param name="permissionId">ID of the permission to print.</param>
  public static void PrintPermission(DriveService service, String fileId,
      String permissionId) {
    try {
      Permission permission = service.Permissions.Get(
          fileId, permissionId).Execute();

      Console.WriteLine("Name: " + permission.Name);
      Console.WriteLine("Role: " + permission.Role);
      foreach (String additionalRole in permission.AdditionalRoles) {
        Console.WriteLine("Additional role: " + additionalRole);
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      Console.WriteLine("An error occurred: " + e.Message);
    }
  }

  // ...

}

PHP

Uses the PHP client library.

/**
 * Print information about the specified permission.
 *
 * @param Google_Service_Drive $service Drive API service instance.
 * @param String $fileId ID of the file to print permission for.
 * @param String $permissionId ID of the permission to print.
 */
function printPermission($service, $fileId, $permissionId) {
  try {
    $permission = $service->permissions->get($fileId, $permissionId);

    print "Name: " . $permission->getName();
    print "Role: " . $permission->getRole();
    $additionalRoles = $permission->getAdditionalRoles();
    if(!empty($additionalRoles)) {
      foreach($additionalRoles as $additionalRole) {
        print "Additional role: " . $additionalRole;
      }
    }
  } catch (Exception $e) {
    print "An error occurred: " . $e->getMessage();
  }
}

Python

Uses the Python client library.

from apiclient import errors
# ...

def print_permission(service, file_id, permission_id):
  """Print information about the specified permission.

  Args:
    service: Drive API service instance.
    file_id: ID of the file to print permission for.
    permission_id: ID of the permission to print.
  """
  try:
    permission = service.permissions().get(
        fileId=file_id, permissionId=permission_id).execute()

    print 'Name: %s' % permission['name']
    print 'Role: %s' % permission['role']
    for additional_role in permission.get('additionalRole', []):
      print 'Additional role: %s' % additional_role
  except errors.HttpError, error:
    print 'An error occurred: %s' % error

JavaScript

Uses the JavaScript client library.

/**
 * Print information about the specified permission.
 *
 * @param {String} fileId ID of the file to print permission for.
 * @param {String} permissionId ID of the permission to print.
 */
function printPermission(fileId, permissionId) {
  var request = gapi.client.drive.permissions.get({
    'fileId': fileId,
    'permissionId': permissionId
  });
  request.execute(function(resp) {
    console.log('Name: ' + resp.name);
    console.log('Role: ' + resp.role);
    for (role in resp.additionalRoles) {
      console.log('Additional role: ' + resp.additionalRoles[role]);
    }
  });
}

Go

Uses the Go client library.

import (
  "google.golang.org/drive/v2"
  "fmt"
)


// PrintPermission displays the given permission on the given file
func PrintPermission(d *drive.Service, fileId string, permissionId string) error {
  p, err := d.Permissions.Get(fileId, permissionId).Do()
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("An error occurred: %v\n", err)
    return err
  }
  fmt.Printf("Role: %v\n", p.Role)
  return nil
}

Objective-C

Uses the Objective-C client library.

#import "GTLDrive.h"
// ...

+ (void)printPermissionWithService:(GTLServiceDrive *)service
                            fileId:(NSString *)fileId
                      permissionId:(NSString *)permissionId {
  GTLQueryDrive *query =
    [GTLQueryDrive queryForPermissionsGetWithFileId:fileId
                                       permissionId:permissionId];
  // queryTicket can be used to track the status of the request.
  GTLServiceTicket *queryTicket =
    [service executeQuery:query
        completionHandler:^(GTLServiceTicket *ticket,
                            GTLDrivePermission *permission, NSError *error) {
          if (error == nil) {
            NSLog(@"Name: %@", permission.name);
            NSLog(@"Role: %@", permission.role);
            for (NSString *additionalRole in permission.additionalRoles) {
              NSLog(@"Additional role: %@", additionalRole);
            }
          } else {
            NSLog(@"An error occurred: %@", error);
          }
        }];
}

// ...

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