I am making a graphi api search call on driveItem and the result is having both files and folders. How do i differentiate between the files and folders? I only want to folder not documents

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{
    "requests": [
        {
            "entityTypes": [
                "driveItem"
            ],
            "query": {
                "queryString": "test folder"
            }
        }
    ]
}

{
    "value": [
        {
            "searchTerms": [
                "test"
            ],
            "hitsContainers": [
                {
                    "hits": [
                        {
                            "hitId": "01B5TYRY2IKYVGDJW4XNEISAF5IGOXNJTN",
                            "rank": 1,
                            "summary": "",
                            "resource": {
                                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.driveItem",
                                "size": 0,
                                "fileSystemInfo": {
                                    "createdDateTime": "2025-01-10T09:11:44Z",
                                    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2025-01-10T09:11:44Z"
                                },
                                "listItem": {
                                    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.listItem",
                                    "id": "612a5648-dca6-48bb-8900-bd419d76a66d",
                                    "fields": {}
                                },
                                "id": "01B5TYRY2IKYVGDJW4XNEISAF5IGOXNJTN",
                                "createdBy": {
                                    "user": {
                                        "displayName": "Manohar Sompalli",
                                        "email": "******@w41w3.onmicrosoft.com"
                                    }
                                },
                                "createdDateTime": "2025-01-10T09:11:44Z",
                                "lastModifiedBy": {
                                    "user": {
                                        "displayName": "Manohar Sompalli",
                                        "email": "******@w41w3.onmicrosoft.com"
                                    }
                                },
                                "lastModifiedDateTime": "2025-01-10T09:11:44Z",
                                "name": "test folder",
                                "parentReference": {
                                    "driveId": "b!DiL9LymYQkK8rpw3DSEl90mffvczxepJl2OByfhDqgcP5BdpyQQjRrD1xPlMPCjo",
                                    "id": "01B5TYRYZNXUYFHIWOVJG3EMLBQUMYI2U2",
                                    "sharepointIds": {
                                        "listId": "6917e40f-04c9-4623-b0f5-c4f94c3c28e8",
                                        "listItemId": "3",
                                        "listItemUniqueId": "612a5648-dca6-48bb-8900-bd419d76a66d"
                                    },
                                    "siteId": "w41w3.sharepoint.com,2ffd220e-9829-4242-bcae-9c370d2125f7,f77e9f49-c533-49ea-9763-81c9f843aa07"
                                },
                                "webUrl": "https://w41w3.sharepoint.com/Shared Documents/test folder"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "hitId": "01LODBMYOE5TAQBVOLVFHZ7DZGFUYPAGWB",
                            "rank": 2,
                            "summary": "",
                            "resource": {
                                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.driveItem",
                                "size": 0,
                                "fileSystemInfo": {
                                    "createdDateTime": "2024-07-17T09:24:36Z",
                                    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-07-17T09:24:36Z"
                                },
                                "listItem": {
                                    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.listItem",
                                    "id": "00c1ecc4-cbd5-4fa9-9f8f-262d30f01ac1",
                                    "fields": {}
                                },
                                "id": "01LODBMYOE5TAQBVOLVFHZ7DZGFUYPAGWB",
                                "createdBy": {
                                    "user": {
                                        "displayName": "SharePoint App"
                                    }
                                },
                                "createdDateTime": "2024-07-17T09:24:36Z",
                                "lastModifiedBy": {
                                    "user": {
                                        "displayName": "SharePoint App"
                                    }
                                },
                                "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-07-17T09:24:36Z",
                                "name": "XT1050 Usability test 2.3.docx",
                                "parentReference": {
                                    "driveId": "b!fHLEU38RvEqQciyesaSoKfyPVNGw-yBOhlwY37gZWMVwBeqZNT1FSouw8fO2Aimd",
                                    "id": "01LODBMYPRBJX2AP7Y65BIAQFQDGFKIZYE",
                                    "sharepointIds": {
                                        "listId": "99ea0570-3d35-4a45-8bb0-f1f3b602299d",
                                        "listItemId": "4",
                                        "listItemUniqueId": "00c1ecc4-cbd5-4fa9-9f8f-262d30f01ac1"
                                    },
                                    "siteId": "w41w3.sharepoint.com,53c4727c-117f-4abc-9072-2c9eb1a4a829,d1548ffc-fbb0-4e20-865c-18dfb81958c5"
                                },
                                "webUrl": "https://w41w3.sharepoint.com/sites/Mark8ProjectTeam535/Shared Documents/General/XT1050 Usability test 2.3.docx"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "hitId": "01KJNYKYNOXSRXWUSEKVAIZ24HRGTEEJVA",
                            "rank": 3,
                            "summary": "05/02/2020 CS265: Data Systems daslab.seas.harvard.edu/classes/cs265/project.html 1/8 CS265 Spring 2020 Systems Project: An LSM-tree based key-value store 1. Introduction The<ddd/>",
                            "resource": {
                                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.driveItem",
