Recently performed operations on files and directories are not reflecting in API

Vivek Kumar 1 Reputation point
2022-05-17T06:06:42.663+00:00

I am working on a project where i need to list files from the SharePoint sites. It's working fine when files are already there on the SharePoint site. But when we have recent actions on files like Added/Deleted/Updated then it takes time to reflect these changes in the API.
For example: if we delete files from SharePoint then it still displays those files in API for several minutes or sometimes for a day.
This seems inconsistence. What I need, If there are any changes on SharePoint files and folders then it should reflect immediately.

Can someone please help me if I am doing something wrong.
Thanks

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  1. Tong Zhang_MSFT 9,116 Reputation points
    2022-05-17T09:34:34.607+00:00

    Hi @Vivek Kumar ,

    Are you using the graph api or the rest api? Based on my research and testing, you can use the following API to list files from SharePoint sites, In my test , if I delete/create SharePoint files ,it will reflect immediately. Hope it can help you .

    Graph API: 

    GET  https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites('site-id')/lists('list-id')/items

    Rest API: 

    GET   /_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/xxx/listname')/Files

    More information for reference:

    Rest API: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/sp-add-ins/working-with-folders-and-files-with-rest#working-with-files-by-using-rest

    Graph API: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/listitem-list?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http#http-request

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