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title: "Google Drive Read File"
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# Google Drive Read File

**Type:** `lib.google.DriveReadFile`

**Namespace:** `lib.google`

## Description

Read a Drive file as text. Docs, Sheets and Slides are exported to plain text or CSV.
    google, drive, read, download, file

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description | Default |
|----------|------|-------------|---------|
| file_id | `str` | Drive file id | `` |

## Outputs

| Output | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| output | `str` |  |
| name | `str` |  |
| mime_type | `str` |  |

## Related Nodes

Browse other nodes in the [lib.google](./) namespace.