Method: about.get
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Gets information about the user, the user's Drive, and system capabilities. For more information, see Return user info.
Required: The fields parameter must be set. To return the exact fields you need, see Return specific fields.
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/about
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of About.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
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.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 2025-04-18 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-04-18 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: about.get\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nGets information about the user, the user's Drive, and system capabilities. For more information, see [Return user info](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/user-info).\n\nRequired: The `fields` parameter must be set. To return the exact fields you need, see [Return specific fields](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/fields-parameter).\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/about`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [About](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/about#About).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\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.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)."]]
