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The Google Drive Activity service allows you to use the
Google Drive Activity API in Apps Script. This API
allows users programmatic access to retrieve information about their Google Drive activity.
Reference
For detailed information on this service, see the
reference documentation for the Google
Drive Activity API. Like all advanced services in Apps Script, the Google Drive Activity service uses the same objects, methods, and parameters as the
public API. For more information, see How method signatures are determined.
/** * Lists 10 activity for a Drive user. * @see https://developers.google.com/drive/activity/v2/reference/rest/v2/activity/query */functionlistDriveActivity(){constrequest={pageSize:10// Use other parameter here if needed.};try{// Activity.query method is used Query past activity in Google Drive.constresponse=DriveActivity.Activity.query(request);constactivities=response.activities;if(!activities||activities.length===0){console.log('No activity.');return;}console.log('Recent activity:');for(constactivityofactivities){// get time information of activity.consttime=getTimeInfo(activity);// get the action details/informationconstaction=getActionInfo(activity.primaryActionDetail);// get the actor's details of activityconstactors=activity.actors.map(getActorInfo);// get target information of activity.consttargets=activity.targets.map(getTargetInfo);// print the time,actor,action and targets of drive activity.console.log('%s: %s, %s, %s',time,actors,action,targets);}}catch(err){// TODO (developer) - Handle error from drive activity APIconsole.log('Failed with an error %s',err.message);}}/** * @param {object} object * @return {string} Returns the name of a set property in an object, or else "unknown". */functiongetOneOf(object){for(constkeyinobject){returnkey;}return'unknown';}/** * @param {object} activity Activity object. * @return {string} Returns a time associated with an activity. */functiongetTimeInfo(activity){if('timestamp'inactivity){returnactivity.timestamp;}if('timeRange'inactivity){returnactivity.timeRange.endTime;}return'unknown';}/** * @param {object} actionDetail The primary action details of the activity. * @return {string} Returns the type of action. */functiongetActionInfo(actionDetail){returngetOneOf(actionDetail);}/** * @param {object} user The User object. * @return {string} Returns user information, or the type of user if not a known user. */functiongetUserInfo(user){if('knownUser'inuser){constknownUser=user.knownUser;constisMe=knownUser.isCurrentUser||false;returnisMe?'people/me':knownUser.personName;}returngetOneOf(user);}/** * @param {object} actor The Actor object. * @return {string} Returns actor information, or the type of actor if not a user. */functiongetActorInfo(actor){if('user'inactor){returngetUserInfo(actor.user);}returngetOneOf(actor);}/** * @param {object} target The Target object. * @return {string} Returns the type of a target and an associated title. */functiongetTargetInfo(target){if('driveItem'intarget){consttitle=target.driveItem.title||'unknown';return'driveItem:"'+title+'"';}if('drive'intarget){consttitle=target.drive.title||'unknown';return'drive:"'+title+'"';}if('fileComment'intarget){constparent=target.fileComment.parent||{};consttitle=parent.title||'unknown';return'fileComment:"'+title+'"';}returngetOneOf(target)+':unknown';}
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This API\nallows users programmatic access to retrieve information about their Google Drive activity.\n| **Note:** This is an advanced service that must be [enabled before use](/apps-script/guides/services/advanced).\n\nReference\n\nFor detailed information on this service, see the\n[reference documentation](/drive/activity/v2/reference/rest) for the Google\nDrive Activity API. Like all advanced services in Apps Script, the Google Drive Activity service uses the same objects, methods, and parameters as the\npublic API. For more information, see [How method signatures are determined](/apps-script/guides/services/advanced#how_method_signatures_are_determined).\n\nTo report issues and find other support, see the\n[Google Drive Activity support guide](/drive/activity/v2/support).\n\nSample code\n\nThe sample code below uses [version 2](/drive/activity/v2) of\nthe API.\n\nGet activity in Google Drive\n\nThis sample gets recent activity in a user's Google Drive and logs information about the time, actor, action, and target of each activity. \ndrive/activity-v2/quickstart.gs \n[View on GitHub](https://github.com/googleworkspace/apps-script-samples/blob/main/drive/activity-v2/quickstart.gs) \n\n```gosu\n/**\n * Lists 10 activity for a Drive user.\n * @see https://developers.google.com/drive/activity/v2/reference/rest/v2/activity/query\n */\nfunction listDriveActivity() {\n const request = {\n pageSize: 10\n // Use other parameter here if needed.\n };\n try {\n // Activity.query method is used Query past activity in Google Drive.\n const response = DriveActivity.Activity.query(request);\n const activities = response.activities;\n if (!activities || activities.length === 0) {\n console.log('No activity.');\n return;\n }\n console.log('Recent activity:');\n for (const activity of activities) {\n // get time information of activity.\n const time = getTimeInfo(activity);\n // get the action details/information\n const action = getActionInfo(activity.primaryActionDetail);\n // get the actor's details of activity\n const actors = activity.actors.map(getActorInfo);\n // get target information of activity.\n const targets = activity.targets.map(getTargetInfo);\n // print the time,actor,action and targets of drive activity.\n console.log('%s: %s, %s, %s', time, actors, action, targets);\n }\n } catch (err) {\n // TODO (developer) - Handle error from drive activity API\n console.log('Failed with an error %s', err.message);\n }\n}\n\n/**\n * @param {object} object\n * @return {string} Returns the name of a set property in an object, or else \"unknown\".\n */\nfunction getOneOf(object) {\n for (const key in object) {\n return key;\n }\n return 'unknown';\n}\n\n/**\n * @param {object} activity Activity object.\n * @return {string} Returns a time associated with an activity.\n */\nfunction getTimeInfo(activity) {\n if ('timestamp' in activity) {\n return activity.timestamp;\n }\n if ('timeRange' in activity) {\n return activity.timeRange.endTime;\n }\n return 'unknown';\n}\n\n/**\n * @param {object} actionDetail The primary action details of the activity.\n * @return {string} Returns the type of action.\n */\nfunction getActionInfo(actionDetail) {\n return getOneOf(actionDetail);\n}\n\n/**\n * @param {object} user The User object.\n * @return {string} Returns user information, or the type of user if not a known user.\n */\nfunction getUserInfo(user) {\n if ('knownUser' in user) {\n const knownUser = user.knownUser;\n const isMe = knownUser.isCurrentUser || false;\n return isMe ? 'people/me' : knownUser.personName;\n }\n return getOneOf(user);\n}\n\n/**\n * @param {object} actor The Actor object.\n * @return {string} Returns actor information, or the type of actor if not a user.\n */\nfunction getActorInfo(actor) {\n if ('user' in actor) {\n return getUserInfo(actor.user);\n }\n return getOneOf(actor);\n}\n\n/**\n * @param {object} target The Target object.\n * @return {string} Returns the type of a target and an associated title.\n */\nfunction getTargetInfo(target) {\n if ('driveItem' in target) {\n const title = target.driveItem.title || 'unknown';\n return 'driveItem:\"' + title + '\"';\n }\n if ('drive' in target) {\n const title = target.drive.title || 'unknown';\n return 'drive:\"' + title + '\"';\n }\n if ('fileComment' in target) {\n const parent = target.fileComment.parent || {};\n const title = parent.title || 'unknown';\n return 'fileComment:\"' + title + '\"';\n }\n return getOneOf(target) + ':unknown';\n}\n```"]]