Google Drive API - Changes: list. Getting the original ID of a deleted file

Question

When trying to detect deleted objects using the Changes: list feed, I noticed that the id value is incorrect making it impossible for me to detect which file was deleted. Example:

Make new testfile : This is a test file

public 'title' => string 'This is a test' (length=14)
public 'id' => string '1wUFHe3DfU1mJnyqlIgAYSvMrIy8F91-7rZyAPFsyVpg' (length=44)

Now when I delete this file the first entry for a deleted change is:

public 'deleted' => boolean true
protected 'fileType' => string 'Google_Service_Drive_DriveFile' (length=30)
protected 'fileDataType' => string '' (length=0)
public 'fileId' => string '1_8Cvirw71AY0HQoaNwSMP3TlcIFAhpZikVfOrXFZCLo'        (length=44)
public 'id' => string '3612' (length=4)
public 'kind' => string 'drive#change' (length=12)
public 'modificationDate' => string '2013-12-23T10:55:45.340Z' (length=24)
public 'selfLink' => string 'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/changes/3612' (length=48)
  protected 'modelData' => 
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'processed' => 
    array (size=0)
      empty

None of the identifiers (fileId and id) equal the id from the file 'This is a test file'. I read in the API documentation that the results are from the bottom up, but non of the deleted changes contain my original file id.

How would I know which file was deleted?

EDIT: I've created a video showing my problems, steps

• I create a new file (just before the video started)
• I show it's ID in the Changes: list
• I delete this file
• I create another file
• I show the file ID in the Changes: list
• The Changes: list shows my first file ID and right after that the second created file ID. It doesn't show to delete file event

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh2ARFdxWGk

Sorry for the poor quality, I used a bad screen recording tool

Answer 1

You might try using the Apps Activity API instead of Changes. I just tested with Apps Activity API and both trash and emptyTrash show as events. The API Explorer gives you an idea of how to achieve this.