A plain text custom message to include in the notification email.
enforceSingleParent (deprecated)
boolean
Deprecated: See moveToNewOwnersRoot for details.
moveToNewOwnersRoot
boolean
This parameter will only take effect if the item is not in a shared drive and the request is attempting to transfer the ownership of the item. If set to true, the item will be moved to the new owner's My Drive root folder and all prior parents removed. If set to false, parents are not changed.
sendNotificationEmail
boolean
Whether to send a notification email when sharing to users or groups. This defaults to true for users and groups, and is not allowed for other requests. It must not be disabled for ownership transfers.
supportsAllDrives
boolean
Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.
supportsTeamDrives (deprecated)
boolean
Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives instead.
transferOwnership
boolean
Whether to transfer ownership to the specified user and downgrade the current owner to a writer. This parameter is required as an acknowledgement of the side effect.
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.
enforceExpansiveAccess
boolean
Whether the request should enforce expansive access rules.
Request body
The request body contains an instance of Permission.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Permission.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-06-02 UTC."],[],[],null,["- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nCreates a permission for a file or shared drive.\n\n**Warning:** Concurrent permissions operations on the same file are not supported; only the last update is applied.\n\nHTTP request\n\n`POST https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/{fileId}/permissions`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\nPath parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------|----------------------------------------------|\n| `fileId` | `string` The ID of the file or shared drive. |\n\nQuery parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `emailMessage` | `string` A plain text custom message to include in the notification email. |\n| `enforceSingleParent` **(deprecated)** | `boolean` Deprecated: See `moveToNewOwnersRoot` for details. |\n| `moveToNewOwnersRoot` | `boolean` This parameter will only take effect if the item is not in a shared drive and the request is attempting to transfer the ownership of the item. If set to `true`, the item will be moved to the new owner's My Drive root folder and all prior parents removed. If set to `false`, parents are not changed. |\n| `sendNotificationEmail` | `boolean` Whether to send a notification email when sharing to users or groups. This defaults to true for users and groups, and is not allowed for other requests. It must not be disabled for ownership transfers. |\n| `supportsAllDrives` | `boolean` Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives. |\n| `supportsTeamDrives` **(deprecated)** | `boolean` Deprecated: Use `supportsAllDrives` instead. |\n| `transferOwnership` | `boolean` Whether to transfer ownership to the specified user and downgrade the current owner to a writer. This parameter is required as an acknowledgement of the side effect. |\n| `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. |\n| `enforceExpansiveAccess` | `boolean` Whether the request should enforce expansive access rules. |\n\nRequest body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [Permission](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/permissions#Permission).\n\nResponse body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of [Permission](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/permissions#Permission).\n\nAuthorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file`\n\nSome scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent)."]]