                                "size": 286428,
                                "fileSystemInfo": {
                                    "createdDateTime": "2025-01-02T05:39:33Z",
                                    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-02-06T01:02:59Z"
                                },
                                "listItem": {
                                    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.listItem",
                                    "id": "7ba3bcae-4452-4055-8ceb-8789a64226a0",
                                    "fields": {}
                                },
                                "id": "01KJNYKYNOXSRXWUSEKVAIZ24HRGTEEJVA",
                                "createdBy": {
                                    "user": {
                                        "displayName": "Manohar Sompalli",
                                        "email": "******@w41w3.onmicrosoft.com"
                                    }
                                },
                                "createdDateTime": "2025-01-02T05:39:33Z",
                                "lastModifiedBy": {
                                    "user": {
                                        "displayName": "Manohar Sompalli",
                                        "email": "******@w41w3.onmicrosoft.com"
                                    }
                                },
                                "lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-02-06T01:02:59Z",
                                "name": "hvard-lsm-project.pdf",
                                "parentReference": {
                                    "driveId": "b!axJ6LuGrp06mU67mQeVBrzFvQsPsujpIhPqaxoAwsQnhjt-tPoSEQJy9OuAlojEA",
                                    "id": "01KJNYKYI6EGRMDVUXXNCK45CXWGOIRQAA",
                                    "sharepointIds": {
                                        "listId": "addf8ee1-843e-4084-9cbd-3ae025a23100",
                                        "listItemId": "71",
                                        "listItemUniqueId": "7ba3bcae-4452-4055-8ceb-8789a64226a0"
                                    },
                                    "siteId": "w41w3.sharepoint.com,2e7a126b-abe1-4ea7-a653-aee641e541af,c3426f31-baec-483a-84fa-9ac68030b109"
                                },
                                "webUrl": "https://w41w3.sharepoint.com/sites/communication-assembly/Shared Documents/Documents/hvard-lsm-project.pdf"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "hitId": "01KJNYKYOSY4DKQNZBKZHZ2W5IJGZEQDLL",
                            "rank": 4,
                            "summary": "<ddd/><c0>test</c0>. Override the digital divide with additional clickthroughs from DevOps. <ddd/>",
                            "resource": {
                                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.driveItem",
                                "size": 38729,
                                "fileSystemInfo": {
                                    "createdDateTime": "2024-08-01T04:54:03Z",
                                    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-08-01T04:54:03Z"
                                },
                                "listItem": {
                                    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.listItem",
                                    "id": "a806c7d2-2137-4f56-9d5b-a849b2480d6b",
                                    "fields": {}
                                },
                                "id": "01KJNYKYOSY4DKQNZBKZHZ2W5IJGZEQDLL",
                                "createdBy": {
                                    "user": {
                                        "displayName": "Manohar Sompalli",
                                        "email": "******@w41w3.onmicrosoft.com"
                                    }
                                },
                                "createdDateTime": "2024-08-01T04:54:03Z",
                                "lastModifiedBy": {
                                    "user": {
                                        "displayName": "Manohar Sompalli",
                                        "email": "******@w41w3.onmicrosoft.com"
                                    }
                                },
                                "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-08-01T04:54:03Z",
                                "name": "World_Wide_Corp_lorem.pdf",
                                "parentReference": {
                                    "driveId": "b!axJ6LuGrp06mU67mQeVBrzFvQsPsujpIhPqaxoAwsQnhjt-tPoSEQJy9OuAlojEA",
                                    "id": "01KJNYKYOYUTPKDFQXAFCKZ3MJXRU46NUD",
                                    "sharepointIds": {
                                        "listId": "addf8ee1-843e-4084-9cbd-3ae025a23100",
                                        "listItemId": "62",
                                        "listItemUniqueId": "a806c7d2-2137-4f56-9d5b-a849b2480d6b"
                                    },
                                    "siteId": "w41w3.sharepoint.com,2e7a126b-abe1-4ea7-a653-aee641e541af,c3426f31-baec-483a-84fa-9ac68030b109"
                                },
                                "webUrl": "https://w41w3.sharepoint.com/sites/communication-assembly/Shared Documents/app/static/demo_documents/World_Wide_Corp_lorem.pdf"
                            }
                        }
                    ],
                    "total": 4,
                    "moreResultsAvailable": false
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#Collection(microsoft.graph.searchResponse)"
}

Answer 1

Hi @Manohar onmi

As far as I know, there is no way to filter out folders directly via the search API, you can only check if the object in the response contains a folder property. In the response, folders will have a folder property, but files will not. You can filter out folders by checking this property. Here is an example response:

{
    "value": [
        {
            "name": "Folder1",
            "folder": {}  // This indicates it's a folder
        },
        {
            "name": "File1",
            "file": {}  // This indicates it's a file
        }
    ]
}

If you only want to get folders, then I recommend using the Drive API.

GET /me/drive/root/children?$filter=folder ne null

Hope this helps.

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