Method: files.list

Lists the user's files. For more information, see Search for files and folders.

This method accepts the q parameter, which is a search query combining one or more search terms.

This method returns all files by default, including trashed files. If you don't want trashed files to appear in the list, use the trashed=false query parameter to remove trashed files from the results.

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Query parameters

Parameters
corpora

string

Bodies of items (files or documents) to which the query applies. Supported bodies are:

  • user
  • domain
  • drive
  • allDrives

Prefer user or drive to allDrives for efficiency. By default, corpora is set to user. However, this can change depending on the filter set through the q parameter. For more information, see File organization.
corpus
(deprecated)

enum (Corpus)

Deprecated: The source of files to list. Use corpora instead.
driveId

string

ID of the shared drive to search.
includeItemsFromAllDrives

boolean

Whether both My Drive and shared drive items should be included in results.
includeTeamDriveItems
(deprecated)

boolean

Deprecated: Use includeItemsFromAllDrives instead.
orderBy

string

A comma-separated list of sort keys. Valid keys are:

  • createdTime: When the file was created.
  • folder: The folder ID. This field is sorted using alphabetical ordering.
  • modifiedByMeTime: The last time the file was modified by the user.
  • modifiedTime: The last time the file was modified by anyone.
  • name: The name of the file. This field is sorted using alphabetical ordering, so 1, 12, 2, 22.
  • name_natural: The name of the file. This field is sorted using natural sort ordering, so 1, 2, 12, 22.
  • quotaBytesUsed: The number of storage quota bytes used by the file.
  • recency: The most recent timestamp from the file's date-time fields.
  • sharedWithMeTime: When the file was shared with the user, if applicable.
  • starred: Whether the user has starred the file.
  • viewedByMeTime: The last time the file was viewed by the user.

Each key sorts ascending by default, but can be reversed with the desc modifier. Example usage: ?orderBy=folder,modifiedTime desc,name.
pageSize

integer

The maximum number of files to return per page. Partial or empty result pages are possible even before the end of the files list has been reached.
pageToken

string

The token for continuing a previous list request on the next page. This should be set to the value of nextPageToken from the previous response.
q

string

A query for filtering the file results. For supported syntax, see Search for files and folders.
spaces

string

A comma-separated list of spaces to query within the corpora. Supported values are drive and appDataFolder. For more information, see File organization.
supportsAllDrives

boolean

Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.
supportsTeamDrives
(deprecated)

boolean

Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives instead.
teamDriveId
(deprecated)

string

Deprecated: Use driveId instead.
includePermissionsForView

string

Specifies which additional view's permissions to include in the response. Only published is supported.
includeLabels

string

A comma-separated list of IDs of labels to include in the labelInfo part of the response.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

A list of files.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "files": [
    {
      object (File)
    }
  ],
  "nextPageToken": string,
  "kind": string,
  "incompleteSearch": boolean
}
Fields
files[]

object (File)

The list of files. If nextPageToken is populated, then this list may be incomplete and an additional page of results should be fetched.
nextPageToken

string

The page token for the next page of files. This will be absent if the end of the files list has been reached. If the token is rejected for any reason, it should be discarded, and pagination should be restarted from the first page of results. The page token is typically valid for several hours. However, if new items are added or removed, your expected results might differ.
kind

string

Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "drive#fileList".

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.meet.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly

Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide.

Corpus

Enums
user Files owned by or shared to the user.
domain Files shared to the user's domain.