Google Drive service accounts need explicit membership on a Team Drive

Google Drive service accounts need explicit membership on a Team Drive

TL;DR

If a service account gets empty results from the Team Drives list, the missing piece is usually Admin-side, not code: the service account email must be added as a member of the Team Drive in the Admin console, with sharing enabled for Drive and Docs. Context: Stack Overflow #43243865 (accepted answer, 14 votes): the asker's service account could not see a Team Drive at all, even with Drive API access enabled. The accepted answer walks through the Admin-side setup that fixes it: turn sharing on under Apps, Google Workspace, Drive and Docs, Sharing settings, open the Team Drive in Manage Team Drives, and add the service account email as a member with the needed access level.

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Only then does the service account's Team Drives list return the drive.

Source: Stack Overflow #43243865 (accepted answer, 14 votes): the asker's service account could not see a Team Drive at all, even with Drive API access enabled. The accepted answer walks through the Admin-side setup that fixes it: turn sharing on under Apps, Google Workspace, Drive and Docs, Sharing settings, open the Team Drive in Manage Team Drives, and add the service account email as a member with the needed access level. Only then does the service account's Team Drives list return the drive.

Verified resolution: If a service account gets empty results from the Team Drives list, the missing piece is usually Admin-side, not code: the service account email must be added as a member of the Team Drive in the Admin console, with sharing enabled for Drive and Docs.

Source URL: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43243865/how-to-access-team-drive-using-service-account-with-google-drive-net-api-v3