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Documented API operations, permissions and matching tasks. An API operation does not establish support in a specific connector.

Recorded operations

API documentation establishes an operation, but not your permissions or support in a specific connector. The source date is not a current connection test.

Search files

Read access

API, permissions and source

drive.files.list

GET files

Declared permission alternatives

  • 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

Alternatives are not an instruction to grant every permission. Check the source for requirements applying to this operation and your account.

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Read a file

Read access

API, permissions and source

drive.files.get

GET files/{fileId}

Declared permission alternatives

  • 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

Alternatives are not an instruction to grant every permission. Check the source for requirements applying to this operation and your account.

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Upload a file

Write access

API, permissions and source

drive.files.create

POST /upload/drive/v3/files

Declared permission alternatives

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file

Alternatives are not an instruction to grant every permission. Check the source for requirements applying to this operation and your account.

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Update a file

Write access

API, permissions and source

drive.files.update

PATCH files/{fileId}

Declared permission alternatives

  • 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.scripts

Alternatives are not an instruction to grant every permission. Check the source for requirements applying to this operation and your account.

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Delete a file

Write access

API, permissions and source

drive.files.delete

DELETE files/{fileId}

Declared permission alternatives

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file

Alternatives are not an instruction to grant every permission. Check the source for requirements applying to this operation and your account.

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Evidence-backed automation routes

Matching plans

These plans preselect the required apps. Check individual steps and explicit gaps in the plan.

Public verification reports

No public practical provider test is available.

Cost conditions

The provider describes standard use or use below its daily threshold without an additional API fee and announces future overage charges. Account, storage and connector costs may apply separately. Total cost has not been checked.

Source · 2026-09-08T08:42:37.460330+00:00

Account, storage, connector and total costs have not been fully collected. Check the conditions for your chosen connection.

Find connections in the registry

tracevero · https://tracevero.com/apps/google-drive