Gets information about the user, the user's Drive, and system capabilities. Try it now.
Request
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/about
Parameters
| Parameter name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Required query parameters | ||
fields |
string |
The paths of the fields you want included in the response. For development you can use the special value * to return all fields, but you'll achieve greater performance by only selecting the fields you need. For more information, see Return specific fields for a file.
|
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.appdata |
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 an About resource in the response body.
Try it!
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