Google Drive · Schema
ChangeList
A list of changes for a user.
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| nextPageToken | string | The page token for the next page of changes. This will be absent if the end of the changes list has been reached. The page token doesn't expire. |
| newStartPageToken | string | The starting page token for future changes. This will be present only if the end of the current changes list has been reached. The page token doesn't expire. |
| changes | array | The list of changes. If nextPageToken is populated, then this list may be incomplete and an additional page of results should be fetched. |
| kind | string | Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string `"drive#changeList"`. |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://artifacts.apis.io/google-drive/json-schema/google-drive-change-list-schema.json",
"title": "ChangeList",
"description": "A list of changes for a user.",
"x-generated": "2026-11-04",
"x-method": "derived",
"x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
"x-source": "openapi/google-drive-changes-api-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/ChangeList",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"nextPageToken": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The page token for the next page of changes. This will be absent if the end of the changes list has been reached. The page token doesn't expire."
},
"newStartPageToken": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The starting page token for future changes. This will be present only if the end of the current changes list has been reached. The page token doesn't expire."
},
"changes": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The list of changes. If nextPageToken is populated, then this list may be incomplete and an additional page of results should be fetched.",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Change"
}
},
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string `\"drive#changeList\"`.",
"default": "drive#changeList"
}
},
"$defs": {
"Change": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A change to a file or shared drive.",
"properties": {
"changeType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The type of the change. Possible values are `file` and `drive`."
},
"file": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/File"
},
"drive": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Drive"
},
"teamDrive": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/TeamDrive"
},
"teamDriveId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Deprecated: Use `driveId` instead."
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Deprecated: Use `changeType` instead."
},
"fileId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ID of the file which has changed."
},
"removed": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the file or shared drive has been removed from this list of changes, for example by deletion or loss of access."
},
"driveId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ID of the shared drive associated with this change."
},
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string `\"drive#change\"`.",
"default": "drive#change"
},
"time": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The time of this change (RFC 3339 date-time).",
"format": "date-time"
}
}
},
"ClientEncryptionDetails": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Details about the client-side encryption applied to the file.",
"properties": {
"decryptionMetadata": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/DecryptionMetadata"
},
"encryptionState": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The encryption state of the file. The values expected here are: - encrypted - unencrypted "
}
}
},
"ContentRestriction": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A restriction for accessing the content of the file.",
"properties": {
"restrictionTime": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The time at which the content restriction was set (formatted RFC 3339 timestamp). Only populated if readOnly is true.",
"format": "date-time"
},
"ownerRestricted": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the content restriction can only be modified or removed by a user who owns the file. For files in shared drives, any user with `organizer` capabilities can modify or remove this content restriction."
},
"systemRestricted": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the content restriction was applied by the system, for example due to an esignature. Users cannot modify or remove system restricted content restrictions."
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The type of the content restriction. Currently the only possible value is `globalContentRestriction`."
},
"reason": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Reason for why the content of the file is restricted. This is only mutable on requests that also set `readOnly=true`."
},
"restrictingUser": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/User"
},
"readOnly": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the content of the file is read-only. If a file is read-only, a new revision of the file may not be added, comments may not be added or modified, and the title of the file may not be modified."
}
}
},
"DecryptionMetadata": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Representation of the CSE DecryptionMetadata.",
"properties": {
"kaclsName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of the KACLS (Key ACL Service) used to encrypt the file."
},
"kaclsId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ID of the KACLS (Key ACL Service) used to encrypt the file.",
"format": "int64"
},
"keyFormat": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Key format for the unwrapped key. Must be `tinkAesGcmKey`."
},
"aes256GcmChunkSize": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Chunk size used if content was encrypted with the AES 256 GCM Cipher. Possible values are: - default - small "
},
"wrappedKey": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The URL-safe Base64 encoded wrapped key used to encrypt the contents of the file."
},
"jwt": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The signed JSON Web Token (JWT) which can be used to authorize the requesting user with the Key ACL Service (KACLS). The JWT asserts that the requesting user has at least read permissions on the file."
