# Google Drive Drives API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-drives-api/  
**Provider:** Google Drive — https://apis.io/providers/google-drive/  
**Base URL:** https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3  
**Documentation:** https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/about-sdk

Google Drive Drives API is one of 14 APIs that [Google Drive](https://apis.io/providers/google-drive/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Drives. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 2 JSON Schemas.

The drives API from Google Drive — 4 operation(s) for drives.

## Operations (7)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/drives` | Lists the user's shared drives |
| POST | `/drives` | Creates a shared drive |
| GET | `/drives/{driveId}` | Gets a shared drive's metadata by ID |
| PATCH | `/drives/{driveId}` | Updates the metadata for a shared drive |
| DELETE | `/drives/{driveId}` | Permanently deletes a shared drive for which the user is an `organizer` |
| POST | `/drives/{driveId}/hide` | Hides a shared drive from the default view |
| POST | `/drives/{driveId}/unhide` | Restores a shared drive to the default view |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/google-drive/openapi/google-drive-drives-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/google-drive/json-schema/google-drive-drive-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/google-drive/json-schema/google-drive-drive-list-schema.json

## Other Google Drive APIs (12)

- [Google Drive Files API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-files-api/)
- [Google Drive About API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-about-api/)
- [Google Drive Accessproposals API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-accessproposals-api/)
- [Google Drive Approvals API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-approvals-api/)
- [Google Drive Apps API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-apps-api/)
- [Google Drive Changes API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-changes-api/)
- [Google Drive Channels API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-channels-api/)
- [Google Drive Comments API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-comments-api/)
- [Google Drive Operations API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-operations-api/)
- [Google Drive Permissions API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-permissions-api/)
- [Google Drive Replies API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-replies-api/)
- [Google Drive Revisions API](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-revisions-api/)

## Tags

Drives

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/google-drive/google-drive-drives-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/google-drive/.