Can someone help me with refining Search REST API?

Question

Hi,

I'm using Sharepoint Search REST API

I need to refine my query for below usecases:

1. Search only for documents - include doc, images, ppt, etc and skip folders.
2. Search in list - search for Querytext in specified list

Can this be achieved? I'm not able to find any documentation around it.

Answer 1

Hello @captain_atharv ,

• Search only for documents - include doc, images, ppt, etc and skip folders. Please Refer to a similar post to get only files with Microsoft Graph Search API : How to Differentiate between folders and files

   POST /search/query
   
   {
       	"requests": [{
       		"entityTypes": [
       			"driveItem"
       		],
       		"query": {
       			"queryString": "{searchstring} AND ContentType:Document"
       		}
       	}]
       }

• Search in list - search for Querytext in specified list

A sample snippet using Microsoft Graph Search API using path to search in a specific list:

   POST /search/query
   {
   	"requests": [{
   		"entityTypes": [
   			"list",
   			"listItem"
   		],
   		"query": {
   			"queryString": "{searchstring} AND path:https://{tenant}.sharepoint.com/sites/MSGraph/Lists/Sample"
   		}
   	}]
   }

Hope this helps.

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