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Google Drive ACTION

List Files

List files from a specific folder. Set Max Results to cap how many files are returned per run, then pass the returned nextPageToken back in as Page Token on the next run to page through a large folder in fixed-size batches. See the documentation for more information
  • Action
  • Read only
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Google Drive account once, then configure and run List Files from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "google_drive-list-files",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_drive: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    limitToMyDrive: true,
    drive: "Drive",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

List Files inputs
Property Type Description
limitToMyDrive Limit to My Drive boolean
When enabled, results are limited to My Drive. Shared drives and team drives are excluded. Note: files directly shared with you by another user ('Shared with me') will still appear.
Optional
drive Drive string
Select a specific drive to search. Defaults to All Drives (My Drive and all Shared Drives you have access to) when no selection is made. To limit to your personal drive or a Shared Drive, select it from this list.
Optional Dynamic
folderId Parent Folder string
The ID of the parent folder which contains the file. If not specified, it will list files from the drive's top-level folder.
Optional Dynamic
fields Fields string

The fields you want included in the response (see the documentation for available fields). If not specified, the response includes a default set of fields specific to this method. For development you can use the special value * to return all fields, but you'll achieve greater performance by only selecting the fields you need.

Important: when supplying a custom mask scoped to files(...), the top-level nextPageToken field must also be present (e.g. nextPageToken,files(id,name)) or pagination silently stops after the first page. This action automatically prepends nextPageToken to your mask when it is absent so all pages are returned.

eg: files(id,mimeType,name,createdTime,modifiedTime)

Optional
filterText Filter Text string
Filter by file name that contains a specific text
Optional
filterType Filter Type string
Whether to return files with names containing the Filter Text or files with names that match the Filter Text exactly. Defaults to "CONTAINS". Not relevant unless Filter Text is entered.
Optional
trashed Trashed boolean
If true, list only trashed files. If false, list only non-trashed files. Keep it empty to include both.
Optional
maxResults Max Results integer
The maximum number of files to return per run. Leave empty to return every file in the folder. Combine with Page Token to page through a large folder in fixed-size batches across multiple runs. Example: 25.
Optional
pageToken Page Token string
A cursor for resuming a previous run. Pass the nextPageToken returned by an earlier run to continue listing from where it stopped instead of starting over. Leave empty to start from the beginning of the folder. Example: ~!!~AI9FV7Q....
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
google_drive-list-files
Version
1.0.6
App
Google Drive
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes