Migrate to Drive API v3
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If you are currently using Drive API v2, you can migrate to v3.
You should review the V2 to v3 reference for a complete map of all resource differences between versions.
The {drive_api_short} version is set differently for each language:
var DISCOVERY_DOCS = ["https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis/drive/v3/rest"];
- For Python, you specify the version when you build the service object. For an example,
see Python Quickstart.
service = build('drive', 'v3', credentials=creds)
- For Node.js, you define the version when you set the google.drive constructor. For an example,
see Node.js Quickstart.
const drive = google.drive({version: 'v3', auth});
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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