Use the Microsoft Search API to search OneDrive and SharePoint content
Use the Microsoft Search API in Microsoft Graph 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. Some properties in a search request and response have been renamed or removed. For details, see Schema change deprecation warning. The examples in this topic show the up-to-date schema.
The Search API lets you scope the types of content to retrieve in OneDrive or SharePoint by specifying the entityTypes property on the searchRequest. This article describes some examples.
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/$metadata#search",
"value": [
{
"searchTerms": [
"contoso"
],
"hitsContainers": [
{
"total": 1,
"moreResultsAvailable": false,
"hits": [
{
"hitId": "FlULeN/ui/1GjLx1rUfio5UAAEl",
"rank": 1,
"summary": "<c0>Contoso</c0> Detailed Design <ddd/>",
"resource": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.driveItem",
"createdDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"name": "web_part_test_long Notebook",
"webUrl": "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/contoso-team/contoso-designs.docx",
"createdBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Michaelvincent Santos;Provisioning User"
}
},
"lastModifiedBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Richard Mayer"
}
},
"parentReference": {
"siteId": "m365x231305.sharepoint.com,5724d91f-650c-4810-83cc-61a8818917d6,c3ba25dc-2c9f-48cb-83be-74cdf68ea5a0",
"driveId": "da61a2b0-4120-4a3f-812b-0fc0d79bf16b",
"sharepointIds": {
"listId": "c61d1892-ca82-4f53-b16f-6bb8a379e2b2",
"listItemId": "1027",
"listItemUniqueId": "E320AFEB-AD73-46A2-83D7-985FAA4B206D"
}
},
"fileSystemInfo": {
"createdDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z"
}
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
Example 2: Search list items
Request
POST /search/query
Content-Type: application/json
{
"requests": [
{
"entityTypes": [
"listItem"
],
"query": {
"queryString": "contoso"
}
}
]
}
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$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",
"sharepointIds": {
"listId": "33498de0-d695-4d23-ac26-e1bf95a3206e",
"listItemId": "13"
},
"createdBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Michaelvincent Santos;Provisioning User"
}
},
"lastModifiedBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Richard Mayer"
}
},
"parentReference": {
"sharepointIds":{
"listId":"da61a2b0-4120-4a3f-812b-0fc0d79bf16b"
},
"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",
"sharepointIds": {
"listId": "c61d1892-ca82-4f53-b16f-6bb8a379e2b2",
"listItemId": "1027",
"listItemUniqueId": "E320AFEB-AD73-46A2-83D7-985FAA4B206D"
}
},
"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) isn't returned."query": "contoso contentclass:STS_List_Events"scopes the query to Calendar events stored in SharePoint."query": "contoso (LastModifiedTime > 2021-02-01 AND Created > 2021-02-01)"scopes the query to filter SharePoint and OneDrive items by date.
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 subproperty in listItem or an internal listItem subproperty in driveItem 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 for custom properties in SharePoint is only available for listItem or driveItem because these are the only two SharePoint entities in Microsoft Graph that support custom properties.
listItem request
POST /search/query
Content-Type: application/json
{
"requests": [
{
"entityTypes": [
"listItem"
],
"query": {
"queryString": "contoso"
},
"fields": [
"title",
"contentclass"
]
}
]
}
listItem response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#search",
"value": [
{
"searchTerms": [
"contoso"
],
"hitsContainers": [
{
"total": 1,
"moreResultsAvailable": false,
"hits": [
{
"hitId": "contoso.sharepoint.com,6598ee0b-0f5f-4416-a0ae-66d864efb43a,60024ce8-e74d-4d63-a939-ad00cd738670",
"rank": 1,
"summary": "",
"resource": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.listItem",
"createdDateTime": "2019-06-10T06:37:43Z",
"webUrl": "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/contoso-team/contoso-designs.docx",
"sharepointIds": {
"listId": "33498de0-d695-4d23-ac26-e1bf95a3206e",
"listItemId": "13"
},
"parentReference": {
"siteId": "m365x231305.sharepoint.com,5724d91f-650c-4810-83cc-61a8818917d6,c3ba25dc-2c9f-48cb-83be-74cdf68ea5a0"
},
"fields": {
"contentclass": "STS_ListItem_GenericList",
"title": "Contoso issue "
}
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
driveItem request
POST /search/query
Content-Type: application/json
{
"requests": [
{
"entityTypes": [
"driveItem"
],
"query": {
"queryString": "contoso"
},
"fields": [
"listId",
"author",
"title"
]
}
]
}
driveItem response
POST /search/query
Content-Type: application/json
{
"value": [
{
"searchTerms": [],
"hitsContainers": [
{
"hits": [
{
"hitId": "01YOWRGSD34TVVP25X7NAZAW3P2JRL7FWE",
"rank": 1,
"summary": "",
"resource": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.driveItem",
"listItem": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.listItem",
"fields": {
"listId": "3b6a49d3-6bea-4549-bed8-8b1c92a12345",
"author": "Robin",
"title": "Test Notebook"
},
"id": "57ebe47b-b7eb-41fb-905b-123452bf96c4"
}
}
}
],
"total": 371,
"moreResultsAvailable": true
}
]
}
],
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#Collection(microsoft.graph.searchResponse)"
}
Example 7: Search hidden content
Use the includeHiddenContent property to include hidden content, such as archived content and SharePoint Embedded, in search results. By default, this property is set to false, which prevents hidden content from being returned.
You can also optionally include KQL to scope your query for hidden content to specific content types. For example, in SharePoint, administrators can mark sites as archived. If hidden content isn't available, the search results only include relevant nonhidden content, provided there are no other errors, and return a 200 OK response code.
The following example shows how to use the queryTemplate to scope the query with KQL and the includeHiddenContent property to include hidden content. You can also scope queries on SharePoint Embedded content using properties such as ContainerTypeId. For more information about container types in SharePoint Embedded, see SharePoint Embedded Container Types.
Request
POST /search/query
Content-Type: application/json
{
"requests": [
{
"entityTypes": [
"driveItem"
],
"query": {
"queryString": "*",
"queryTemplate": "({searchTerms} AuthorOWSUSER:TestContoso)"
},
"sharePointOneDriveOptions": {
"includeHiddenContent": true
}
}
]
}
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"value": [
{
"searchTerms": [],
"hitsContainers": [
{
"hits": [
{
"hitId": "fc78bcb9-8b26-4bba-a250-389def493e0f",
"rank": 2,
"summary": "<c0>STS</c0>_<c0>View</c0> <c0>MySiteDocumentLibrary</c0> <c0>domain</c0>_<c0>allow</c0>:<c0>ALL</c0><ddd/>",
"resource": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.list",
"displayName": "TestContoso - Documents",
"id": "fc78bcb9-8b26-4bba-a250-389def493e0f",
"createdBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "System Account"
}
},
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-03-08T18:06:33Z",
"name": "Documents",
"parentReference": {
"siteId": "contoso-my.sharepoint.com,44776ebc-4ddc-4f7e-afb8-b706c77e0883,a118ff93-1105-40b9-bed0-2cd07cd4b2a4"
},
"webUrl": "https://contoso-my.sharepoint.com/personal/contoso_onmicrosoft_com/Documents/Forms/All.aspx"
}
}
],
"total": 1,
"moreResultsAvailable": false
}
]
}
],
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#Collection(microsoft.graph.searchResponse)"
}
Known 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.The search API doesn't support the site-level search schema. Use the tenant-level or default search schema.
The includeHiddenContent property only works in scenarios with delegated permissions. It isn't applicable for application permissions, where the includeHiddenContent property is automatically set to
false.