Read File Info

Read metadata information about a file.

Input

Field Definition Type Required

Field	Definition	Type	Required
File ID	Unique ID of the file. The ID of a file can be found by navigating to the Google Drive web. Right-click on the file and select get sharable link. The File ID is the last part of that link, after `id=`. Example: `https://drive.google.com/open?id=1avkd2a`. Make sure to select the entire ID (about 20 characters long). Alternatively, use the Search Files action card to find the file by name. The Search Files card has a File ID output field that can be dragged into this input field.	Text	TRUE

File ID

Unique ID of the file. The ID of a file can be found by navigating to the Google Drive web. Right-click on the file and select get sharable link. The File ID is the last part of that link, after id=. Example: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1avkd2a. Make sure to select the entire ID (about 20 characters long).

Alternatively, use the Search Files action card to find the file by name. The Search Files card has a File ID output field that can be dragged into this input field.

Text

TRUE

Output

Field	Definition	Type
File Name	Name of the file.	Text
Description	Description of the file.	Text
Starred	True: A file has a "Starred" label applied to it False: A file does not have a "Starred" label applied to it	True/False
Parent Item ID	Provides a list output for all of the parent folders inside of which the file you read information exists.	List of Text
Version	A monotonically increasing version number for the file.	Text
Web View Link	URL directly to the link that will pull up the file inside Google Drive.	Text
Thumbnail Link	A short-lived link to the file's thumbnail, if available. Typically lasts on the order of hours. Only populated when the requesting app can access the file's content.	Text
Created Time	Date when the file was created.	Text
Modified Time	Date when the file was last modified.	Text
Capabilities	Capabilities the current user has on this file. Each capability corresponds to a fine-grained action that a user may take.	List of Text
Last Modified User	Name of the user who last modified the file.	Text
Permissions
Shared	Indicates whether the file is shared and accessible or not.	True/False
Owners	Name of the person who owns the file.	List of Text
Editors	List of names of people who have edit access to the file.	List of Text
Viewers	List of names of people who have viewer access to the file.	List of Text
Commenters	List of names of people who have comment access to the file.	List of Text
Allow File Discovery	Indicates whether the file is discoverable or not via search inside Google Drive.	True/False
Writers Can Share	Indicates whether the people with write access can share the file.	True/False
Viewers Can Download	Indicates whether viewers can download the file.	True/False