I am working with the Google drive API in C#. I have been looking at the file.list method.
I am trying to list the folders/files which are uploaded by me. As well as files/folders from specific folder based on folder name.
So far I have only been able to return a list of all my files.
var request = service.Files.List().Execute();
Files.list has a q parameter which allows you to search for files.
Sending a search like this
mimeType = 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder' and title = 'hello'
The following code should show you how to use the parameter code ripped from
public class FilesListOptionalParms
{
/// Comma-separated list of bodies of items (files/documents) to which the query applies. Supported bodies are 'user', 'domain', 'teamDrive' and 'allTeamDrives'. 'allTeamDrives' must be combined with 'user'; all other values must be used in isolation. Prefer 'user' or 'teamDrive' to 'allTeamDrives' for efficiency.
public string Corpora { get; set; }
/// The source of files to list. Deprecated: use 'corpora' instead.
public string Corpus { get; set; }
/// Whether Team Drive items should be included in results.
public bool? IncludeTeamDriveItems { get; set; }
/// A comma-separated list of sort keys. Valid keys are 'createdTime', 'folder', 'modifiedByMeTime', 'modifiedTime', 'name', 'name_natural', 'quotaBytesUsed', 'recency', 'sharedWithMeTime', 'starred', and 'viewedByMeTime'. Each key sorts ascending by default, but may be reversed with the 'desc' modifier. Example usage: ?orderBy=folder,modifiedTime desc,name. Please note that there is a current limitation for users with approximately one million files in which the requested sort order is ignored.
public string OrderBy { get; set; }
/// The maximum number of files to return per page. Partial or empty result pages are possible even before the end of the files list has been reached.
public int? PageSize { get; set; }
/// The token for continuing a previous list request on the next page. This should be set to the value of 'nextPageToken' from the previous response.
public string PageToken { get; set; }
/// A query for filtering the file results. See the "Search for Files" guide for supported syntax.
public string Q { get; set; }
/// A comma-separated list of spaces to query within the corpus. Supported values are 'drive', 'appDataFolder' and 'photos'.
public string Spaces { get; set; }
/// Whether the requesting application supports Team Drives.
public bool? SupportsTeamDrives { get; set; }
/// ID of Team Drive to search.
public string TeamDriveId { get; set; }
}
/// <summary>
/// Lists or searches files.
/// Documentation https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/files/list
/// Generation Note: This does not always build corectly. Google needs to standardise things I need to figuer out which ones are wrong.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="service">Authenticated Drive service.</param>
/// <param name="optional">Optional paramaters.</param>
/// <returns>FileListResponse</returns>
public static FileList List(DriveService service, FilesListOptionalParms optional = null)
{
try
{
// Initial validation.
if (service == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("service");
// Building the initial request.
var request = service.Files.List();
// Applying optional parameters to the request.
request = (FilesResource.ListRequest)SampleHelpers.ApplyOptionalParms(request, optional);
// Requesting data.
return request.Execute();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("Request Files.List failed.", ex);
}
}
As for your your first question i am still trying to get the search to return only files that were created by you. I can get the ones owned by created by doesnt seam to be an option. still trying
Update:
It seams that there is no way of getting createdby there is only a createdtime. The best i could do was find files owned by you which i guess it would be if you created it. However if you transferred ownership to someone else after you created it then well you wouldn't know.
'me' in owners