Google Drive

---

name: google-drive

description: |

Google Drive API integration with managed OAuth. List, search, create, and manage files and folders. Use this skill when users want to interact with Google Drive files. For other third party apps, use the api-gateway skill (https://clawhub.ai/byungkyu/api-gateway).

compatibility: Requires network access and valid Maton API key

metadata:

author: maton

version: "1.0"

clawdbot:

emoji: 🧠

requires:

env:

- MATON_API_KEY

---

# Google Drive

Access the Google Drive API with managed OAuth authentication. List, search, create, and manage files and folders.

Quick Start

# List files
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/google-drive/drive/v3/files?pageSize=10')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://gateway.maton.ai/google-drive/{native-api-path}

Replace `{native-api-path}` with the actual Google Drive API endpoint path. The gateway proxies requests to `www.googleapis.com` and automatically injects your OAuth token.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

**Environment Variable:** Set your API key as `MATON_API_KEY`:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at [maton.ai](https://maton.ai)

2. Go to [maton.ai/settings](https://maton.ai/settings)

3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your Google OAuth connections at `https://ctrl.maton.ai`.

List Connections

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections?app=google-drive&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'google-drive'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

**Response:**

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2025-12-08T07:20:53.488460Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-01-31T20:03:32.593153Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "google-drive",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned `url` in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Google Drive connections, specify which one to use with the `Maton-Connection` header:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/google-drive/drive/v3/files?pageSize=10')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If omitted, the gateway uses the default (oldest) active connection.

API Reference

List Files

GET /google-drive/drive/v3/files?pageSize=10

With query:

GET /google-drive/drive/v3/files?q=name%20contains%20'report'&pageSize=10

Only folders:

GET /google-drive/drive/v3/files?q=mimeType='application/vnd.google-apps.folder'

Files in specific folder:

GET /google-drive/drive/v3/files?q='FOLDER_ID'+in+parents

With fields:

GET /google-drive/drive/v3/files?fields=files(id,name,mimeType,createdTime,modifiedTime,size)

Get File Metadata

GET /google-drive/drive/v3/files/{fileId}?fields=id,name,mimeType,size,createdTime

Download File Content

GET /google-drive/drive/v3/files/{fileId}?alt=media

Export Google Docs

GET /google-drive/drive/v3/files/{fileId}/export?mimeType=application/pdf

Create File (metadata only)

POST /google-drive/drive/v3/files
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "New Document",
  "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.document"
}

Create Folder

POST /google-drive/drive/v3/files
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "New Folder",
  "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.folder"
}

Update File Metadata

PATCH /google-drive/drive/v3/files/{fileId}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "Renamed File"
}

Move File to Folder

PATCH /google-drive/drive/v3/files/{fileId}?addParents=NEW_FOLDER_ID&removeParents=OLD_FOLDER_ID

Delete File

DELETE /google-drive/drive/v3/files/{fileId}

Copy File

POST /google-drive/drive/v3/files/{fileId}/copy
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "Copy of File"
}

File Uploads

Google Drive supports three upload types depending on file size and whether you need to include metadata.

Simple Upload (Media)

For files up to 5MB when you don't need to set metadata.

POST /google-drive/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=media
Content-Type: text/plain

<file content>

**Python Example:**

import urllib.request, os

file_content = b'Hello, this is file content!'

url = 'https://gateway.maton.ai/google-drive/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=media'
req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=file_content, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)

Multipart Upload

For files up to 5MB when you need to include metadata (name, description, etc.).

