title: Is it possible to get access to a single google drive file without access to whole drive or using an drive app?
body: <p>In the past I used the old Google Docs API and the Google Picker to have access to one single private file from Google Docs. I've got an access token to get access to that file.</p>
  
  <p>With Google Drive I've to use an Google Drive app to accomplish this but this seems too much workflow in my opinion (install app first then use picker) to get access to a single private Google Drive Docs file.</p>
  
  <p>Is there no easier way to get access to a single private Google Drive Docs file than installing an app or without asking permissions to read the WHOLE Google Drive of a user?</p>
  
  <p>Update: @Izak is working with me on this issue. Allow me to add some details. The real issue is that when you use the drive.file scope, the urls in exportLinks don't work anymore. For our use case, we want to fetch the html representation of the document, so we use the exportLinks feature for that. When using drive.file, and attempting to download the text/html version, the response is a 404 status. If you use drive.readonly, exportLinks work properly. My guess would be that drive.file is not sufficient to use the export facility. Perhaps someone can confirm?</p>