Google: Lists the changes for a user or shared drive For more information, see Retrieve changes (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides manage-changes) — response body — changes item
Lists the changes for a user or shared drive. For more information, see [Retrieve changes](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/manage-changes).: response body, field changes / item. Complete fields and constraints for contract 2026-10-27.
API reference · Contract 2026-10-27
SDK schema: Lists the changes for a user or shared drive For more information, see Retrieve changes (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides manage-changes) — response body — changes item
| Field | Type | Presence | Description and constraints |
|---|---|---|---|
$ | object | Root | A change to a file or shared drive. |
changeType | string | Optional | The type of the change. Possible values are `file` and `drive`. |
drive | Model | Optional | Expand Creates a shared drive For more information, see Manage shared drives (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides manage-shareddrives) — response body The updated state of the shared drive. Present if the changeType is drive, the user is still a member of the shared drive, and the shared drive has not been deleted. |
driveId | string | Optional | The ID of the shared drive associated with this change. |
file | Model | Optional | Expand Creates a copy of a file and applies any requested updates with patch semantics For more information, see Create and manage files (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides create-file) — response body The updated state of the file. Present if the type is file and the file has not been removed from this list of changes. |
fileId | string | Optional | The ID of the file which has changed. |
kind | string | Optional | Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string `“drive#change”`. Default: drive#change |
removed | boolean | Optional | Whether the file or shared drive has been removed from this list of changes, for example by deletion or loss of access. |
teamDrive | Model | Optional | Expand Deprecated: Use `drives get` instead — response body Deprecated: Use `drive` instead. |
teamDriveId | string | Optional | Deprecated: Use `driveId` instead. |
time | string | Optional | The time of this change (RFC 3339 date-time). Format: date-time |
type | string | Optional | Deprecated: Use `changeType` instead. |
Referenced models: Creates a shared drive For more information, see Manage shared drives (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides manage-shareddrives) — response body, Creates a copy of a file and applies any requested updates with patch semantics For more information, see Create and manage files (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides create-file) — response body, Deprecated: Use `drives get` instead — response body