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Google: Gets information about the user, the user's Drive, and system capabilities For more information, see Return user info (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides user-info) Required: The `fields` parameter must be set To return the exact fields you need, see Return specific fields (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides fields-parameter) — response body — user

Gets information about the user, the user's Drive, and system capabilities. For more information, see [Return user info](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/user-info). Required: The `fields` parameter must be set. To return the exact fields you need, see [Return specific fields](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/fields-parameter).: response body, field user. Complete fields and constraints for contract 2026-10-27.

API reference · Contract 2026-10-27

SDK schema: Gets information about the user, the user's Drive, and system capabilities. For more information, see [Return user info](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/user-info). Required: The `fields` parameter must be set To return the exact fields you need, see Return specific fields (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides fields-parameter) — response body — user

FieldTypePresenceDescription and constraints
$objectRootInformation about a Drive user.
displayNamestringOptionalOutput only. A plain text displayable name for this user.
Read only: true
emailAddressstringOptionalOutput only. The email address of the user. This may not be present in certain contexts if the user has not made their email address visible to the requester.
Read only: true
kindstringOptionalOutput only. Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string `drive#user`.
Default: drive#user
Read only: true
mebooleanOptionalOutput only. Whether this user is the requesting user.
Read only: true
permissionIdstringOptionalOutput only. The user’s ID as visible in Permission resources.
Read only: true
photoLinkstringOptionalOutput only. A link to the user’s profile photo, if available.
Read only: true

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