In the Google Account Data Export, also known as Google Takeout, shortcutsĪre represented as Netscape bookmark files containing links to the target. However, the shortcut continues to have a JPG thumbnail. ForĮxample, if you upload a JPG file to Drive, then upload a new AVI revision,ĭrive identifies the change and updates the thumbnail for Shortcuts pointing to the updated file will retain the original MIME type. Type changes when a new revision of a different type is uploaded, but any The MIME type of a shortcut can become stale. If the target's name is changed, previously created shortcuts retain the old When a shortcut isĬreated, the title of the target is used as the title of the shortcut.Īfter creation, the shortcut's and target's title can be changed independently. The title of a shortcut can differ from the target.

When the target is deleted, or when the current user losesĪccess to the target, the user's shortcut pointing to the target breaks. Other Drive locations, the shortcut file can be copied to the additional The targetId and targetMimeType fields are part of the shortcutDetailsĪ shortcut can only have one parent. MIME type is copied to the targetMimeType field when the shortcut is created. TargetMimeType is used to determine the type icon to display. The shortcut's ACLĪ targetId pointing to the target file or folder, also referred to as theĪ targetMimeType indicating the MIME type the target. The ACL for a shortcut inherits the ACL of the parent. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.Shortcuts are files that link to other files on Google Drive. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. For more information, seeĮxcept as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. You can upload both thumbnail images and indexable text when inserting or To increase the discoverability of files associated with third-party shortcuts, Query.fields = executeQuery:query completionHandler:^(GTLRServiceTicket *ticket,Īdding custom thumbnails and indexable text

Metadata.mimeType = *query = [GTLRDriveQuery_FilesCreate queryWithObject:metadata Public static String createShortcut() throws IOException Objective-C GTLRDrive_File *metadata = * IOException if service account credentials file not found. * Class to demonstrate Drive's create shortcut use-case */

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