Google Drive

Methods (11)

• listFiles

  read

  List Google Drive files in the root or a specific folder.

  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "folderId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional parent folder ID."
      },
      "pageSize": {
        "type": "number",
        "description": "Maximum files to return."
      },
      "pageToken": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Pagination token."
      },
      "orderBy": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Drive ordering expression."
      },
      "q": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional advanced Drive query."
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": true
  }

• searchFiles

  read

  Search Google Drive by text query.

  Required paramsquery
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "query": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Search text."
      },
      "pageSize": {
        "type": "number",
        "description": "Maximum files to return."
      },
      "pageToken": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Pagination token."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "query"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
  }

• downloadFile

  read

  Download a Google Drive file by ID, auto-exporting Google Workspace formats.

  Required paramsfileId
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "fileId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Google Drive file ID."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "fileId"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
  }

• uploadFile

  write

  Upload a file to Google Drive. Provide exactly one of contentBase64, contentText, or sourceUrl.

  Required paramsfilename
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "filename": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Filename to create."
      },
      "folderId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional parent folder ID."
      },
      "folderPath": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional parent folder path."
      },
      "contentText": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "UTF-8 text content to upload."
      },
      "contentBase64": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Base64-encoded file content."
      },
      "sourceUrl": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Public/HTTPS URL the server fetches server-side (use INSTEAD of contentBase64 to avoid inlining large files)."
      },
      "mimeType": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "MIME type for the upload."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "filename"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
  }

• createFolder

  write

  Create a folder in Google Drive.

  Required paramsname
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "name": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Folder name."
      },
      "parentId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional parent folder ID. Defaults to \"root\"."
      },
      "folderPath": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional path-based parent (creates intermediate folders if missing)."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "name"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
  }

• moveFile

  write

  Move a file to a different parent folder. The destination is named parentId — pass the folder ID returned by createFolder/listFiles.

  Required paramsfileIdparentId
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "fileId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Google Drive file ID to move."
      },
      "parentId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Destination folder ID. NOTE: this field is named parentId, not destinationFolderId."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "fileId",
      "parentId"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
  }

• copyFile

  write

  Make a copy of a Drive file.

  Required paramsfileId
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "fileId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Source file ID."
      },
      "name": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional new filename for the copy."
      },
      "parentId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional destination folder ID for the copy."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "fileId"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
  }

• deleteFile

  write

  Delete a Drive file (moves to Trash by default).

  Required paramsfileId
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "fileId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Google Drive file ID to delete."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "fileId"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
  }

• createShareLink

  write

  Create a shareable link for a file. Returns webViewLink.

  Required paramsfileId
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "fileId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "File ID to share."
      },
      "role": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Permission role: reader (default), commenter, or writer."
      },
      "type": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Permission type: anyone (default), user, group, domain."
      },
      "emailAddress": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Required when type is user or group."
      },
      "domain": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Required when type is domain."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "fileId"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
  }

• getFileById

  read

  Fetch a Drive file metadata block by ID.

  Required paramsfileId
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "fileId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Google Drive file ID."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "fileId"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
  }

• getFileByPath

  read

  Look up a Drive file by path-like name (e.g. "/Reports/2024/summary.pdf").

  Required paramspath
  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "path": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Slash-separated path from My Drive root."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "path"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": true
  }