Revisions

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

Resource representations

The metadata for a revision to a file.

{
  "kind": "drive#revision",
  "id": string,
  "mimeType": string,
  "modifiedTime": datetime,
  "keepForever": boolean,
  "published": boolean,
  "publishedLink": string,
  "publishAuto": boolean,
  "publishedOutsideDomain": boolean,
  "lastModifyingUser": {
    "kind": "drive#user",
    "displayName": string,
    "photoLink": string,
    "me": boolean,
    "permissionId": string,
    "emailAddress": string
  },
  "originalFilename": string,
  "md5Checksum": string,
  "size": long,
  "exportLinks": {
    (key): string
  }
}

Property name	Value	Description	Notes
`kind`	`string`	Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string `"drive#revision"`.
`id`	`string`	The ID of the revision.
`mimeType`	`string`	The MIME type of the revision.
`modifiedTime`	`datetime`	The last time the revision was modified (RFC 3339 date-time).
`keepForever`	`boolean`	Whether to keep this revision forever, even if it is no longer the head revision. If not set, the revision will be automatically purged 30 days after newer content is uploaded. This can be set on a maximum of 200 revisions for a file. This field is only applicable to files with binary content in Drive.	writable
`published`	`boolean`	Whether this revision is published. This is only applicable to Docs Editors files.	writable
`publishAuto`	`boolean`	Whether subsequent revisions will be automatically republished. This is only applicable to Docs Editors files.	writable
`publishedOutsideDomain`	`boolean`	Whether this revision is published outside the domain. This is only applicable to Docs Editors files.	writable
`lastModifyingUser`	`nested object`	The last user to modify this revision.
`lastModifyingUser.kind`	`string`	Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string `"drive#user"`.
`lastModifyingUser.displayName`	`string`	A plain text displayable name for this user.
`lastModifyingUser.photoLink`	`string`	A link to the user's profile photo, if available.
`lastModifyingUser.me`	`boolean`	Whether this user is the requesting user.
`lastModifyingUser.permissionId`	`string`	The user's ID as visible in Permission resources.
`lastModifyingUser.emailAddress`	`string`	The email address of the user. This may not be present in certain contexts if the user has not made their email address visible to the requester.
`originalFilename`	`string`	The original filename used to create this revision. This is only applicable to files with binary content in Drive.
`md5Checksum`	`string`	The MD5 checksum of the revision's content. This is only applicable to files with binary content in Drive.
`size`	`long`	The size of the revision's content in bytes. This is only applicable to files with binary content in Drive.
`exportLinks`	`object`	Links for exporting Docs Editors files to specific formats.
`exportLinks.(key)`	`string`	A mapping from export format to URL
`publishedLink`	`string`	A link to the published revision. This is only populated for Google Sites files.

Methods

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.
get: Gets a revision's metadata or content by ID.
list: Lists a file's revisions.
update: Updates a revision with patch semantics.