Method: parents.list

Lists a file's parents.

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/{fileId}/parents

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
fileId

string

The ID of the file.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

A list of a file's parents.

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

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

string

This is always drive#parentList.
etag

string

The ETag of the list.
items[]

object (ParentReference)

The list of parents.

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.