Google: 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)

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Contract 2026-10-27 · Operation google.drive_files_copy

Provider route: POST /drive/v3/files/{fileId}/copy. Alter supplies the connection’s credentials and routing.

Call through Alter

Install @alter-ai/sdk @alter-ai/google with npm, or alter-sdk-google with pip. Supply your connected customer’s grant ID and the arguments described below.

import { App } from "@alter-ai/sdk";
import { GoogleIntegration } from "@alter-ai/google";

async function execute(input: Parameters<GoogleIntegration["driveFiles"]["driveFilesCopy"]>[0]) {
  const app = new App({ apiKey: process.env.ALTER_API_KEY! });
  try {
    const provider = new GoogleIntegration(app, { grantId: process.env.PROVIDER_GRANT_ID! });
    const call = await provider.driveFiles.driveFilesCopy(input);
    const result = await call.wait();
    return result.bodyJson();
  } finally {
    await app.close();
  }
}

import os
from alter_sdk import App
from alter_sdk_google import GoogleIntegration

async def execute(arguments):
    async with App(api_key=os.environ["ALTER_API_KEY"]) as app:
        provider = GoogleIntegration(app, {"grant_id": os.environ["PROVIDER_GRANT_ID"]})
        call = await provider.drive_files.drive_files_copy(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
path	object	Required within parent	Additional keys: not allowed
path.fileId	string	Required within parent	The ID of the file.
query	object	Optional	Additional keys: not allowed
query.fields	string	Optional	Selector specifying which fields to include in a partial response.
query.prettyPrint	boolean	Optional	Returns response with indentations and line breaks. Default: true
query.quotaUser	string	Optional	Available to use for quota purposes for server-side applications. Can be any arbitrary string assigned to a user, but should not exceed 40 characters.
query.copyComments	boolean	Optional	Whether to copy the open (unresolved) comments associated with the file. Default: false
query.enforceSingleParent	boolean	Optional	Deprecated: Copying files into multiple folders is no longer supported. Use shortcuts instead. Default: false
query.ignoreDefaultVisibility	boolean	Optional	Whether to ignore the domain’s default visibility settings for the created file. Domain administrators can choose to make all uploaded files visible to the domain by default; this parameter bypasses that behavior for the request. Permissions are still inherited from parent folders. Default: false
query.includeLabels	string	Optional	A comma-separated list of IDs of labels to include in the `labelInfo` part of the response.
query.includePermissionsForView	string	Optional	Specifies which additional view’s permissions to include in the response. Only `published` is supported.
query.keepRevisionForever	boolean	Optional	Whether to set the `keepForever` field in the new head revision. This is only applicable to files with binary content in Google Drive. Only 200 revisions for the file can be kept forever. If the limit is reached, try deleting pinned revisions. Default: false
query.ocrLanguage	string	Optional	A language hint for OCR processing during image import (ISO 639-1 code).
query.supportsAllDrives	boolean	Optional	Whether the requesting application supports both My Drives and shared drives. Default: false
query.supportsTeamDrives	boolean	Optional	Deprecated: Use `supportsAllDrives` instead. Default: false
body	Model	Required within parent	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) — request body — body

Referenced models: 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) — request body — body

Response

Response media type: application/json. The table describes the pinned successful response. Referenced models link to their complete fields.

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	Model	Root	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

Referenced models: 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

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: google.drive_files_copy. Catalog operation: drive.files.copy. Rules can name either ID; function rules distinguish managed calls and conservatively cover raw calls sharing the route. Existing grant permissions and policy rules apply. wait() returns an immediate result or waits for a required approval; it never approves the request itself. Persist the approval ID to resume after a restart.

Provider errors retain their response; JSON decoding raises ProviderAPIError for provider failures. ManagedOperationError identifies contract/input/retention errors. See error handling and provider-specific behavior. Sensitive input may be refused before approval storage. A decoding error never resubmits a write.

Required provider scopes: ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonly"]

Official provider source