Retina iconLink with Google Drive API

Question

I'm an getting a list of files in a folder. The response contains a iconLink for every file returned. This icon is 16x16 pixels.

Does anyone know a way to retrieve a retina image? Or another way to retrieve a bigger icon image?

https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/files

top: Google Drive UI

bottom: Google Drive API integration

What have you done so far? In every file returned, have you tried to re-size the icon image in a bigger icon? — Android Enthusiast
The icon url returned leads to a 16x16 pixel image. (eg ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_12_pdf_list.png). I tried to add @2x to see if thats available, but no luck so far — Mark Mooibroek
Nope not yet ;-( Maybe we will get an answer with a bounty on it — Mark Mooibroek

Aron Aron · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-16T22:35:39

The good news is although not officailly documented driver does have 2x resolution icons. The bad news is they have inconsistent file names; for example the icon you linked in the comments has a 32px version availabel here: ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/mediatype/icon_3_pdf_x32.png

Now here is my soltion, it's not perfect but it will do the job for a while:

function getIcons($file_type)
{ 
    $icons = [
        'pdf' => [
            'icon' => 'icon_12_pdf_list.png',
            'retina' => 'icon_3_pdf_x32.png'
         ],
        'document' => [
            'icon' => 'icon_1_document_x16.png',
            'retina' => 'icon_1_document_x32.png'
        ],
        'image' => [
            'icon' => 'con_1_image_x16.png',
            'retina' => 'icon_1_image_x32.png'
        ],
        'word' => [
            'icon' => 'icon_1_word_x16.png',
            'retina' => 'icon_1_word_x32.png'
        ],
        'text' => [
            'icon' => 'icon_1_text_x16.png',
            'retina' => 'icon_1_text_x32.png'
        ],
        'spreadsheet' => [
            'icon' => 'icon_1_spreadsheet_x16.png',
            'retina' => 'icon_1_spreadsheet_x32.png'
        ],
        'form' => [
            'icon' => 'icon_2_form_x16.png',
            'retina' => 'icon_2_form_x32.png'
        ],
        'audio' => [
            'icon' => 'icon_1_audio_x16.png',
            'retina' => 'icon_1_audio_x32.png'
        ]
    ];

    return isset($icons[$file_type]) ? $icons[$file_type] : $icons['text'];
}

The reasion I say it will work for a while is that I'm asuming the _3_ in pdf icon file name for instance is the version number. So if Google updates it's icons again in the future this solution may brake.

Retina iconLink with Google Drive API

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