Google Drive - Get file permission action

This action retrieves details for a permission associated with a given file in Google Drive. Permission details include the file's ownership and whether the file is shared with additional users, groups, or domains, or is accessible to anyone.

Google Drive Get file permission action Google Drive Get file permission action

Input

Input fieldDescription
FileThe file with the permission you plan to retrieve. Select a file or enter its ID. To find the file ID, right-click the file and select Share > Copy link. For example, if the URL is https://drive.google.com/file/d/123nyR2IjW_Rq84d3qEYRoq1/view, the file ID is 123nyR2IjW_Rq84d3qEYRoq1.

Alternatively, you can find the file ID in the output of other Google Drive triggers and actions.
PermissionThe permission you plan to retrieve. Select a permission or enter its ID. The permission ID can be obtained from the List permissions action.
Use domain admin access?Issues the request as a domain administrator, if the connected user is the admin of the domain owning a shared drive. This setting allows the domain admin to retrieve permissions for shared drive files owned by their domain even if they aren't a member of the given shared drive. Default is set to No.

Output

Output fieldDescription
KindThe kind of resource this is: drive#permission.
TypeThe type of grantee: user, group, domain, or anyone.
Permission IDThe ID of this permission.
Email addressThe email address of the user or group that was granted this permission.
DomainThe domain this permission refers to.
RoleThe role granted by this permission.
ViewThe view for this permission.
Allow file discoveryIndicates whether this permission allows the file to be discovered through search. This is only applicable to permissions granted to domain or anyone.
Display nameThe human-readable name for the permission grantee. user: User's full name. group: Name of the Google Group. domain: Domain owning the shared drive. Not applicable to the type anyone.
Photo linkA link to the user's profile photo, if available.
Team Drive permission detailsA list of permission details for the Team Drive. Contains the following output fields, in addition to List size and List index:
  • Team Drive permission type: The permission type for this user. Only applies to Team Drives.
  • Role (Team Drive): The primary role for this user. Only applies to Team Drives.
  • Inherited from (Team Drive): The ID of the item from which this permission is inherited. Only applies to Team Drives.
  • Inherited (Team Drive): Whether this permission is inherited. Only applies to Team Drives.
Permission detailsA list of permission details for the shared drive. Contains the following output fields, in addition to List size and List index:
  • Permission type (shared drive): The permission type for this user. Only applies to shared drives.
  • Role (shared drive): The primary role for this user. Only applies to shared drives.
  • Inherited from (shared drive): The ID of the item from which this permission is inherited. Only applies to shared drives.
  • Inherited (shared drive): Indicates whether this permission is inherited. Only applies to shared drives.
DeletedIndicates whether the account associated with this permission has been deleted. This field only applies to user and group permissions.

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