Method: children.list

Lists a folder's children.

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/{folderId}/children

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
folderId

string

The ID of the folder.

Query parameters

Parameters
maxResults

integer

Maximum number of children to return.
orderBy

string

A comma-separated list of sort keys. Valid keys are createdDate, folder, lastViewedByMeDate, modifiedByMeDate, modifiedDate, quotaBytesUsed, recency, sharedWithMeDate, starred, and title. Each key sorts ascending by default, but may be reversed with the desc modifier. Example usage: ?orderBy=folder,modifiedDate desc,title. Please note that there is a current limitation for users with approximately one million files in which the requested sort order is ignored.
pageToken

string

Page token for children.
q

string

Query string for searching children.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

A list of children of a file.

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

JSON representation 
{
  "nextPageToken": string,
  "kind": string,
  "etag": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "nextLink": string,
  "items": [
    {
      object (ChildReference)
    }
  ]
}
Fields
nextPageToken

string

The page token for the next page of children. This will be absent if the end of the children 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.
kind

string

This is always drive#childList.
etag

string

The ETag of the list.
items[]

object (ChildReference)

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

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.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.