--- title: Share Files And Add Maps, Places, And Routes To Your... description: Google exposes much of its everyday tooling as APIs that businesses or AI assistants can call directly. File permission endpoints let you list, grant, change,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/share-files-and-add-maps-places-and-routes-to-your-business-with-google-pf4jeirks twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Share Files And Add Maps, Places, And Routes To Your Business With Google | daily.dev og:description: Google exposes much of its everyday tooling as APIs that businesses or AI assistants can call directly. File permission endpoints let you list, grant, change,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/share-files-and-add-maps-places-and-routes-to-your-business-with-google-pf4jeirks og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pF4JeIRkS.png og:image:alt: Share Files And Add Maps, Places, And Routes To Your Business With Google og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Share Files And Add Maps, Places, And Routes To Your Business With Google **[API Evangelist](https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google exposes much of its everyday tooling as APIs that businesses or AI assistants can call directly. File permission endpoints let you list, grant, change, or revoke access to a file, useful when a client or contractor's access needs to change everywhere at once. Location APIs cover geocoding addresses into coordinates, the Routes API for planning trips, Places Insights and Aggregate Places APIs for understanding an area's businesses, and Elevation and Street View Imagery APIs for terrain and street-level views. Google Cloud API Gateway can front your own APIs. Access is free with self-serve signup, though individual products have their own pricing beyond free use. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I change a specific user's permission level on a Google Drive file via API? Use a PATCH request to /files/{fileId}/permissions/{permissionId}, which changes that person's access, for example from editor to viewer. Listing existing access first uses GET /files/{fileId}/permissions, and removing access entirely uses DELETE on the same permission endpoint. _Developers automating file access controls can track API reference details like this on daily.dev._ ### What Google API should I use to turn a street address into map coordinates? The Geocoding API turns a street address into map coordinates and back again. It sits alongside the Routes API for planning trips between locations, and the Places Insights and Aggregate Places APIs for understanding the businesses and places in a given area. _Anyone comparing location APIs for a delivery or mapping feature can follow coverage like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI](https://daily.dev/posts/google-maps-is-about-to-get-a-big-dose-of-ai-pfgmyxyxn) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [3 useful Google Maps features I wish I started using years ago](https://daily.dev/posts/3-useful-google-maps-features-i-wish-i-started-using-years-ago-82t8wmcfx) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google Maps releases new AI tools that let you create interactive projects](https://daily.dev/posts/google-maps-releases-new-ai-tools-that-let-you-create-interactive-projects-xe6qhiouo) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Supercharge your development with the Google Developer Knowledge API ecosystem](https://daily.dev/posts/supercharge-your-development-with-the-google-developer-knowledge-api-ecosystem-qgmtx5r14) · Google Developers · 4 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gcp](https://daily.dev/tags/gcp), [#iam](https://daily.dev/tags/iam) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/share-files-and-add-maps-places-and-routes-to-your-business-with-google-pf4jeirks) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Share Files And Add Maps, Places, And Routes To Your Business With Google","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/share-files-and-add-maps-places-and-routes-to-your-business-with-google-pf4jeirks","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/share-files-and-add-maps-places-and-routes-to-your-business-with-google-pf4jeirks"},"datePublished":"2026-10-27T22:21:37.861Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T23:39:30.325Z","description":"Google exposes much of its everyday tooling as APIs that businesses or AI assistants can call directly. 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