},
"encryptionResourceKeyHash": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The URL-safe Base64 encoded HMAC-SHA256 digest of the resource metadata with its DEK (Data Encryption Key); see https://developers.google.com/workspace/cse/reference"
}
}
},
"DownloadRestriction": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A restriction for copy and download of the file.",
"properties": {
"restrictedForReaders": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether download and copy is restricted for readers."
},
"restrictedForWriters": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether download and copy is restricted for writers. If true, download is also restricted for readers."
}
}
},
"DownloadRestrictionsMetadata": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Download restrictions applied to the file.",
"properties": {
"itemDownloadRestriction": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/DownloadRestriction"
},
"effectiveDownloadRestrictionWithContext": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/DownloadRestriction"
}
}
},
"Drive": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Representation of a shared drive. Some resource methods (such as `drives.update`) require a `driveId`. Use the `drives.list` method to retrieve the ID for a shared drive.",
"properties": {
"capabilities": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Output only. Capabilities the current user has on this shared drive.",
"properties": {
"canRenameDrive": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can rename this shared drive."
},
"canDownload": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can download files in this shared drive."
},
"canRename": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can rename files or folders in this shared drive."
},
"canReadRevisions": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can read the revisions resource of files in this shared drive."
},
"canEdit": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can edit files in this shared drive"
},
"canAddChildren": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can add children to folders in this shared drive."
},
"canDeleteDrive": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can delete this shared drive. Attempting to delete the shared drive may still fail if there are untrashed items inside the shared drive."
},
"canTrashChildren": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can trash children from folders in this shared drive."
},
"canChangeDownloadRestriction": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can change organizer-applied download restrictions of this shared drive."
},
"canListChildren": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can list the children of folders in this shared drive."
},
"canChangeCopyRequiresWriterPermissionRestriction": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can change the `copyRequiresWriterPermission` restriction of this shared drive."
},
"canShare": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can share files or folders in this shared drive."
},
"canManageMembers": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can add members to this shared drive or remove them or change their role."
},
"canComment": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can comment on files in this shared drive."
},
"canChangeDomainUsersOnlyRestriction": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can change the `domainUsersOnly` restriction of this shared drive."
},
"canChangeDriveBackground": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can change the background of this shared drive."
},
"canChangeDriveMembersOnlyRestriction": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can change the `driveMembersOnly` restriction of this shared drive."
},
"canDeleteChildren": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can delete children from folders in this shared drive."
},
"canChangeSharingFoldersRequiresOrganizerPermissionRestriction": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can change the `sharingFoldersRequiresOrganizerPermission` restriction of this shared drive."
},
"canResetDriveRestrictions": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can reset the shared drive restrictions to defaults."
},
"canCopy": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can copy files in this shared drive."
}
}
},
"restrictions": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A 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.",
"properties": {
"copyRequiresWriterPermission": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether 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."
},
"sharingFoldersRequiresOrganizerPermission": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "If 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."
},
"driveMembersOnly": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether access to items inside this shared drive is restricted to its members."
},
"domainUsersOnly": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether 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."
},
"downloadRestriction": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/DownloadRestriction"
},
"adminManagedRestrictions": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether administrative privileges on this shared drive are required to modify restrictions."
}
}
},
"hidden": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the shared drive is hidden from default view."
},
"createdTime": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The time at which the shared drive was created (RFC 3339 date-time).",
"format": "date-time"
},
"backgroundImageFile": {
"type": "object",
"description": "An image file and cropping parameters from which a background image for this shared drive is set. This is a write only field; it can only be set on `drive.drives.update` requests that don't set `themeId`. When specified, all fields of the `backgroundImageFile` must be set.",
"properties": {
"xCoordinate": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The X coordinate of the upper left corner of the cropping area in the background image. This is a value in the closed range of 0 to 1. This value represents the horizontal distance from the left side of the entire image to the left side of the cropping area divided by the width of the entire image.",
"format": "float"
},
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ID of an image file in Google Drive to use for the background image."
