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Air University
Air University

Reputation: 85

why google drive does not return metadata of files which i provided in the fields parameter?

I am trying to get the Size of files with google drive API

const filesFilteredByDate = await axios.get('https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files', {
   q: `mimeType = 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder'`,
    fields: 'files(id, name, size, modifiedTime)',
    orderBy: 'modifiedTime desc',
    spaces: 'drive',
    headers: {
      authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`
    }
  });

But it does not return the size and modified time of the folder enter image description here

So how do i get size , modifiedTime and createdTime

Upvotes: 1

Views: 215

Answers (2)

Syed Ali Shahzil
Syed Ali Shahzil

Reputation: 1224

Size of the folder is not provided by google drive api more id, name,kind,mimeType are the default data object

Moreover, put your fields inside params if you are using Axios just like that

const filesFilteredByDate = await axios.get('https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files', {
            params: {
                q: "mimeType='application/vnd.google-apps.folder'",
                fields: "files(id,name,createdTime,modifiedTime,parents)",
                orderBy: "modifiedTime desc",
            },
            headers: {
            authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`
            }
        });

Upvotes: 2

Linda Lawton - DaImTo
Linda Lawton - DaImTo

Reputation: 116948

Not all file types have a size. your searching for folders only folders dont return a size.

{
   "id": "1R_QjyKy27C-3ASMJJa",
   "name": "YouTube",
   "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.folder",
   "modifiedTime": "2021-12-14T08:48:38.786Z"
  },

If you try a diffrent file type you will find it does return a size fore example a zip file

 {
   "id": "107GrdcfBFVuWjlMZEKN7qAqsdvsH",
   "name": "backup_2022-02-16-1013_Daimto_e3763aa68b2c-others.zip",
   "modifiedTime": "2022-02-16T08:14:16.917Z",
   "size": "17849423"
  },

Upvotes: 1

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