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Creates a permission for a file or shared drive.
Warning: Concurrent permissions operations on the same file are not supported; only the last update is applied.
HTTP requestPOST https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/{fileId}/permissions
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters ParametersfileId
string
The ID of the file or shared drive.
Query parameters ParametersemailMessage
string
A plain text custom message to include in the notification email.
enforceSingleParent
(deprecated)
boolean
Deprecated: See moveToNewOwnersRoot
for details.
moveToNewOwnersRoot
boolean
This parameter will only take effect if the item is not in a shared drive and the request is attempting to transfer the ownership of the item. If set to true
, the item will be moved to the new owner's My Drive root folder and all prior parents removed. If set to false
, parents are not changed.
sendNotificationEmail
boolean
Whether to send a notification email when sharing to users or groups. This defaults to true for users and groups, and is not allowed for other requests. It must not be disabled for ownership transfers.
supportsAllDrives
boolean
Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives.
supportsTeamDrives
(deprecated)
boolean
Deprecated: Use supportsAllDrives
instead.
transferOwnership
boolean
Whether to transfer ownership to the specified user and downgrade the current owner to a writer. This parameter is required as an acknowledgement of the side effect.
useDomainAdminAccess
boolean
Issue the request as a domain administrator; if set to true, then the requester will be granted access if the file ID parameter refers to a shared drive and the requester is an administrator of the domain to which the shared drive belongs.
enforceExpansiveAccess
boolean
Whether the request should enforce expansive access rules.
Request bodyThe request body contains an instance of Permission
.
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Permission
.
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file
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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