How to get list of Files if a parent folder is deleted in Sharepoint?

Question

I am deleting a folder with e.g. 3 files and with current change token, I am getting id of a folder but not the files inside it.
Is there any way with which I can get the file details or just a id?

Answer 1

Hi @Yichen Name
Per my test, we are unable to get items from a deleted folder. As a workaround, I will recommend you to use ChangeQuery to get deleted items from a list. Please refer to following code

ctx.Credentials = new SharePointOnlineCredentials(userName, securePassword);  
Web oweb = ctx.Web;  
  
ListCollection lists = oweb.Lists;  
List targetList = lists.GetByTitle("Coding");  
   
//ChangeQuery helps the method gets the changes by setting appropriate property as true  
  
ChangeQuery cq = new ChangeQuery();  
cq.Item = true;  
//cq.Add = true;  
//cq.Update = true;  
cq.DeleteObject = true;  
  
ChangeCollection cc = targetList.GetChanges(cq);  
ctx.Load(cc);  
ctx.ExecuteQuery();  
Console.WriteLine(cc.Count.ToString());  
foreach (Change change in cc)  
{  
  
    if (change is Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ChangeItem)  
    {  
        ChangeItem ci = change as ChangeItem;  
        ChangeType changeType = ci.ChangeType;  
        var itemId = ci.ItemId.ToString();  
        Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", itemId, changeType);  
    }  
}  

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