Search using path

Question

Greetings,

I was wondering how the path in the search API is supposed to work.
If I include folders of my document library in the path, files are missing in result.

When I use a query like
"query": {
"queryString": "\"KEY1*\" path:\"https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/SITE-ID/LIBRARY\""
},

I can find a file which name starts with KEY.
However, if I add the path where that file is located:
"query": {
"queryString": "\"KEY1*\" path:\"https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/SITE-ID/LIBRARY/PATH\""
},
The search returns nothing.

If I do the search with * as search string, I get only a fraction of the hits when using the path, although basically everything is located in that root level folder.

Answer 1

@Hilse, Konrad Have you gotten any further on this issue? I've found the same. It seems to be related to indexable vs nonindexable files. Like .docx, .pdf all show up, but .png, .jpg, .ai files will not. I have posted a similar question here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/702018/graph-api-search-for-driveitems-within-a-drive-ret.html