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Google Drive: Manage files, folders, and shared drives.
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Install
npx skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-drivenpx skills add googleworkspace/cliThe first command installs just this skill, by the name in its SKILL.md; the second installs the whole repository.
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gws drive <resource> <method> [flags]| Command | Description |
|---|---|
+upload | Upload a file with automatic metadata |
get — Gets information about the user, the user’s Drive, and system capabilities. For more information, see Return user info (opens in a new tab). Required: The fields parameter must be set. To return the exact fields you need, see Return specific fields (opens in a new tab).get — Retrieves an access proposal by ID. For more information, see Manage pending access proposals (opens in a new tab).list — List the access proposals on a file. For more information, see Manage pending access proposals (opens in a new tab). Note: Only approvers are able to list access proposals on a file. If the user isn’t an approver, a 403 error is returned.resolve — Approves or denies an access proposal. For more information, see Manage pending access proposals (opens in a new tab).get — Gets an Approval by ID.list — Lists the Approvals on a file.get — Gets a specific app. For more information, see Return user info (opens in a new tab).list — Lists a user’s installed apps. For more information, see Return user info (opens in a new tab).getStartPageToken — Gets the starting pageToken for listing future changes. For more information, see Retrieve changes (opens in a new tab).list — Lists the changes for a user or shared drive. For more information, see Retrieve changes (opens in a new tab).watch — Subscribes to changes for a user. For more information, see Notifications for resource changes (opens in a new tab).stop — Stops watching resources through this channel. For more information, see Notifications for resource changes (opens in a new tab).create — Creates a comment on a file. For more information, see Manage comments and replies (opens in a new tab). Required: The fields parameter must be set. To return the exact fields you need, see Return specific fields (opens in a new tab).delete — Deletes a comment. For more information, see Manage comments and replies (opens in a new tab).get — Gets a comment by ID. For more information, see Manage comments and replies (opens in a new tab). Required: The fields parameter must be set. To return the exact fields you need, see Return specific fields (opens in a new tab).list — Lists a file’s comments. For more information, see Manage comments and replies (opens in a new tab). Required: The fields parameter must be set. To return the exact fields you need, see Return specific fields (opens in a new tab).update — Updates a comment with patch semantics. For more information, see Manage comments and replies (opens in a new tab). Required: The fields parameter must be set. To return the exact fields you need, see Return specific fields (opens in a new tab).create — Creates a shared drive. For more information, see Manage shared drives (opens in a new tab).get — Gets a shared drive’s metadata by ID. For more information, see Manage shared drives (opens in a new tab).hide — Hides a shared drive from the default view. For more information, see Manage shared drives (opens in a new tab).list — Lists the user’s shared drives. This method accepts the q parameter, which is a search query combining one or more search terms. For more information, see the Search for shared drives (opens in a new tab) guide.unhide — Restores a shared drive to the default view. For more information, see Manage shared drives (opens in a new tab).update — Updates the metadata for a shared drive. For more information, see Manage shared drives (opens in a new tab).copy — Creates a copy of a file and applies any requested updates with patch semantics. For more information, see Create and manage files (opens in a new tab).create — Creates a file. For more information, see Create and manage files (opens in a new tab). This method supports an /upload URI and accepts uploaded media with the following characteristics: - Maximum file size: 5,120 GB - Accepted Media MIME types: */* (Specify a valid MIME type, rather than the literal */* value. The literal */* is only used to indicate that any valid MIME type can be uploaded.download — Downloads the content of a file. For more information, see Download and export files (opens in a new tab). Operations are valid for 24 hours from the time of creation.export — Exports a Google Workspace document to the requested MIME type and returns exported byte content. For more information, see Download and export files (opens in a new tab). Note that the exported content is limited to 10 MB.generateIds — Generates a set of file IDs which can be provided in create or copy requests. For more information, see Create and manage files (opens in a new tab).get — Gets a file’s metadata or content by ID. For more information, see Search for files and folders (opens in a new tab). If you provide the URL parameter alt=media, then the response includes the file contents in the response body. Downloading content with alt=media only works if the file is stored in Drive.list — Lists the user’s files. For more information, see Search for files and folders (opens in a new tab). This method accepts the q parameter, which is a search query combining one or more search terms. This method returns all files by default, including trashed files. If you don’t want trashed files to appear in the list, use the trashed=false query parameter to remove trashed files from the results.listLabels — Lists the labels on a file. For more information, see List labels on a file (opens in a new tab).modifyLabels — Modifies the set of labels applied to a file. For more information, see Set a label field on a file (opens in a new tab). Returns a list of the labels that were added or modified.update — Updates a file’s metadata, content, or both. When calling this method, only populate fields in the request that you want to modify. When updating fields, some fields might be changed automatically, such as modifiedDate. This method supports patch semantics. This method supports an /upload URI and accepts uploaded media with the following characteristics: - Maximum file size: 5,120 GB - Accepted Media MIME types: */* (Specify a valid MIME type, rather than the literal */* value.watch — Subscribes to changes to a file. For more information, see Notifications for resource changes (opens in a new tab).get — Gets the latest state of a long-running operation. Clients can use this method to poll the operation result at intervals as recommended by the API service.create — Creates a permission for a file or shared drive. For more information, see Share files, folders, and drives (opens in a new tab). Warning: Concurrent permissions operations on the same file aren’t supported; only the last update is applied.delete — Deletes a permission. For more information, see Share files, folders, and drives (opens in a new tab). Warning: Concurrent permissions operations on the same file aren’t supported; only the last update is applied.get — Gets a permission by ID. For more information, see Share files, folders, and drives (opens in a new tab).list — Lists a file’s or shared drive’s permissions. For more information, see Share files, folders, and drives (opens in a new tab).update — Updates a permission with patch semantics. For more information, see Share files, folders, and drives (opens in a new tab). Warning: Concurrent permissions operations on the same file aren’t supported; only the last update is applied.create — Creates a reply to a comment. For more information, see Manage comments and replies (opens in a new tab).delete — Deletes a reply. For more information, see Manage comments and replies (opens in a new tab).get — Gets a reply by ID. For more information, see Manage comments and replies (opens in a new tab).list — Lists a comment’s replies. For more information, see Manage comments and replies (opens in a new tab).update — Updates a reply with patch semantics. For more information, see Manage comments and replies (opens in a new tab).delete — Permanently deletes a file version. You can only delete revisions for files with binary content in Google Drive, like images or videos. Revisions for other files, like Google Docs or Sheets, and the last remaining file version can’t be deleted. For more information, see Manage file revisions (opens in a new tab).get — Gets a revision’s metadata or content by ID. For more information, see Manage file revisions (opens in a new tab).list — Lists a file’s revisions. For more information, see Manage file revisions (opens in a new tab). Important: The list of revisions returned by this method might be incomplete for files with a large revision history, including frequently edited Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Older revisions might be omitted from the response, meaning the first revision returned may not be the oldest existing revision.update — Updates a revision with patch semantics. For more information, see Manage file revisions (opens in a new tab).create — Deprecated: Use drives.create instead.get — Deprecated: Use drives.get instead.list — Deprecated: Use drives.list instead.update — Deprecated: Use drives.update instead.Before calling any API method, inspect it:
# Browse resources and methods
gws drive --help
# Inspect a method's required params, types, and defaults
gws schema drive.<resource>.<method>Use gws schema output to build your --params and --json flags.
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