Create File

Creates a new file in Google Drive.

POST

Query

Field selectionChoose which fields should be included in the response. Learn more

string

Comma-separated response fields to include.

Body

Arguments

stringrequired

Give your new File a new Name.

stringrequired

Choose which Google Workspace file type to create.

string

The ID of a Google Drive Folder to place your file. When not specified files are added to your My Drive.

Uncommon arguments

boolean

Whether to use the uploaded content as indexable text.

boolean

Whether to ignore the domain's default visibility settings for the created file. Domain administrators can choose to make all uploaded files visible to the domain by default; this parameter bypasses that behavior for the request. Permissions are still inherited from parent folders.

Try this request

Request

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/googleDrive/latest/actions/create-file" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "name": "",
  "fileType": ""
}'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "capabilities": {
        "canAcceptOwnership": true,
        "canAddChildren": true,
        "canAddMyDriveParent": true,
        "canChangeCopyRequiresWriterPermission": true,
        "canChangeSecurityUpdateEnabled": true,
        "canChangeViewersCanCopyContent": true,
        "canComment": true,
        "canCopy": true,
        "canDelete": true,
        "canDownload": true,
        "canEdit": true,
        "canListChildren": true,
        "canModifyContent": true,
        "canModifyContentRestriction": true,
        "canModifyEditorContentRestriction": true,
        "canModifyLabels": true,
        "canModifyOwnerContentRestriction": true,
        "canMoveChildrenWithinDrive": true,
        "canMoveItemIntoTeamDrive": true,
        "canMoveItemOutOfDrive": true,
        "canMoveItemWithinDrive": true,
        "canReadLabels": true,
        "canReadRevisions": true,
        "canRemoveChildren": true,
        "canRemoveContentRestriction": true,
        "canRemoveMyDriveParent": true,
        "canRename": true,
        "canShare": true,
        "canTrash": true,
        "canUntrash": true
      },
      "copyRequiresWriterPermission": true,
      "createdTime": "2026-05-07T12:00:00.000Z",
      "explicitlyTrashed": true,
      "folderColorRgb": "string",
      "hasThumbnail": true,
      "iconLink": "https://example.com",
      "id": "string",
      "isAppAuthorized": true,
      "kind": "string",
      "lastModifyingUser": {
        "displayName": "string",
        "emailAddress": "[email protected]",
        "kind": "string",
        "me": true,
        "permissionId": "string",
        "photoLink": "string"
      },
      "linkShareMetadata": {
        "securityUpdateEligible": true,
        "securityUpdateEnabled": true
      },
      "mimeType": "string",
      "modifiedByMe": true,
      "modifiedByMeTime": "2026-05-07T12:00:00.000Z",
      "modifiedTime": "2026-05-07T12:00:00.000Z",
      "name": "Ava Chen",
      "ownedByMe": true,
      "owners[]": {
        "displayName": "string",
        "emailAddress": "[email protected]",
        "kind": "string",
        "me": true,
        "permissionId": "string",
        "photoLink": "https://example.com"
      },
      "parents[]": "string",
      "permissionIds[]": "string",
      "permissions[]": {
        "deleted": true,
        "displayName": "string",
        "emailAddress": "[email protected]",
        "id": "string",
        "kind": "string",
        "pendingOwner": true,
        "role": "string",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "quotaBytesUsed": "string",
      "shared": true,
      "spaces[]": "string",
      "starred": true,
      "thumbnailVersion": "string",
      "trashed": true,
      "version": "string",
      "viewedByMe": true,
      "viewersCanCopyContent": true,
      "webViewLink": "https://example.com",
      "writersCanShare": true
    }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

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