Google Drive API Folder/Child ID

Question

Does anyone knows if the google folder id changes over time? Assuming, obviously, the folder is not deleted and recreated.

I'm trying to be limit the quota usage as much as possible, by storing the ID on our side.

Thanks

Answer 1

UPDATE (2015/09/01) Per 'BSEs' comment below.

Sorry, I assumed it is Android (being professionally distorted). Anyway, to make sure, look at the ID string in question and compare it with the ID you get from drive.google.com > right click > Get link. You should see something like:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1mqwertyasdfghZxCvbItM0E

If the id= string matches your resource ID, you're cool. Sorry for the confusion.

ORIGINAL (incorrect for .NET, applies to GooPlaySvcs/GDAA on Android)

I believe it does.

When testing the ResourceId availability here, I remember getting DriveId in one form immediately in the 'onResult()' callback. Later, when the 'onCompletion()' event occured, the DriveId of the same object looked very different (applies to both file and folder) .

Also, look at Daniel's comment here, it suggests that you should not rely on the value of the DriveId in any moment and use 'equals()'.

The ResourceId would be more appropriate ID to store, shuttle around, etc... DriveId is useless outside the GooPlaySvcs instance. And, based on some hints from Drive-Involved-Googlers, relying on a concrete value of DriveId is dangerous. That makes existence of 'encodeToString() / decodeFromString()' somewhat questionable, right?

Good Luck