Graph API search with empty array result which is not expected?

Question

We found when search file in SharePoint drive, if the site name with single quote (') won't get the expected file list but empty array.
The API is something like
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/yxkns.sharepoint.com,8f355808-28a8-4de0-b6f1-5c16825ae7e0,0d16a123-58cf-4884-9d87-448c2265f588/drive/items/root/search(q='xlsx')

Normal site will get expected result as following:

and the corresponding information about the site

But for site which name contains single quote will get empty array just like:

and the site information is

Would any of you check what's wrong or is any solution to make the search works.

Thanks in advance,

Henry

Answer 1

Hi @Henry Jia ,

According to my research and testing, as a workaround, you can search in SharePoint using the following Graph API:

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/search/query  

{  
    "requests": [  
        {  
            "entityTypes": [  
                "listItem"  
            ],  
            "query": {  
                "queryString": "xlsx path:\"https://xxxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/zella'site/Shared%20Documents\""  
            }  
        }  
    ]  
}  

My test result:

More information for reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/search-concept-files#example-5-use-filters-in-search-queries

Hope it can help you. Thanks for your understanding.

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Answer 2

Hello @Henry Jia

Thanks for reaching out.

I'm able to reproduce the issue using my test tenant. I would recommend you to raise a support case with Microsoft Graph, a Support Engineer will be able to assist you better. You can raise support ticket from
http://aad.portal.azure.com/ or https://admin.microsoft.com/#/support/requests.

However, as an alternative, you can use Microsoft Search API to search across multiple SharePoint Sites.
Please find this similar post answered by me: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/909314/index.html

Hope this helps.

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