Method: drives.insert

Creates a new shared drive.

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/drives

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Query parameters

Parameters
requestId

string

Required. An ID, such as a random UUID, which uniquely identifies this user's request for idempotent creation of a shared drive. A repeated request by the same user and with the same request ID will avoid creating duplicates by attempting to create the same shared drive. If the shared drive already exists a 409 error will be returned.

Request body

The request body contains an instance of Drive .

Response body

If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Drive .

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive

Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the Authorization guide.

Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Last updated 2025年04月03日 UTC.