How to get all items in SharePoint recycle bin by using sharepy library in Python?

Question

I'm trying to retrieve all items from the recycle bin on SharePoint. Below is my code. Currently, I notice that I can only retrieve items deleted by the user used to make authentication. This user is currently the site owner. I want to retrieve all items inside the recycle bin, including those deleted by other users. How can I achieve this? Any help from the community would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.

def _auth_sharepy(self, USERNAME, PASSWORD,SITE_URL):
    result = None
    try:
        conn_s = sharepy.connect(SITE_URL, USERNAME, PASSWORD)
        result = conn_s
    except Exception as ex:
        print("An error occurred: %s", ex)
    return result

def _get_item_information_from_recycle_bin(self, s, SHAREPOINT_SITE):
    selected_results=None
    recycle_bin_endpoint = f"{SHAREPOINT_SITE}/_api/web/RecycleBin"
    if s is not None:
        try:
            response = s.get(recycle_bin_endpoint)
            if response.status_code == 200:
                results=response.json()['d']['results']
                selected_results = [{'LeafName': item['LeafName'], 
                                    'DirName': item['DirName'], 
                                    'ItemType': item['ItemType'], 
                                    'DeletedDate': item['DeletedDate'],
                                    'DeletedByEmail': item['DeletedByEmail'],
                                    "Id": item['Id']} 
                                    for item in results
                                    ]
                print('Successfully get items from recycle bin')
            else:
                print("Error code: %s", str(response.status_code))
        except Exception as ex:
            print('Error occoured: %s', ex)
    else:
        print('Connection is None!')
    return selected_results

Answer 1

To retrieve all items from the recycle bin on SharePoint, including those deleted by other users, you need to adjust the permissions or use an account with higher privileges. By default, a site owner's permissions might restrict them to only see items they have deleted, depending on the site's configuration.

import sharepy

def _auth_sharepy(self, USERNAME, PASSWORD, SITE_URL):

result = None

try:

    conn_s = sharepy.connect(SITE_URL, USERNAME, PASSWORD)

    result = conn_s

except Exception as ex:

    print(f"An error occurred: {ex}")

return result

def _get_item_information_from_recycle_bin(self, s, SHAREPOINT_SITE):

selected_results = None

recycle_bin_endpoint = f"{SHAREPOINT_SITE}/_api/web/RecycleBin"

if s is not None:

    try:

        response = s.get(recycle_bin_endpoint)

        if response.status_code == 200:

            results = response.json()['d']['results']

            selected_results = [

                {

                    'LeafName': item['LeafName'],

                    'DirName': item['DirName'],

                    'ItemType': item['ItemType'],

                    'DeletedDate': item['DeletedDate'],

                    'DeletedByEmail': item['DeletedByEmail'],

                    'Id': item['Id']

                } for item in results

            ]

            print('Successfully retrieved items from recycle bin')

        else:

            print(f"Error code: {response.status_code}")

    except Exception as ex:

        print(f'Error occurred: {ex}')

else:

    print('Connection is None!')

return selected_results

Note: Make sure to pass credentials of a Site Collection Administrator here if possible.