Unable to retrieve list on Recycle Bin through Sharepoint API

Question

Hello everyone,

I've two sharepoint accounts, and on their files, I am only able to list the Recycle Bin (first stage) in one of these, and I really don't know why.

This is the url that I am using (foo_bar_domain_com is an example of an account like foo.bar@keyman .com):

https://space-my.sharepoint.com/personal/foo_bar_domain_com/_api/web/recycleBin

In the account that I am unable to retrieve the list, I got only this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xml:base="https://space-my.sharepoint.com/personal/foo_bar_domain_com/_api/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"><id>6a2b6-cd6b-429-a86-6fbfde6f</id><title /><updated>2022-12-14T11:21:09Z</updated><author><name /></author></feed>

On the other account, I got the list of files and folders right after the updated part.

Note that through web page (not API) I am able to list both lists without problem.

Anyone knows why in one I can list deleted items and in other don't, and how can I solve this?

Thank you

Answer 1

Hi @godzillaKP
I'm glad to hear you solve the problem ,if you have any issue about SharePoint, you are welcome to raise a ticket in this forum.

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[Unable to retrieve list on Recycle Bin through Sharepoint API]

Issue Symptom:
There are two account, and only able to list the Recycle Bin (first stage) in one of account by using following api

https://space-my.sharepoint.com/personal/foo_bar_domain_com/_api/web/recycleBin  

Current status:
Fixed by the site level api.

https://space-my.sharepoint.com/personal/foo_bar_domain_com/_api/site/recycleBin  

The similar issue for reference
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43884609/not-getting-site-recycle-bin-content-using-sharepoint-rest-api

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Answer 2

Hi @godzillaKP
Per my test, I found when the result is not a error. If you don'e have any item in the recycle bin, the rest api will return the result like this

Please check if there is some items in the site and you will need SharePoint site collection administrator permission to view the items in recycl bin
Here is the document for details
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/restore-deleted-items-from-the-site-collection-recycle-bin-5fa924ee-16d7-487b-9a0a-021b9062d14b

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Answer 3

There are two API calls, one for site level and another for site collection level (the one that I was using till now).

For site level, I should have use:

https://space-my.sharepoint.com/personal/foo_bar_domain_com/_api/site/recycleBin

Now I am able to list.

Found the solution here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43884609/not-getting-site-recycle-bin-content-using-sharepoint-rest-api

Thank you for the help!

Answer 4

I am using an account A, to be added on SharePoint site collection administrator, in each of these accounts (B and C) that I am trying to reach with API.

Through account A login, I am able to reach each sharepoint data, and even recycle bin, but when I try to use the API, I am only able to get the data of one. I've even tried with other accounts, adding account A as SharePoint site collection administrator.

After posting this thread, I noticed that the only difference between that account B, where I am able to get the list through API and the other C, is that on that account B, I've used account A to delete these files and folders, on account C, it was deleted through account C user. Made another test on another account and same result like account C user, can only get the list on recycle bin, related with the user that delete these under the same user login.

My question now is, how can I get the full list, not based on user deleted by through API?