Use the Microsoft Search API to search content stored in OneDrive or SharePoint: files, folders, lists, list items, or sites.
Caution The search API schema has changed in the beta version with some properties in a search request and response renamed or removed.
The Search API lets you scope the types of content to retrieve in OneDrive or SharePoint by specifying the entityTypes property on the searchRequest. The later part of this article shows a few examples:
Example 1: Search files
Example 2: Search list items
Example 3: Search sites
Example 4: Search all content in OneDrive and SharePoint
Example 5: Use filters in search queries
Example 6: Specify select properties
Example 1: Search files
Request
POST /search/query
Content-Type: application/json
{
"requests": [
{
"entityTypes": [
"driveItem"
],
"query": {
"queryString": "contoso"
}
}
]
}
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#search",
"value": [
{
"searchTerms": [
"contoso"
],
"hitsContainers": [
{
"total": 1,
"moreResultsAvailable": false,
"hits": [
{
"hitId": "FlULeN/ui/1GjLx1rUfio5UAAEl",
"rank": 1,
"summary": "<c0>Contoso</c0> Detailed Design <ddd/>",
"resource": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.driveItem",
"createdDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"name": "web_part_test_long Notebook",
"webUrl": "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/contoso-team/contoso-designs.docx",
"createdBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Michaelvincent Santos;Provisioning User"
}
},
"lastModifiedBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Richard Mayer"
}
},
"parentReference": {
"siteId": "m365x231305.sharepoint.com,5724d91f-650c-4810-83cc-61a8818917d6,c3ba25dc-2c9f-48cb-83be-74cdf68ea5a0",
"driveId": "da61a2b0-4120-4a3f-812b-0fc0d79bf16b"
}
"fileSystemInfo": {
"createdDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z"
}
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
Example 2: Search list items
Request
POST /search/query
Content-Type: application/json
{
"requests": [
{
"entityTypes": [
"listItem"
],
"query": {
"queryString": "contoso"
}
}
]
}
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#search",
"value": [
{
"searchTerms": [
"contoso"
],
"hitsContainers": [
{
"total": 1,
"moreResultsAvailable": false,
"hits": [
{
"hitId": "FlULeN/ui/1GjLx1rUfio5UAAEl",
"rank": 1,
"summary": "",
"resource": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.listItem",
"createdDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"name": "web_part_test_long Notebook",
"webUrl": "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/contoso-team/Lists/Issue tracker list/DispForm.aspx?ID=1""createdBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Michaelvincent Santos;Provisioning User"
}
},
"lastModifiedBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Richard Mayer"
}
},
"parentReference": {
"siteId": "m365x231305.sharepoint.com,5724d91f-650c-4810-83cc-61a8818917d6,c3ba25dc-2c9f-48cb-83be-74cdf68ea5a0"
}
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
Example 3: Search sites
Request
POST /search/query
Content-Type: application/json
{
"requests": [
{
"entityTypes": [
"site"
],
"query": {
"queryString": "contoso"
}
}
]
}
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#search",
"value": [
{
"searchTerms": [
"contoso"
],
"hitsContainers": [
{
"total": 1,
"moreResultsAvailable": false,
"hits": [
{
"hitId": "contoso.sharepoint.com,6598ee0b-0f5f-4416-a0ae-66d864efb43a,60024ce8-e74d-4d63-a939-ad00cd738670",
"rank": 1,
"summary": "",
"resource": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.site",
"id": "contoso.sharepoint.com,6598ee0b-0f5f-4416-a0ae-66d864efb43a,60024ce8-e74d-4d63-a939-ad00cd738670",
"createdDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"description": "Contoso Communication Site",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-08-30T06:41:56Z",
"webUrl": "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/contoso-team/"
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
Example 4: Search all content in OneDrive and
SharePoint
This example queries all the content in OneDrive and SharePoint sites to which the signed-in user has read access. The resource property in the response returns matches that are files and folders as driveItem objects, matches that are containers (SharePoint lists) as list, and all other matches as listItem.
