Method: permissions.getIdForEmail
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Returns the permission ID for an email address.
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/permissionIds/{email}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
email |
string
The email address for which to return a permission ID
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
An ID for a user or group as seen in Permission items.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
{
"kind": string,
"id": string
} |
| Fields |
kind |
string
This is always drive#permissionId.
|
id |
string
The permission ID.
|
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.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
Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2025-04-03 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-04-03 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: permissions.getIdForEmail\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n - [JSON representation](#body.PermissionId.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nReturns the permission ID for an email address.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/permissionIds/{email}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `email` | `string` The email address for which to return a permission ID |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nAn ID for a user or group as seen in Permission items.\n\nIf successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:\n\n| JSON representation |\n|------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"kind\": string, \"id\": string } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|--------|-----------------------------------------------|\n| `kind` | `string` This is always `drive#permissionId`. |\n| `id` | `string` The permission ID. |\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/docs`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.apps.readonly`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonly`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly`\n\nSome scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent)."]]
