How to pass the fields parameter into a google drive python API call

Question

I have:

results = drive_service.files().list(**body).execute()

where:

body = {
    'q': query_string,
    'maxResults': 1,
}

To improve performance I would like to limit the fields returned as described here: https://developers.google.com/drive/performance#partial-response

if i just add 'fields': 'id,items,title,mimeType' to body i get an error. I'm not sure how to add that limitation?

Somewhat related, does the python api automatically gzip the request?

Answer 1

API v2:

results = drive_service.files().list(fields='items(id,mimeType,title)', **body).execute()

you can easily figure out what the fields value should look like using API Explorer:

https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/drive/v2/drive.files.list

API v3:

results = drive_service.files().list(fields='files(id,mimeType,name)', **body).execute()

https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/drive/v3/drive.files.list

yes, the requests are automatically gzipped. You can turn on http traffic logging to confirm. see:

https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/logging

Answer 2

try

body = {
    'q': query_string,
    'maxResults': 1,
    'fields': 'items/id, items/title, items/mimeType',
}

or

body = {
    'q': query_string,
    'fields': 'items(id,title,mimeType),nextPageToken',  # if you need to get full result
}

Answer 3

I had similar problem, the problem was in api version.