Request
POST /search/query
Content-Type: application/json
{
"requests": [
{
"entityTypes": [
"driveItem", "listItem", "list"
],
"query": {
"queryString": "contoso"
}
}
]
}
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#search",
"value": [
{
"searchTerms": [
"contoso"
],
"hitsContainers": [
{
"total": 1,
"moreResultsAvailable": false,
"hits": [
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.searchHitsContainer",
"hitId": "FlULeN/ui/1GjLx1rUfio5UAAEl",
"rank": 1,
"summary": "<c0>Contoso</c0> Detailed Design <ddd/>",
"resource": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.driveItem",
"createdDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"name": "web_part_test_long Notebook",
"webUrl": "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/contoso-team/contoso-designs.docx",
"createdBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Michaelvincent Santos;Provisioning User"
}
},
"lastModifiedBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Richard Mayer"
}
},
"parentReference": {
"siteId": "m365x231305.sharepoint.com,5724d91f-650c-4810-83cc-61a8818917d6,c3ba25dc-2c9f-48cb-83be-74cdf68ea5a0",
"driveId": "da61a2b0-4120-4a3f-812b-0fc0d79bf16b”
}
"fileSystemInfo": {
"createdDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z"
}
}
},
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.searchHit",
"hitId": "51eef59e-5d49-4d28-96f0-864cf90765e0",
"rank": 2,
"summary": "",
"resource": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.list",
"displayName": "Contoso - Documents",
"id": "51eef59e-5d49-4d28-96f0-864cf90765e0",
"description": "",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-07-08T18:17:59+00:00",
"name": "Shared Documents",
"parentReference": {
"siteId": "microsoft.sharepoint-df.com,220fd155-0ea2-477c-a816-5c08fdc45f5d,fad16ab6-0736-4fbc-a053-087296b47c99"
},
"webUrl": "https://microsoft.sharepoint-df.com/teams/spoppe/collab/TaskBoard/Contoso/Shared Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
Example 5: Use filters in search queries
You can use KQL in search terms of queries for OneDrive and SharePoint. For example:
"query": "contoso filetype:docx OR filetype:doc" scopes the query to Word documents.
"query": "test path:\"https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/Team Site/Documents/Project\\"" scopes the query to a particular folder within a site.
"query": "contoso AND isDocument=true" scopes the query to only return documents. Any container (folder, document library) will not be returned.
"query": "contoso contentclass:STS_List_Events" scopes the query to Calendar events stored in SharePoint.
In order to be valid, properties restriction should specify a valid, queryable managed property name in the condition.
Example 6: Specify select properties
You can specify the fields you want back in the response, as part of the fields sub-property of a searchHit object in the response. This is a way to either trim down the response over the wire, or to request some specific properties that are not part of the out-of-the-box schema.
Note that property selection is only available for listItem since this is the only SharePoint entity in Microsoft Graph that supports custom properties.
To retrieve a custom property for a driveItem, query listItem instead.
Request
POST /search/query
Content-Type: application/json
{
"requests": [
{
"entityTypes": [
"listItem"
],
"query": {
"queryString": "contoso"
},
"fields": [
"title",
"contentclass"
]
}
]
}
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#search",
"value": [
{
"searchTerms": [
"contoso"
],
"hitsContainers": [
{
"total": 1,
"moreResultsAvailable": false,
"hits": [
{
"hitId": "contoso.sharepoint.com,6598ee0b-0f5f-4416-a0ae-66d864efb43a,60024ce8-e74d-4d63-a939-ad00cd738670",
"rank": 1,
"summary": "",
"resource": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.listItem",
"createdDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"webUrl": "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/contoso-team/contoso-designs.docx",
"parentReference": {
"siteId": "m365x231305.sharepoint.com,5724d91f-650c-4810-83cc-61a8818917d6,c3ba25dc-2c9f-48cb-83be-74cdf68ea5a0"
},
"fields": {
"contentclass": "STS_ListItem_GenericList",
"title": "Contoso issue "
}
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
limitations
When searching for drive, you need to include in the queryString a term contained in the name of the document library. Querying * is not supported and does not return all available drives.
Source: Paper.li