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Method: about.get
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Gets the information about the current user along with Drive API settings
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/about
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Query parameters
Parameters
includeSubscribed
boolean
Whether to count changes outside the My Drive hierarchy. When set to false, changes to files such as those in the Application Data folder or shared files which have not been added to My Drive will be omitted from the maxChangeIdCount
.
maxChangeIdCount
string (int64 format)
Maximum number of remaining change IDs to count
startChangeId
string (int64 format)
Change ID to start counting from when calculating number of remaining change IDs
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of About
.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/docs
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.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 .
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Last updated 2024-09-17 UTC.
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