Google Drive API

API

REST API for files, folders and sharing in Google Drive

Price: Free up to a daily quota
Access: OAuth 2.0 access token

About

Google's REST API for uploading, searching, downloading, exporting and sharing files in My Drive and shared drives. It is for apps that store files in, or sync files from, users' Drive. Access uses OAuth, and projects get a free daily quota, with billing above it planned.

What you can do with it

Upload and download files in a user's Google Drive
Search files and folders and read their metadata
Share files and follow changes to keep Drive in sync with your app

Get started

Enable the Google Drive API in a Google Cloud project
Set up the OAuth consent screen and a client ID
Get a user access token with a drive scope

Example

curl "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files?pageSize=10&fields=files(id,name,mimeType)" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Java, C#, PHP, Ruby
MCP server: Remote
Works with: Google Drive