},
"width": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The width of the cropped image in the closed range of 0 to 1. This value represents the width of the cropped image divided by the width of the entire image. The height is computed by applying a width to height aspect ratio of 80 to 9. The resulting image must be at least 1280 pixels wide and 144 pixels high.",
"format": "float"
},
"yCoordinate": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The Y coordinate of the upper left corner of the cropping area in the background image. This is a value in the closed range of 0 to 1. This value represents the vertical distance from the top side of the entire image to the top side of the cropping area divided by the height of the entire image.",
"format": "float"
}
}
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of this shared drive."
},
"orgUnitId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The organizational unit of this shared drive. This field is only populated on `drives.list` responses when the `useDomainAdminAccess` parameter is set to `true`."
},
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The ID of this shared drive which is also the ID of the top level folder of this shared drive."
},
"backgroundImageLink": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. A short-lived link to this shared drive's background image."
},
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string `\"drive#drive\"`.",
"default": "drive#drive"
},
"colorRgb": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The color of this shared drive as an RGB hex string. It can only be set on a `drive.drives.update` request that does not set `themeId`."
},
"themeId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ID of the theme from which the background image and color will be set. The set of possible `driveThemes` can be retrieved from a `drive.about.get` response. When not specified on a `drive.drives.create` request, a random theme is chosen from which the background image and color are set. This is a write-only field; it can only be set on requests that don't set `colorRgb` or `backgroundImageFile`."
}
}
},
"File": {
"type": "object",
"description": "The metadata for a file. Some resource methods (such as `files.update`) require a `fileId`. Use the `files.list` method to retrieve the ID for a file.",
"properties": {
"imageMediaMetadata": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Output only. Additional metadata about image media, if available.",
"properties": {
"exposureMode": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The exposure mode used to create the photo."
},
"aperture": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Output only. The aperture used to create the photo (f-number).",
"format": "float"
},
"meteringMode": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The metering mode used to create the photo."
},
"exposureBias": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Output only. The exposure bias of the photo (APEX value).",
"format": "float"
},
"isoSpeed": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Output only. The ISO speed used to create the photo.",
"format": "int32"
},
"colorSpace": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The color space of the photo."
},
"subjectDistance": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Output only. The distance to the subject of the photo, in meters.",
"format": "int32"
},
"location": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Output only. Geographic location information stored in the image.",
"properties": {
"latitude": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Output only. The latitude stored in the image.",
"format": "double"
},
"altitude": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Output only. The altitude stored in the image.",
"format": "double"
},
"longitude": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Output only. The longitude stored in the image.",
"format": "double"
}
}
},
"cameraMake": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The make of the camera used to create the photo."
},
"height": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Output only. The height of the image in pixels.",
"format": "int32"
},
"focalLength": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Output only. The focal length used to create the photo, in millimeters.",
"format": "float"
},
"cameraModel": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The model of the camera used to create the photo."
},
"lens": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The lens used to create the photo."
},
"exposureTime": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Output only. The length of the exposure, in seconds.",
"format": "float"
},
"rotation": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Output only. The number of clockwise 90 degree rotations applied from the image's original orientation.",
"format": "int32"
},
"maxApertureValue": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Output only. The smallest f-number of the lens at the focal length used to create the photo (APEX value).",
"format": "float"
},
"time": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The date and time the photo was taken (EXIF DateTime)."
},
"whiteBalance": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The white balance mode used to create the photo."
},
"sensor": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The type of sensor used to create the photo."
},
"flashUsed": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether a flash was used to create the photo."
},
"width": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Output only. The width of the image in pixels.",
"format": "int32"
}
}
},
"quotaBytesUsed": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The number of storage quota bytes used by the file. This includes the head revision as well as previous revisions with `keepForever` enabled.",
"format": "int64"
},
"viewedByMeTime": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The last time the file was viewed by the user (RFC 3339 date-time).",
"format": "date-time"
},
"properties": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A collection of arbitrary key-value pairs which are visible to all apps.\nEntries with null values are cleared in update and copy requests.",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"clientEncryptionDetails": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/ClientEncryptionDetails"
},
"folderColorRgb": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The color for a folder or a shortcut to a folder as an RGB hex string. The supported colors are published in the `folderColorPalette` field of the [`about`](/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3/about) resource. If an unsupported color is specified, the closest color in the palette is used instead."
