Unable to update Google Drive files using Drive API v3 — The resource body includes fields which are not directly writable

Question

I am trying to use Google Drive API (v3) to make updates to documents in Google Drive.

I have read this migration guide: Google Drive API v3 Migration

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Answer 1

Referring to https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/files#resource-representations, you can see that shared isn't a writable field. If you think about it, this makes perfect sense. You can share a file by adding a new permission, and you can check if a file has been shared by reading the shared property. But saying a file is shared, other than by actually sharing it, makes no sense.