Google: Lists the user's files For more information, see Search for files and folders (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides search-files) This method accepts the `q` parameter, which is a search query combining one or more search terms This method returns *all* files by default, including trashed files If you don't want trashed files to appear in the list, use the `trashed=false` query parameter to remove trashed files from the results

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Contract 2026-10-27 · Operation google.drive_files_list

Provider route: GET /drive/v3/files. 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"]["driveFilesList"]>[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.driveFilesList(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_list(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
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.corpora	string	Optional	Specifies a collection of items (files or documents) to which the query applies. Supported items include: * `user` * `domain` * `drive` * `allDrives` Prefer `user` or `drive` to `allDrives` for efficiency. By default, corpora is set to `user`. However, this can change depending on the filter set through the `q` parameter. For more information, see [File organization](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/about-files#file-organization).
query.corpus	string	Optional	Deprecated: The source of files to list. Use `corpora` instead. One of: domain, user
query.driveId	string	Optional	ID of the shared drive to search.
query.includeItemsFromAllDrives	boolean	Optional	Whether both My Drive and shared drive items should be included in results. 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.includeTeamDriveItems	boolean	Optional	Deprecated: Use `includeItemsFromAllDrives` instead. Default: false
query.orderBy	string	Optional	A comma-separated list of sort keys. Valid keys are: * `createdTime`: When the file was created. Avoid using this key for queries on large item collections as it might result in timeouts or other issues. For time-related sorting on large item collections, use `modifiedTime desc` instead. * `folder`: The folder ID. This field is sorted using alphabetical ordering. * `modifiedByMeTime`: The last time the file was modified by the user. * `modifiedTime`: The last time the file was modified by anyone. * `name`: The name of the file. This field is sorted using alphabetical ordering, so 1, 12, 2, 22. * `name_natural`: The name of the file. This field is sorted using natural sort ordering, so 1, 2, 12, 22. * `quotaBytesUsed`: The number of storage quota bytes used by the file. * `recency`: The most recent timestamp from the file’s date-time fields. * `sharedWithMeTime`: When the file was shared with the user, if applicable. * `starred`: Whether the user has starred the file. * `viewedByMeTime`: The last time the file was viewed by the user. Each key sorts ascending by default, but can be reversed with the `desc` modifier. Example usage: `?orderBy=folder,modifiedTime desc,name`.
query.pageSize	integer	Optional	The maximum number of files to return. The service may return fewer than this value. If unspecified, at most 100 files will be returned for shared drives, and the entire list of files for non-shared drives. The maximum value is 1000; values above 1000 will be coerced to 1000. Default: 100 Format: int32 Maximum: 1000 Minimum: 1
query.pageToken	string	Optional	The token for continuing a previous list request on the next page. This should be set to the value of `nextPageToken` from the previous response.
query.q	string	Optional	A query for filtering the file results. For supported syntax, see [Search for files and folders](/workspace/drive/api/guides/search-files).
query.spaces	string	Optional	A comma-separated list of spaces to query within the corpora. Supported values are `drive` and `appDataFolder`. For more information, see [File organization](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/about-files#file-organization). Default: drive
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
query.teamDriveId	string	Optional	Deprecated: Use `driveId` instead.

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 Lists the user’s files For more information, see Search for files and folders (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides search-files) This method accepts the `q` parameter, which is a search query combining one or more search terms This method returns all files by default, including trashed files If you don’t want trashed files to appear in the list, use the `trashed=false` query parameter to remove trashed files from the results — response body

Referenced models: Lists the user’s files For more information, see Search for files and folders (https: developers google com workspace drive api guides search-files) This method accepts the `q` parameter, which is a search query combining one or more search terms This method returns all files by default, including trashed files If you don’t want trashed files to appear in the list, use the `trashed=false` query parameter to remove trashed files from the results — response body

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: google.drive_files_list. Catalog operation: drive.files.list. 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.meet.readonly", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.photos.readonly", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly"]

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