Search Contents of a Folder in Edge Drive Using Path (REST API: POST)

Use this operation to search the contents of a folder and its subfolders based on the folder path. The API returns the contents that match a specific search criteria.

Request

Syntax

POST webservice/drive/action/search?path=path HTTP/1.1
 Host: host name
 Accept: application/xml
 Authtoken: authentication token
 Content-type: application/xml

where <webservice> is the root path used to route the API requests to the Web Server.

For more information, see Available Web Services for REST API.

Request Parameters

Name

Description

Required

path

The path to the folder to be searched. Specify the path relative to the root folder.

Note: The path must be URL encoded before they are sent in the request.

Yes

Request Headers

Name	Description
Host	The host name of the Web Server or the Command Center used in the API request.
Accept	The format of the response. Valid values are: application/xml or application/json.
Authtoken	The authentication token received after successfully logging on. For details on receiving an authentication token, see Authentication.
limit (optional)	The number of results to be listed in a page. Used for changing the paging limits. By default, the limit is 50 results per page.
offset (optional)	The number from which the results will be displayed. Used for changing the paging offsets. By default, the offset is 0. For example, if limit is 50 and offset is 0, the results are displayed from 1 to 50 (first page). If offset is 50, the results are displayed from 51 to 100 (second page). Similarly, you will add additional offset numbers to display subsequent pages.

Request Body

You must specify the search criteria by defining filters in the request body . For more information, see Filters.

Response

Response Parameters

Parameter	Description	Element
path	The path to the file or folder in the search result. The path is displayed relative to the root path.	fileResources
parentGUID	The GUID of the parent folder of the result item.	fileResources
parentPath	The path to the parent folder of the result item. The path is displayed relative to the root path.	fileResources
sizeinBytes	Size of the file in the search result.	fileResources
downloadUrl	The URL for downloading the file in the search result. By default, a relative download URL is returned. To generate the complete URL of the file, see Generating Full Download URLs.	fileResources
versionGUID	The unique identifier for a particular version of the file in the search result. If a new version is uploaded a new versionGUID is generated.	fileResources
name	Name of the file or folder in the search result.	fileResources
GUID	GUID of the file or folder in the search result.	fileResources
file	'file=1' indicates the result item in the search result is a file.	fileResources
directory	'directory=1' indicates the result item is a folder.	fileResources
name	The custom property name assigned to the file or folder in the search result.	nameValues
value	The value assigned to the custom property.	nameValues

Examples

Sample Request

POST webservice/drive/action/search?path=docs HTTP/1.1 Host: client.mydomain.com Accept: application/xml Authtoken: QSDK 38568012f4d1e8ee1841d283a47aa3ba78e124ea58354b5fc60f4dab8a63347d05cf5552484dafda3bfa4c5db84e580b1cb37bcf8e65b39f7f8549a443e6f78a2c7be3f31b3d845e24776c835e498e8e883bb40c46bd15af4f40ca94e823acedcdd4e9659e74b34a07a85c4586cd2ed914b6dce015874783ef768fda78183a4208930954a377f66eb56c8b92cexampl4s437a19317ca6ce7f3233d5a01aca35dbad93468b833f2cf71010809006a937670adce711ca8be46638e8 Content-type: application/xml SEARCH_FILTER

Sample Response

<App_FileResourceListResponse>
 <fileResources parentPath="\mystore" GUID="cd23476525334dbd92c26fc8a2f5fbe0" sizeinBytes="11269" downloadUrl="/drive/file/cd23476525334dbd92c26fc8a2f5fbe0/action/download" versionGUID="8dbd2a8f5fc38b8f6291a6b16bc7fd13" path="\mystore\test1.docx" file="1" parentGuid="fc3eebc0d47c4693bea5e4b083ef6477" name="test1.docx">
   <customProperties>
     <nameValues name="FILE_FOLDER_SORT" value="4\mystore" />
     <nameValues name="DATE_ADDED" value="2015-09-01T20:46:53Z" />
     <nameValues name="MODIFIED_TIME_ROUND" value="2015-09-01T12:00:00Z" />
     <nameValues name="SIZE_KB_ROUND" value="11264" />
     <nameValues name="szkbround2" value="11264" />
     <nameValues name="IS_VISIBLE" value="true" />
     <nameValues name="cvfsuniqueid" value="625287148" />
     <nameValues name="timestamp" value="2015-09-01T20:46:53.71Z" />
     <nameValues name="mtmstr" value="1441140572" />
     <nameValues name="cvurl_4" value="344981367" />
     <nameValues name="CVURL" value="344981367" />
     <nameValues name="FILE_PATH_DATATYPE" value="4\mystore" />
   </customProperties>
 </fileResources>
 <fileResources parentPath="\mystore" GUID="8639c11531854eff8beac548b9b8cb84" sizeinBytes="12700700" downloadUrl="/drive/file/8639c11531854eff8beac548b9b8cb84/action/download" versionGUID="bc795304afc7e1637701ed1f426911b8" path="\mystore\sample.jpg" file="1" parentGuid="fc3eebc0d47c4693bea5e4b083ef6477" name="sample.jpg">
   <customProperties>
     <nameValues name="FILE_FOLDER_SORT" value="4\mystore" />
     <nameValues name="DATE_ADDED" value="2015-09-01T20:50:01Z" />
     <nameValues name="MODIFIED_TIME_ROUND" value="2015-07-30T12:00:00Z" />
     <nameValues name="SIZE_KB_ROUND" value="12582912" />
     <nameValues name="szkbround2" value="12582912" />
     <nameValues name="IS_VISIBLE" value="true" />
     <nameValues name="cvfsuniqueid" value="1499837337" />
     <nameValues name="timestamp" value="2015-09-01T20:50:01.706Z" />
     <nameValues name="mtmstr" value="1438271718" />
     <nameValues name="cvurl_4" value="1814249536" />
     <nameValues name="CVURL" value="1814249536" />
     <nameValues name="FILE_PATH_DATATYPE" value="4\mystore" />
   </customProperties>
 </fileResources>
 </App_FileResourceListResponse>

Supported Error Codes

Code	Status	Description
400	Bad Request	Error caused due to one of the following reasons: Path is not provided in the request Path provided in the request is invalid Path provided in the request is for a file
404	Not Found	Path provided in the request is not found.

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