The list of modifications to apply to the labels on the file.
kind
string
This is always drive#modifyLabelsRequest.
LabelModification
A modification to a label on a file. A LabelModification can be used to apply a label to a file, update an existing label on a file, or remove a label from a file.
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Returns a list of the labels that were added or modified.\n\nHTTP request\n\n`POST https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/{fileId}/modifyLabels`\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 to which the labels belong. |\n\nRequest body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [ModifyLabelsRequest](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/files/modifyLabels#ModifyLabelsRequest).\n\nResponse body Response to a files.modifyLabels request. This contains only those labels which were added or updated by the request.\n\nIf successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:\n\n| JSON representation |\n|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"modifiedLabels\": [ { object (/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/Label) } ], \"kind\": string } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `modifiedLabels[]` | `object (`[Label](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/Label)`)` The list of labels which were added or updated by the request. |\n| `kind` | `string` This is always drive#modifyLabelsResponse |\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- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata`\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).\n\nModifyLabelsRequest A request to modify the set of labels on a file. This request may contain many modifications that will either all succeed or all fail atomically.\n\n| JSON representation |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"labelModifications\": [ { object (/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/files/modifyLabels#LabelModification) } ], \"kind\": string } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `labelModifications[]` | `object (`[LabelModification](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/files/modifyLabels#LabelModification)`)` The list of modifications to apply to the labels on the file. |\n| `kind` | `string` This is always drive#modifyLabelsRequest. |\n\nLabelModification A modification to a label on a file. A LabelModification can be used to apply a label to a file, update an existing label on a file, or remove a label from a file.\n\n| JSON representation |\n|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"labelId\": string, \"fieldModifications\": [ { object (/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/files/modifyLabels#FieldModification) } ], \"removeLabel\": boolean, \"kind\": string } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `labelId` | `string` The ID of the label to modify. |\n| `fieldModifications[]` | `object (`[FieldModification](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/files/modifyLabels#FieldModification)`)` The list of modifications to this label's fields. |\n| `removeLabel` | `boolean` If true, the label will be removed from the file. |\n| `kind` | `string` This is always drive#labelModification. |\n\nFieldModification A modification to a label's field.\n\n| JSON representation |\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"fieldId\": string, \"kind\": string, \"setDateValues\": [ string ], \"setTextValues\": [ string ], \"setSelectionValues\": [ string ], \"setIntegerValues\": [ string ], \"setUserValues\": [ string ], \"unsetValues\": boolean } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `fieldId` | `string` The ID of the field to be modified. |\n| `kind` | `string` This is always drive#labelFieldModification. |\n| `setDateValues[]` | `string` Replaces the value of a `date` field with these new values. The string must be in the RFC 3339 full-date format: YYYY-MM-DD. |\n| `setTextValues[]` | `string` Sets the value of a `text` field. |\n| `setSelectionValues[]` | `string` Replaces a `selection` field with these new values. |\n| `setIntegerValues[]` | `string (`[int64](https://developers.google.com/discovery/v1/type-format)` format)` Replaces the value of an `integer` field with these new values. |\n| `setUserValues[]` | `string` Replaces a `user` field with these new values. The values must be valid email addresses. |\n| `unsetValues` | `boolean` Unsets the values for this field. |"]]