Method: files.watch

• HTTP request
• Path parameters
• Query parameters
• Request body
• Response body
• Authorization scopes

Subscribes to changes to a file. For more information, see Notifications for resource changes.

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/{fileId}/watch

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
fileId	string The ID of the file.

Query parameters

Parameters
supportsAllDrives	boolean Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.
supportsTeamDrives (deprecated)	boolean Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives instead.
acknowledgeAbuse	boolean Whether the user is acknowledging the risk of downloading known malware or other abusive files. This is only applicable when the alt parameter is set to media and the user is the owner of the file or an organizer of the shared drive in which the file resides.
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 contains an instance of Channel.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of Channel.

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.