Google Drive Reference

Below is a reference of enumerations used by some tools in the Google Drive MCP Server:

OrderBy

Sort order options for listing and searching files.

• CREATED_TIME: createdTime - When the file was created (ascending)
• CREATED_TIME_DESC: createdTime desc - When the file was created (descending)
• FOLDER: folder - The folder ID, sorted using alphabetical ordering (ascending)
• FOLDER_DESC: folder desc - The folder ID, sorted using alphabetical ordering (descending)
• MODIFIED_BY_ME_TIME: modifiedByMeTime - The last time the file was modified by the user (ascending)
• MODIFIED_BY_ME_TIME_DESC: modifiedByMeTime desc - The last time the file was modified by the user (descending)
• MODIFIED_TIME: modifiedTime - The last time the file was modified by anyone (ascending)
• MODIFIED_TIME_DESC: modifiedTime desc - The last time the file was modified by anyone (descending)
• NAME: name - The name of the file, sorted alphabetically (ascending)
• NAME_DESC: name desc - The name of the file, sorted alphabetically (descending)
• NAME_NATURAL: name_natural - The name of the file, sorted using natural sort ordering (ascending)
• NAME_NATURAL_DESC: name_natural desc - The name of the file, sorted using natural sort ordering (descending)
• QUOTA_BYTES_USED: quotaBytesUsed - The number of storage quota bytes used by the file (ascending)
• QUOTA_BYTES_USED_DESC: quotaBytesUsed desc - The number of storage quota bytes used by the file (descending)
• RECENCY: recency - The most recent timestamp from the file’s date-time fields (ascending)
• RECENCY_DESC: recency desc - The most recent timestamp from the file’s date-time fields (descending)
• SHARED_WITH_ME_TIME: sharedWithMeTime - When the file was shared with the user (ascending)
• SHARED_WITH_ME_TIME_DESC: sharedWithMeTime desc - When the file was shared with the user (descending)
• STARRED: starred - Whether the user has starred the file (ascending)
• STARRED_DESC: starred desc - Whether the user has starred the file (descending)
• VIEWED_BY_ME_TIME: viewedByMeTime - The last time the file was viewed by the user (ascending)
• VIEWED_BY_ME_TIME_DESC: viewedByMeTime desc - The last time the file was viewed by the user (descending)

GoogleDriveFileType

File type filters for searching files.

• SPREADSHEET: spreadsheet - Google Sheets
• SLIDES: slides - Google Slides presentations
• DOCUMENT: document - Google Docs
• DRAWING: drawing - Google Drawings
• FORM: form - Google Forms
• FOLDER: folder - Folders
• IMAGE: image - Image files (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP)
• VIDEO: video - Video files (MP4, MPEG, QuickTime, WebM)
• AUDIO: audio - Audio files (MP3, M4A, WAV)
• SCRIPT: script - Google Apps Script
• SITES: sites - Google Sites
• PDF: pdf - PDF documents

PermissionRole

Permission roles for sharing Google Drive files and folders.

• READER: reader - Can view and download
• COMMENTER: commenter - Can view, download, and comment
• WRITER: writer - Can view, download, comment, and edit
• OWNER: owner - Full control (transfer ownership)

UploadMimeType

Supported file types for uploading to Google Drive. This tool can only upload regular files - it cannot create Google Workspace files (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides).

Text-based files

• PLAIN_TEXT: text/plain - .txt files
• CSV: text/csv - .csv spreadsheet data
• JSON: application/json - .json data files
• HTML: text/html - .html web pages
• MARKDOWN: text/markdown - .md documentation

Documents

• PDF: application/pdf - .pdf documents

Images

• PNG: image/png - .png images
• JPEG: image/jpeg - .jpg/.jpeg images
• GIF: image/gif - .gif images
• WEBP: image/webp - .webp images
• SVG: image/svg+xml - .svg vector graphics