Make files on OneDrive/Sharepoint hidden through Graph API

Question

Hi Microsoft Community,

I am not particularly facing an issue but more of a real question if this is possible within the technological boundaries of Graph API.
Scenario:

I have manually created File A within Private Sharepoint Site. I do not want anyone including myself to visually see the file when the Sharepoint Site is opened through browser. But I do want it to be visible when browsing through Graph API calls. Can this be done?

Kind regards,
M

Answer 1

Hi @Cavas, M (Martin)

Yes, this requirement can be realized.

Go to your site's documents bar and create a custom column (hidden), then click Exit grid view and add parameters (can be any value) for your custom column.

Next, go to Settings>Library settings>More library settings>All Documents>Filter>OK.

After setting the filter, no one (including yourself) can visually see the file when they open a SharePoint site, but you can still get it by calling the graph API.

https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{site id}/drive/root/children  

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