I'm using the Google Drive API V3 to get custom properties from alot of files.
I only need one property out of the properties collection. Is it possible to set the fields attribute so i can only get the one property?
Thank you in advance!
fields is part of the Standard Query Parameters valid for all of the Google discovery apis.
fields Selector specifying a subset of fields to include in the
response. For more information, see the partial response section in
the Performance Tips document. Use for better performance.
Yes you can specify fields.
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I have a need to display models stored in BIM360 in the Forge Viewer. For this reason I'd like to list all models that are contained in a project.
I was looking at fetching them using the search API. Is this a reasonable way to do it? I guess the only way to identify model files is to use attributes.fileType in the filter? And then look at the relationships.derivatives data. Or is there some other way to search for models?
Unfortunately, your request is not supported by the Search API currently. With my experience, extracting relationships.derivatives out is the only way manually from the API responses that contain this attribute e.g.
GET projects/:project_id/folders/:folder_id/contents
GET projects/:project_id/items/:item_id/tip
GET projects/:project_id/items/:item_id/versions
Is there a way I can have my own metadata associated to a document that I am uploading to Google Drive? If yes, how do I mention that metadata in the API?
Also, can I perform a search using the metadata using the APIs. Say if there are 3 documents with the metadata tag as 'cooking' ... can I use the search API where I send the tag 'cooking' as a search query and I get a list of all the docs associated with that metadata.
Regards, Saurabh
Yes, see custom file properties. https://developers.google.com/drive/web/properties
To search for custom file properties, add this to your search parameters:
properties has { key = 'foo' and value = 'bar' and visibility = 'private'}
Note that all 3 parts are required.
Google just introduced a new feature in Google Drive SDK which is the ability to set properties to files, as key/value pairs.
According to the blog post on Google Developers blog we can use these properties as searchable fields. However I cannot see in the documentation how to search for files using these properties.
For example: retrieve all files where property A has the value X.
I know the feature is brand new but I could really make use of this in my current project. Have I missed anything ?
Well I find, its possible to search on drive based on properties param.
Check doc. https://developers.google.com/drive/web/search-parameters
Code Snippet :
resp = newDriveService.files().list(q="properties has { key='customKeyA' and value='customKeyAValue2' and visibility='PUBLIC' }").execute()
Note : you have to specify all 3 params viz. key, value and visibility while searching. If you don't use it will throw Invalid Params exception.
Unfortunately, we don't currently support this. This is currently a high priority for Google and they are working on it. Stay tuned.
I am using this api call with &keyword= and I want to have multiple words in the keyword but OR them. I have tried OR and | but it seems to ignore it. example here
Is it possible to OR keyword in a google places search
The Google Places API does not current support multiple keywords or names in requests. A Places API - Feature Request for this has been filed here.
If you believe this would be a useful feature please make sure your star the request to let us know you are interested in seeing it added.
I have seen the two forms of reference to the Google Places Library/Service, using JavaScript vs calling the API directly, a number of times, but I don't understand the difference. The Google Docs don't describe anything about two methods of accessing the API.
For example, this question talks about 2 ways of accessing the API: OVER_QUERY_LIMIT in a loop
And it appears that there is some type of direct web access taking place in this question: Querying Google Places API using jQuery
Is this something where there was an old way that involved formatting URL parameters and the new way is by utilizing the JavaScript library calls?
FINAL SUMMARY EDIT: There are two distinct ways of requesting data from Google, as described in #Dan Nissenbaum's answer below. And since my original question, the QUERY_LIMIT question referenced above has been edited to also include more information about the two options.
Perhaps you are referring to the distinction between the Google Places API that is intended for use on the SERVER (i.e., utilizing PHP to call the Google Places API directly), and using the completely different approach of the Google Places Javascript Library in which the BROWSER executes Javascript using the Javascript library provided by Google (that internally wraps calls to the Google Places API, so that you, as a Javascript programmer, only need to understand the Javascript library provided by Google, and use that)?
Here are the two scenarios.
Scenario #1: Use the API directly. For this method, you must refer to Google's API documentation for the Google Places API: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/.
Using this API works as follows (giving a simple example only). Say you want to retrieve places within 1000 meters of latitude=-27.2531166, longitude=138.8655664. You need to hit a URL as described by the API documentation: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/#PlaceSearchRequests.
In this example, the URL looks like this (it's long):
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=-27.2531166,138.8655664&radius=1000&sensor=false&key=AddYourOwnKeyHere
You need a key for your personal use, which I assume you have. There are other options you can specify, such as limiting the results to restaurants, etc.
When you hit this URL, the data will be returned in either JSON, or XML format, as specified by the text json in the URL above (use the text xml for xml). This data is returned exactly like data is returned from any URL call when you hit a URL in your browser.
You can test this by simply typing the URL directly in your browser, and see the results.
To use the API directly from code, you will need to use code that hits the external URL above within code and retrieves the results within code (for example, using the PHP CURL library, or using AJAX in Javascript).
Scenario #2: You use the Javascript library that Google provides that wraps the API, so you don't need to deal with it. I'll update the answer with more details about this, if you don't know what this is.
The docs do discuss the two different approaches. The Places Library utilizes the Google Places services from within the JavaScript Google Maps API. If you are using the Google Maps API in a browser, this is probably the approach for you:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/places
There is also a web service, which allows you to query directly from your application. You query it using direct http calls to Google services. If you need access to the data on your server or a mobile device, this is the approach you want to take:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places