Lists the user's files.

Scopes

You will need authorization for at least one of the following scopes to make a valid call:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.apps.readonly
  • 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

If unset, the scope for this method defaults to https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.apps.readonly. You can set the scope for this method like this: drive2 --scope <scope> files list ...

Optional Output Flags

The method's return value a JSON encoded structure, which will be written to standard output by default.

  • -o out
    • out specifies the destination to which to write the server's result to. It will be a JSON-encoded structure. The destination may be - to indicate standard output, or a filepath that is to contain the received bytes. If unset, it defaults to standard output.

Optional Method Properties

You may set the following properties to further configure the call. Please note that -p is followed by one or more key-value-pairs, and is called like this -p k1=v1 k2=v2 even though the listing below repeats the -p for completeness.

  • -p corpora=string

    • Groupings of files to which the query applies. Supported groupings are: 'user' (files created by, opened by, or shared directly with the user), 'drive' (files in the specified shared drive as indicated by the 'driveId'), 'domain' (files shared to the user's domain), and 'allDrives' (A combination of 'user' and 'drive' for all drives where the user is a member). When able, use 'user' or 'drive', instead of 'allDrives', for efficiency.

  • -p corpus=string

    • The body of items (files/documents) to which the query applies. Deprecated: use 'corpora' instead.

  • -p drive-id=string

    • ID of the shared drive to search.

  • -p include-items-from-all-drives=boolean

    • Whether both My Drive and shared drive items should be included in results.

  • -p include-permissions-for-view=string

    • Specifies which additional view's permissions to include in the response. Only 'published' is supported.

  • -p include-team-drive-items=boolean

    • Deprecated use includeItemsFromAllDrives instead.

  • -p max-results=integer

    • The maximum number of files to return per page. Partial or empty result pages are possible even before the end of the files list has been reached.

  • -p order-by=string

    • A comma-separated list of sort keys. Valid keys are 'createdDate', 'folder', 'lastViewedByMeDate', 'modifiedByMeDate', 'modifiedDate', 'quotaBytesUsed', 'recency', 'sharedWithMeDate', 'starred', 'title', and 'title_natural'. 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.

  • -p page-token=string

    • Page token for files.

  • -p projection=string

    • This parameter is deprecated and has no function.

  • -p q=string

    • Query string for searching files.

  • -p spaces=string

    • A comma-separated list of spaces to query. Supported values are 'drive', 'appDataFolder' and 'photos'.

  • -p supports-all-drives=boolean

    • Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.

  • -p supports-team-drives=boolean

    • Deprecated use supportsAllDrives instead.

  • -p team-drive-id=string

    • Deprecated use driveId instead.

Optional General Properties

The following properties can configure any call, and are not specific to this method.

  • -p alt=string

    • Data format for the response.

  • -p fields=string

    • Selector specifying which fields to include in a partial response.

  • -p key=string

    • API key. Your API key identifies your project and provides you with API access, quota, and reports. Required unless you provide an OAuth 2.0 token.

  • -p oauth-token=string

    • OAuth 2.0 token for the current user.

  • -p pretty-print=boolean

    • Returns response with indentations and line breaks.

  • -p quota-user=string

    • An opaque string that represents a user for quota purposes. Must not exceed 40 characters.

  • -p user-ip=string

    • Deprecated. Please use quotaUser instead.