Method: properties.list
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Lists a file's properties.
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
fileId |
string
The ID of the file.
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
A collection of properties, key-value pairs that are either public or private to an application.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
{
"items": [
{
object (Property)
}
],
"kind": string,
"etag": string,
"selfLink": string
} |
| Fields |
items[] |
object (Property)
The list of properties.
|
kind |
string
This is always drive#propertyList.
|
etag |
string
The ETag of the list.
|
selfLink |
string
The link back to this list.
|
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.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
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 2025-07-23 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-07-23 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: properties.list\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.PropertyList.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nLists a file's properties.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/{fileId}/properties`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------|------------------------------|\n| `fileId` | `string` The ID of the file. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nA collection of properties, key-value pairs that are either public or private to an application.\n\nIf successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:\n\n| JSON representation |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"items\": [ { object (/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v2/properties#Property) } ], \"kind\": string, \"etag\": string, \"selfLink\": string } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `items[]` | `object (`[Property](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v2/properties#Property)`)` The list of properties. |\n| `kind` | `string` This is always `drive#propertyList`. |\n| `etag` | `string` The ETag of the list. |\n| `selfLink` | `string` The link back to this list. |\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.file`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.meet.readonly`\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)."]]
