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Google: Creates a shared drive For more information, see Manage shared drives (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides manage-shareddrives) — response body — restrictions

Creates a shared drive. For more information, see [Manage shared drives](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/manage-shareddrives).: response body, field restrictions. Complete fields and constraints for contract 2026-10-27.

API reference · Contract 2026-10-27

SDK schema: Creates a shared drive For more information, see Manage shared drives (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides manage-shareddrives) — response body — restrictions

FieldTypePresenceDescription and constraints
$objectRootA set of restrictions that apply to this shared drive or items inside this shared drive. Note that restrictions can’t be set when creating a shared drive. To add a restriction, first create a shared drive and then use `drives.update` to add restrictions.
adminManagedRestrictionsbooleanOptionalWhether administrative privileges on this shared drive are required to modify restrictions.
copyRequiresWriterPermissionbooleanOptionalWhether the options to copy, print, or download files inside this shared drive, should be disabled for readers and commenters. When this restriction is set to `true`, it will override the similarly named field to `true` for any file inside this shared drive.
domainUsersOnlybooleanOptionalWhether access to this shared drive and items inside this shared drive is restricted to users of the domain to which this shared drive belongs. This restriction may be overridden by other sharing policies controlled outside of this shared drive.
downloadRestrictionModelOptionalExpand Deprecated: Use `drives get` instead — response body — restrictions download Restriction
Download restrictions applied by shared drive managers.
driveMembersOnlybooleanOptionalWhether access to items inside this shared drive is restricted to its members.
sharingFoldersRequiresOrganizerPermissionbooleanOptionalIf true, only users with the organizer role can share folders. If false, users with either the organizer role or the file organizer role can share folders.

Referenced models: Deprecated: Use `drives get` instead — response body — restrictions download Restriction

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