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Your organization can have multiple labels, with labels having any number of
fields. This page describes how to list all labels on a single Google Drive
file.
To list the file labels, use the
files.listLabels method. The
request body must be empty. The method also takes the optional query parameter
maxResults to set the maximum number of labels to return per page. If not set,
100 results are returned.
If successful, the response
body contains the
list of labels applied to a file. These exist within an items object of type
Label.
Example
The following code sample shows how to use the label's fileId to retrieve the
correct labels.
/*** Lists all the labels on a Drive file* @return{obj} a list of Labels**/asyncfunctionlistLabels(){// Get credentials and build service// TODO (developer) - Use appropriate auth mechanism for your appconst{GoogleAuth}=require('google-auth-library');const{google}=require('googleapis');constauth=newGoogleAuth({scopes:'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'});constservice=google.drive({version:'v3',auth});try{constlabelListResponse=awaitservice.files.listLabels({fileId:'FILE_ID',});returnlabelListResponse;}catch(err){// TODO (developer) - Handle errorthrowerr;}}
Replace FILE_ID with the fileId of the file for which you
want the list of labels.
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