Changes

For a list of methods for this resource, see the end of this page.

Resource representations

A change to a file or shared drive.

{
  "kind": "drive#change",
  "type": string,
  "changeType": string,
  "time": datetime,
  "removed": boolean,
  "fileId": string,
  "file": files Resource,
  "teamDriveId": string,
  "driveId": string,
  "teamDrive": teamdrives Resource,
  "drive": drives Resource
}

Property name	Value	Description
`kind`	`string`	Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string `"drive#change"`.
`fileId`	`string`	The ID of the file which has changed.
`removed`	`boolean`	Whether the file or shared drive has been removed from this list of changes, for example by deletion or loss of access.
`time`	`datetime`	The time of this change (RFC 3339 date-time).
`file`	`nested object`	The updated state of the file. Present if the type is file and the file has not been removed from this list of changes.
`type`	`string`	Warning: This item is deprecated. Deprecated - use `changeType` instead.
`teamDriveId`	`string`	Warning: This item is deprecated. Deprecated - use `driveId` instead.
`teamDrive`	`nested object`	Warning: This item is deprecated. Deprecated - use `drive` instead.
`changeType`	`string`	The type of the change. Possible values are `file` and `drive`.
`driveId`	`string`	The ID of the shared drive associated with this change.
`drive`	`nested object`	The updated state of the shared drive. Present if the changeType is drive, the user is still a member of the shared drive, and the shared drive has not been deleted.

Methods

getStartPageToken: Gets the starting pageToken for listing future changes.
list: Lists the changes for a user or shared drive.
watch: Subscribes to changes for a user. To use this method, you must include the pageToken query parameter.