Retrieving web view link of a Google shared drive folder - google-api

Question

I am trying to get the webviewlink of google shared
API: https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files
am unable to get webviewlink of particular shared drive folder.
my input will be the folder id:
{
"id": "1Vat7pdwnpg8i2xMzhic4dOVbadZNv0OJ"
}
how can i achieve this?

Answer 1

Without seeing the exact request you are making its hard to help but i can say this apears to work fine. I can get the the record for a google drive directory shared with me and that directory contains a web view link which has the same file id as the one i sent.
Request
curl \
'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/1nhladm_nRRee6rVER9ZA5QqnyKwfG7l?fields=*&key=[YOUR_API_KEY]' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer [YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN]' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--compressed
response
{
"kind": "drive#file",
"id": "1nhladm_nRRee6rVER9ZA5QqnyKwfG7l",
"name": "ML GDE Model Deployment Project",
"mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.folder",
"starred": false,
"trashed": false,
"explicitlyTrashed": false,
"parents": [
"1OYYiVmqFp9ZvuRSuVgC_ihkdYirLnu"
],
"spaces": [
"drive"
],
"version": "461",
"webViewLink": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nhladm_nRRee6rVER9ZA5QqnyKwfG7li",
"iconLink": "https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/vnd.google-apps.folder+shared",
"hasThumbnail": false,
"thumbnailVersion": "0",
"viewedByMe": false,
"createdTime": "2020-04-02T04:21:47.275Z",
"modifiedTime": "2020-11-02T13:58:51.042Z",
"modifiedByMe": false,
"owners": [
{
.....
}
],
"lastModifyingUser": {
"kind": "drive#user",
},
"shared": true,
"ownedByMe": false,
"capabilities": {
"canAddChildren": false,
"canAddMyDriveParent": false,
"canChangeCopyRequiresWriterPermission": false,
"canChangeViewersCanCopyContent": false,
"canComment": false,
"canCopy": false,
"canDelete": false,
"canDownload": true,
"canEdit": false,
"canListChildren": true,
"canModifyContent": false,
"canMoveChildrenWithinDrive": false,
"canMoveItemIntoTeamDrive": false,
"canMoveItemOutOfDrive": false,
"canMoveItemWithinDrive": false,
"canReadRevisions": false,
"canRemoveChildren": false,
"canRemoveMyDriveParent": true,
"canRename": false,
"canShare": false,
"canTrash": false,
"canUntrash": false
},
"viewersCanCopyContent": true,
"copyRequiresWriterPermission": false,
"writersCanShare": true,
"folderColorRgb": "#8f8f8f",
"quotaBytesUsed": "0",
"isAppAuthorized": false
}
The web view link for this request is https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nhladm_nRRee6rVER9ZA5QqnyKwfG7l which is the same as the file id that i sent it.
File Ids change as do the web view links and its possible that they are out of sync.