# Books API . familysharing

## Instance Methods

Gets information regarding the family that the user is part of.

Initiates sharing of the content with the user's family. Empty response indicates success.

Initiates revoking content that has already been shared with the user's family. Empty response indicates success.

### Method Details

`getFamilyInfo(source=None)`

    Gets information regarding the family that the user is part of.

    Args:
      source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        {
        "kind": "books#familyInfo", # Resource type.
        "membership": { # Family membership info of the user that made the request.
          "acquirePermission": "A String", # Restrictions on user buying and acquiring content.
          "allowedMaturityRating": "A String", # The maximum allowed maturity rating for the user.
          "role": "A String", # The role of the user in the family.
          "ageGroup": "A String", # The age group of the user.
          "isInFamily": True or False,
        },
      }

`share(docId=None, source=None, volumeId=None)`

    Initiates sharing of the content with the user's family. Empty response indicates success.

    Args:
      docId: string, The docid to share.
      source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.
      volumeId: string, The volume to share.

`unshare(docId=None, source=None, volumeId=None)`

    Initiates revoking content that has already been shared with the user's family. Empty response indicates success.

    Args:
      docId: string, The docid to unshare.
      source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.
      volumeId: string, The volume to unshare.