Google Drive

About Google Drive

Google Drive offers a set of developer resources for building on top of Google Drive, including add-ons that insert interactive content into the Drive interface, custom upload interfaces to third-party services, and template-based file creation. It also supports automation through Apps Script, a web-based, low-code environment for tasks such as creating Drive files from Google Form submissions, modifying files in bulk, or populating spreadsheets with file-sharing information for audits.

For programmatic access, Google provides several REST APIs: the Drive API for uploading, downloading, sharing, and managing files; the Drive Activity API for retrieving user activity on files and folders; the Drive Labels API for applying and managing metadata labels and searching files by label taxonomy; and the Google Picker API for embedding a file manager widget in web applications. Documentation also includes samples for building AI-powered Drive integrations using agents and platforms such as ADK, Vertex AI Agent Engine, and Gemini Enterprise Agents.

This resource is aimed at developers building integrations, automations, or AI-powered features that connect to Google Drive and its data.

Key features

• Upload, download, share, and manage files via the Drive API
• Get info about user activity on files and folders via the Drive Activity API
• Apply and manage labels on files and folders with a custom label taxonomy via the Drive Labels API
• Embed a file manager widget in web apps with the Google Picker API
• Automate and enhance Drive with Apps Script in a web-based, low-code environment
• Build add-ons that insert interactive content and custom interfaces into Drive

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