POST /google-drive/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart
Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary=boundary

--boundary
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{"name": "myfile.txt", "description": "My file"}
--boundary
Content-Type: text/plain

<file content>
--boundary--

**Python Example:**

import urllib.request, os, json

boundary = '----Boundary'
metadata = json.dumps({'name': 'myfile.txt', 'description': 'My file'})
file_content = 'File content here'

body = f'''--{boundary}\r
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8\r
\r
{metadata}\r
--{boundary}\r
Content-Type: text/plain\r
\r
{file_content}\r
--{boundary}--'''.encode()

url = 'https://gateway.maton.ai/google-drive/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart'
req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=body, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', f'multipart/related; boundary={boundary}')
response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)

Resumable Upload (Large Files)

For large files (recommended for files > 5MB). This approach:

1. Initiates a session - Gets an upload URI

2. Uploads in chunks - Sends file in pieces

3. Supports resume - Can continue from where it left off if interrupted

**Step 1: Initiate Upload Session**

POST /google-drive/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=resumable
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
X-Upload-Content-Type: application/octet-stream
X-Upload-Content-Length: <file_size>

{"name": "large_file.bin"}

Response includes `Location` header with the upload URI.

**Step 2: Upload Content**

PUT <upload_uri>
Content-Length: <file_size>
Content-Type: application/octet-stream

<file content>

**Python Example (Complete):**

import urllib.request, os, json

file_path = '/path/to/large_file.bin'
file_size = os.path.getsize(file_path)

# Step 1: Initiate resumable upload session
url = 'https://gateway.maton.ai/google-drive/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=resumable'
metadata = json.dumps({'name': 'large_file.bin'}).encode()

req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=metadata, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=UTF-8')
req.add_header('X-Upload-Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')
req.add_header('X-Upload-Content-Length', str(file_size))

response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
upload_uri = response.headers['Location']

# Step 2: Upload file in chunks (e.g., 5MB chunks)
chunk_size = 5 * 1024 * 1024
with open(file_path, 'rb') as f:
    offset = 0
    while offset < file_size:
        chunk = f.read(chunk_size)
        end = offset + len(chunk) - 1

        req = urllib.request.Request(upload_uri, data=chunk, method='PUT')
        req.add_header('Content-Length', str(len(chunk)))
        req.add_header('Content-Range', f'bytes {offset}-{end}/{file_size}')

        response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
        offset += len(chunk)

result = json.load(response)
print(f"Uploaded: {result['id']}")

**Resuming Interrupted Uploads:**

If an upload is interrupted, query the upload URI to get current status:

req = urllib.request.Request(upload_uri, method='PUT')
req.add_header('Content-Length', '0')
req.add_header('Content-Range', 'bytes */*')
response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
# Check Range header in response to get current offset

Update File Content

To update an existing file's content:

PATCH /google-drive/upload/drive/v3/files/{fileId}?uploadType=media
Content-Type: text/plain

<new file content>

**Python Example:**

import urllib.request, os

file_id = 'YOUR_FILE_ID'
new_content = b'Updated file content!'

url = f'https://gateway.maton.ai/google-drive/upload/drive/v3/files/{file_id}?uploadType=media'
req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=new_content, method='PATCH')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)

Upload to Specific Folder

Include the folder ID in the metadata:

metadata = json.dumps({
    'name': 'myfile.txt',
    'parents': ['FOLDER_ID']
})

Share File

POST /google-drive/drive/v3/files/{fileId}/permissions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "role": "reader",
  "type": "user",
  "emailAddress": "user@example.com"
}

Query Operators

Use in the `q` parameter:

Combine with `and`:

name contains 'report' and mimeType = 'application/pdf'

Common MIME Types

Code Examples

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  'https://gateway.maton.ai/google-drive/drive/v3/files?pageSize=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`
    }
  }
);

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://gateway.maton.ai/google-drive/drive/v3/files',
    headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}'},
    params={'pageSize': 10}
)

Notes

Error Handling

| Status | Meaning |

|--------|---------|

| 400 | Missing Google Drive connection |

| 401 | Invalid or missing Maton API key |

| 429 | Rate limited (10 req/sec per account) |

| 4xx/5xx | Passthrough error from Google Drive API |

Troubleshooting: API Key Issues

1. Check that the `MATON_API_KEY` environment variable is set:

echo $MATON_API_KEY

2. Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Troubleshooting: Invalid App Name

1. Ensure your URL path starts with `google-drive`. For example:

Resources