Filter list and items in Microsoft Search API

Question

Hi,
I'm using Microsoft Search API (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/search-query?view=graph-rest-1.0).
I'm trying to filter out folders from my search results. On using 'ContentType:Document' in queryString, I'm able to filter out folders but I'm not receiving list items.
Is there a way to filter out only folders? I want my search to return Documents and Lists only.

Answer 1

Hi @captain_atharv ,
Per my test, I do agree with SrinivasaRaoDarna-MSFT's answer. You will need to use "entityTypes": ["listItem"] to return list items. But if you set ContentType:Document in queryString. It will filter out list items too. So we are unable to filter documents and list items in a query currently.

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Answer 2

Hello @captain_atharv ,

As I understand your query, ContentType:Document refers to files "entityTypes": ["driveItem"], and ContentType:Item will be returning listItems "entityTypes": ["listItem"].

Hope this helps.
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