REST Resource: about

Resource: About

An item with user information and settings.

JSON representation 
{
  "name": string,
  "quotaBytesTotal": string,
  "quotaBytesUsed": string,
  "quotaBytesUsedInTrash": string,
  "largestChangeId": string,
  "remainingChangeIds": string,
  "rootFolderId": string,
  "importFormats": [
    {
      "source": string,
      "targets": [
        string
      ]
    }
  ],
  "exportFormats": [
    {
      "source": string,
      "targets": [
        string
      ]
    }
  ],
  "additionalRoleInfo": [
    {
      "type": string,
      "roleSets": [
        {
          "primaryRole": string,
          "additionalRoles": [
            string
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "features": [
    {
      "featureName": string,
      "featureRate": number
    }
  ],
  "maxUploadSizes": [
    {
      "type": string,
      "size": string
    }
  ],
  "domainSharingPolicy": string,
  "kind": string,
  "permissionId": string,
  "isCurrentAppInstalled": boolean,
  "quotaBytesUsedAggregate": string,
  "user": {
    object (User)
  },
  "etag": string,
  "languageCode": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "quotaType": string,
  "folderColorPalette": [
    string
  ],
  "driveThemes": [
    {
      "id": string,
      "backgroundImageLink": string,
      "colorRgb": string
    }
  ],
  "canCreateDrives": boolean,
  "quotaBytesByService": [
    {
      "serviceName": string,
      "bytesUsed": string
    }
  ],
  "teamDriveThemes": [
    {
      "id": string,
      "backgroundImageLink": string,
      "colorRgb": string
    }
  ],
  "canCreateTeamDrives": boolean
}
Fields
name

string

The name of the current user.
quotaBytesTotal

string (int64 format)

The total number of quota bytes. This is only relevant when quotaType is LIMITED.
quotaBytesUsed

string (int64 format)

The number of quota bytes used by Google Drive.
quotaBytesUsedInTrash

string (int64 format)

The number of quota bytes used by trashed items.
largestChangeId

string (int64 format)

The largest change id.
remainingChangeIds

string (int64 format)

The number of remaining change ids, limited to no more than 2500.
rootFolderId

string

The id of the root folder.
importFormats[]

object

The allowable import formats.
importFormats[].source

string

The imported file's content type to convert from.
importFormats[].targets[]

string

The possible content types to convert to.
exportFormats[]

object

The allowable export formats.
exportFormats[].source

string

The content type to convert from.
exportFormats[].targets[]

string

The possible content types to convert to.
additionalRoleInfo[]

object

Information about supported additional roles per file type. The most specific type takes precedence.
additionalRoleInfo[].type

string

The content type that this additional role info applies to.
additionalRoleInfo[].roleSets[]

object

The supported additional roles per primary role.
additionalRoleInfo[].roleSets[].primaryRole

string

A primary permission role.
additionalRoleInfo[].roleSets[].additionalRoles[]

string

The supported additional roles with the primary role.
features[]

object

List of additional features enabled on this account.
features[].featureName

string

The name of the feature.
features[].featureRate

number

The request limit rate for this feature, in queries per second.
maxUploadSizes[]

object

List of max upload sizes for each file type. The most specific type takes precedence.
maxUploadSizes[].type

string

The file type.
maxUploadSizes[].size

string (int64 format)

The max upload size for this type.
domainSharingPolicy

string

The domain sharing policy for the current user. Possible values are:

  • allowed
  • allowedWithWarning
  • incomingOnly
  • disallowed
kind

string

This is always drive#about.
permissionId

string

The current user's ID as visible in the permissions collection.
isCurrentAppInstalled

boolean

A boolean indicating whether the authenticated app is installed by the authenticated user.
quotaBytesUsedAggregate

string (int64 format)

The number of quota bytes used by all Google apps (Drive, Picasa, etc.).
user

object (User)

The authenticated user.
etag

string

The ETag of the item.
languageCode

string

The user's language or locale code, as defined by BCP 47, with some extensions from Unicode's LDML format (http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/).
quotaType

string

The type of the user's storage quota. Possible values are:

  • LIMITED
  • UNLIMITED
folderColorPalette[]

string

The palette of allowable folder colors as RGB hex strings.
driveThemes[]

object

A list of themes that are supported for shared drives.
driveThemes[].id

string

The ID of the theme.
driveThemes[].backgroundImageLink

string

A link to this theme's background image.
driveThemes[].colorRgb

string

The color of this theme as an RGB hex string.
canCreateDrives

boolean

Whether the user can create shared drives.
quotaBytesByService[]

object

The amount of storage quota used by different Google services.
quotaBytesByService[].serviceName

string

The service's name, e.g. DRIVE, GMAIL, or PHOTOS.
quotaBytesByService[].bytesUsed

string (int64 format)

The storage quota bytes used by the service.
teamDriveThemes[]
(deprecated)

object

Deprecated: Use driveThemes instead.
teamDriveThemes[]
(deprecated).id
(deprecated)

string

Deprecated: Use driveThemes/id instead.
teamDriveThemes[]
(deprecated).backgroundImageLink
(deprecated)

string

Deprecated: Use driveThemes/backgroundImageLink instead.
teamDriveThemes[]
(deprecated).colorRgb
(deprecated)

string

Deprecated: Use driveThemes/colorRgb instead.
canCreateTeamDrives
(deprecated)

boolean

Deprecated: Use canCreateDrives instead.

Methods

get

 Gets the information about the current user along with Drive API settings