},
"modifiedByMeTime": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The last time the file was modified by the user (RFC 3339 date-time).",
"format": "date-time"
},
"modifiedTime": {
"type": "string",
"description": "he last time the file was modified by anyone (RFC 3339 date-time). Note that setting modifiedTime will also update modifiedByMeTime for the user.",
"format": "date-time"
},
"shortcutDetails": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Information about a shortcut file.",
"properties": {
"targetMimeType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The MIME type of the file that this shortcut points to. The value of this field is a snapshot of the target's MIME type, captured when the shortcut is created."
},
"targetResourceKey": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The `resourceKey` for the target file."
},
"targetId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ID of the file that this shortcut points to. Can only be set on `files.create` requests."
}
}
},
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ID of the file."
},
"videoMediaMetadata": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Output only. Additional metadata about video media. This may not be available immediately upon upload.",
"properties": {
"durationMillis": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The duration of the video in milliseconds.",
"format": "int64"
},
"width": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Output only. The width of the video in pixels.",
"format": "int32"
},
"height": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Output only. The height of the video in pixels.",
"format": "int32"
}
}
},
"contentHints": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Additional information about the content of the file. These fields are never populated in responses.",
"properties": {
"indexableText": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Text to be indexed for the file to improve fullText queries. This is limited to 128 KB in length and may contain HTML elements."
},
"thumbnail": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A thumbnail for the file. This will only be used if Google Drive cannot generate a standard thumbnail.",
"properties": {
"mimeType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The MIME type of the thumbnail."
},
"image": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The thumbnail data encoded with URL-safe Base64 ([RFC 4648 section 5](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4648#section-5)).",
"format": "byte"
}
}
}
}
},
"parents": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The ID of the parent folder containing the file. A file can only have one parent folder; specifying multiple parents isn't supported. If not specified as part of a create request, the file is placed directly in the user's My Drive folder. If not specified as part of a copy request, the file inherits any discoverable parent of the source file. Update requests must use the `addParents` and `removeParents` parameters to modify the parents list.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"fullFileExtension": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The full file extension extracted from the `name` field. May contain multiple concatenated extensions, such as \"tar.gz\". This is only available for files with binary content in Google Drive. This is automatically updated when the `name` field changes, however it's not cleared if the new name doesn't contain a valid extension."
},
"fileExtension": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. The final component of `fullFileExtension`. This is only available for files with binary content in Google Drive."
},
"webContentLink": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Output only. A link for downloading the content of the file in a browser. This is only available for files with binary content in Google Drive."
},
"downloadRestrictions": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/DownloadRestrictionsMetadata"
},
"capabilities": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Output only. Capabilities the current user has on this file. Each capability corresponds to a fine-grained action that a user may take. For more information, see [Understand file capabilities](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/manage-sharing#capabilities).",
"properties": {
"canReadTeamDrive": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Deprecated: Output only. Use `canReadDrive` instead."
},
"canStartApproval": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the current user can start an approval on the file."
},
"canModifyEditorContentRestriction": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can add or modify content restrictions on the file which are editor restricted."
},
"canDelete": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can delete this file."
},
"canRemoveMyDriveParent": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can remove a parent from the item without adding another parent in the same request. Not populated for shared drive files."
},
"canReadDrive": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can read the shared drive to which this file belongs. Only populated for items in shared drives."
},
"canMoveItemWithinTeamDrive": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Deprecated: Output only. Use `canMoveItemWithinDrive` instead."
},
"canComment": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can comment on this file."
},
"canRemoveChildren": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can remove children from this folder. This is always `false` when the item isn't a folder. For a folder in a shared drive, use `canDeleteChildren` or `canTrashChildren` instead."
},
"canAddMyDriveParent": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can add a parent for the item without removing an existing parent in the same request. Not populated for shared drive files."
},
"canTrashChildren": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can trash children of this folder. This is `false` when the item isn't a folder. Only populated for items in shared drives."
},
"canCopy": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Output only. Whether the current user can copy this file. For an item in a shared drive, whether t
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curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/json-schemas/google-drive-change-list"
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