Properties: get

Request

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/fileId/properties/propertyKey

Parameters

Authorization

This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes:

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 Properties 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).

import com.google.api.services.drive.Drive;
import com.google.api.services.drive.Drive.Properties.Get;
import com.google.api.services.drive.model.Property;

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

public class MyClass {

  // ...

  /**
   * Print information about the specified custom property.
   *
   * @param service Drive API service instance.
   * @param fileId ID of the file to print property for.
   * @param key ID of the property to print.
   * @param visibility The type of property ('PUBLIC' or 'PRIVATE').
   */
  private static void printProperty(Drive service, String fileId, String key, String visibility) {
    try {
      Get request = service.properties().get(fileId, key);
      request.setVisibility(visibility);
      Property property = request.execute();

      System.out.println("Key: " + property.getKey());
      System.out.println("Value: " + property.getValue());
      System.out.println("Visibility: " + property.getVisibility());
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("An error occurred: " + e);
    }
  }

  // ...

}

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

using System.Net;
// ...

public class MyClass {

  // ...

  /// <summary>Print information about the specified custom property.</summary>
  /// <param name="service">Drive API service instance.</param>
  /// <param name="fileId">ID of the file to print property for.</param>
  /// <param name="key">ID of the property to print.</param>
  /// <param name="visibility">type of property ('PUBLIC' or 'PRIVATE').</param>
  public static void PrintProperty(DriveService service, String fileId,
      String key, PropertiesResource.Visibility visibility) {
    try {
      PropertiesResource.GetRequest request =
          service.Properties.Get(fileId, key);
      request.Visibility = visibility;
      Property property = request.Execute();

      Console.WriteLine("Key: " + property.Key);
      Console.WriteLine("Value: " + property.Value);
      Console.WriteLine("Visibility: " + property.Visibility);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      Console.WriteLine("An error occurred: " + e.Message);
    }
  }

  // ...

}

/**
 * Print information about the specified custom property.
 *
 * @param Google_Service_Drive $service Drive API service instance.
 * @param String $fileId ID of the file to print property for.
 * @param String $key ID of the property to print.
 * @param String $visibility The type of property ('PUBLIC' or 'PRIVATE').
 */
function printProperty($service, $fileId, $key, $visibility) {
  try {
    $optParams = array('visibility' => $visibility);
    $property = $service->properties->get($fileId, $key, $optParams);

    print "Key: " . $property->getKey();
    print "Value: " . $property->getValue();
    print "Visibility: " . $property->getVisibility();
  } catch (Exception $e) {
    print "An error occurred: " . $e->getMessage();
  }
}

def print_property(service, file_id, key, visibility):
  """Print information about the specified custom property.

  Args:
    service: Drive API service instance.
    file_id: ID of the file to print property for.
    key: ID of the property to print.
    visibility: type of property ('PUBLIC' or 'PRIVATE').
  """
  try:
    p = service.properties().get(
        fileId=file_id, propertyKey=key, visibility=visibility).execute()

    print 'Key: %s' % p['key']
    print 'Value: %s' % p['value']
    print 'Visibility: %s' % p['visibility']
  except errors.HttpError, error:
    print 'An error occurred: %s' % error

/**
 * Print information about the specified custom property.
 *
 * @param {String} fileId ID of the file to print property for.
 * @param {String} key ID of the property to print.
 * @param {String} visibility The type of property ('PUBLIC' or 'PRIVATE').
 */
function printProperty(fileId, key, visibility) {
  var request = gapi.client.drive.properties.get({
    'fileId': fileId,
    'propertyKey': key,
    'visibility': visibility
  });
  request.execute(function(resp) {
    console.log('Key: ' + resp.key);
    console.log('Value: ' + resp.value);
    console.log('Visibility: ' + resp.visibility);
  });
}

Try it!

Use the APIs Explorer below to call this method on live data and see the response.