GoogleDriveManagement/docs/Chrome-Version-History.md

!# Chrome Version History

• Chrome Version History
  • API documentation
  • Definitions
  • Display Chrome platforms
  • Display Chrome channels
  • Display Chrome versions
  • Display Chrome releases

API documentation

• https://developer.chrome.com/docs/versionhistory/guide/
• https://developer.chrome.com/docs/versionhistory/reference/#filter
• https://developer.chrome.com/docs/versionhistory/reference/#order

Definitions

<ChromePlatfornType> ::=
        all|
        android|
        ios|
        lacros|
        linux|
        mac|
        macarm64|
        sebview|
        win|
        win64
<ChromeChannelType> ::=
        beta|
        canary|
        canaryasan|
        dev|
        stable
<ChromeVersionsOrderByFieldName> ::=
        channel|
        name|
        platform|
        version|
<ChromeReleasesOrderByFieldName> ::= 
        channel|
        endtime|
        fraction|
        name|
        platform|
        starttime|
        version

Display Chrome platforms

gam show chromehistory platforms
        [formatjson]

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam print chromehistory platforms [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format,

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

Display Chrome channels

gam show chromehistory channels
        [platform <ChromePlatformType>]
        [formatjson]

By default, channels for all platforms are displayed; use platform <ChromePlatformType>] to select a specific platform.

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam print chromehistory channels [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        [platform <ChromePlatformType>]
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, channels for all platforms are displayed; use platform <ChromePlatformType>] to select a specific platform.

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format,

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

Display Chrome versions

gam show chromehistory versions
        [platform <ChromePlatformType>] [channel <ChromeChannelType>]
        [filter <String>]
        (orderby <ChromeVersionsOrderByFieldName> [ascending|descending])*
        [formatjson]

By default, versions for all platforms and channels are displayed; use platform <ChromePlatformType>] and/or channel <ChromeChannelType> to select a specific platform and/or channel.

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam print chromehistory versions [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        [platform <ChromePlatformType>] [channel <ChromeChannelType>]
        [filter <String>]
        (orderby <ChromeVersionsOrderByFieldName> [ascending|descending])*
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, versions for all platforms and channels are displayed; use platform <ChromePlatformType>] and/or channel <ChromeChannelType> to select a specific platform and/or channel.

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format,

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.

Display Chrome releases

gam show chromehistory releases
        [platform <ChromePlatformType>] [channel <ChromeChannelType>] [version <String>]
        [filter <String>]
        (orderby <ChromeReleasessOrderByFieldName> [ascending|descending])*
        [formatjson]

By default, versions for all platforms, channels and versions are displayed; use platform <ChromePlatformType>] and/or channel <ChromeChannelType> and/or version <String> to select a specific platform and/or channel and/or version.

By default, Gam displays the information as an indented list of keys and values.

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

gam print chromehistory releases [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        [platform <ChromePlatformType>] [channel <ChromeChannelType>] [version <String>]
        [filter <String>]
        (orderby <ChromeReleasessOrderByFieldName> [ascending|descending])*
        [formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

By default, versions for all platforms, channels and versions are displayed; use platform <ChromePlatformType>] and/or channel <ChromeChannelType> and/or version <String> to select a specific platform and/or channel and/or version.

By default, Gam displays the information as columns of fields; the following option causes the output to be in JSON format,

• formatjson - Display the fields in JSON format.

By default, when writing CSV files, Gam uses a quote character of double quote ". The quote character is used to enclose columns that contain the quote character itself, the column delimiter (comma by default) and new-line characters. Any quote characters within the column are doubled. When using the formatjson option, double quotes are used extensively in the data resulting in hard to read/process output. The quotechar <Character> option allows you to choose an alternate quote character, single quote for instance, that makes for readable/processable output. quotechar defaults to gam.cfg/csv_output_quote_char. When uploading CSV files to Google, double quote " should be used.