Search by filename in drive

Question

Hello,

I am using Microsoft Graph API to search for files. I am using the following API:

/groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/search(q='search')

In my test, I expect to receive all the files with the search query in filename, file content or metadata.

The use case I am testing:

1. I have a folder with Fir.png and test1.docx (content: 'this is first test') files.
2. I am trying to search with the API above the search query 'fir'.

Actual result: I received only test1.docx file ( as it has content containing 'fir')

Expected result: I receive Fir.png and test1.docx. (search is by filename and by file content)

Answer 1

Hi @Olga Andreeva,

You could refer to following api to search file.

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

{
    "requests": [
        {
            "entityTypes": [
                "driveItem"
            ],
            "query": {
                "queryString": "filename:fir.txt AND path:\"https://tenant-my.sharepoint.com/sites/xxx/Documents/folder\""
            }
        }
    ]
}

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