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Lua Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.97+

OneDrive -- Search for Files

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Search for files within a hierarchy of items for items matching a query. You can search within a folder hierarhcy or a whole drive.

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Lua
local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

-- Use your client ID, client secret, and tenant ID in the following lines
local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json:update_string("client_id", "2871da2c-8176-4b7f-869b-2311aa82e743")
json:update_string("client_secret", "2hu9Q~r5QuryUcEkNbg1btLtnfU1VUXzhSCG6brH")
json:update_string("scope", "https://graph.microsoft.com/.default")
json:update_string("token_endpoint", "https://login.microsoftonline.com/114d7ed6-71bf-4dbe-a866-748364121bf2/oauth2/v2.0/token")

local http = chilkat.Http.new()
http.auth_token = json:emit()

-- Sends the following GET request:

-- Search the entire drive like this:
-- If not using "me", then the path should be /v1.0/users/{id | userPrincipalName}/...
-- GET /v1.0/users/{user-id}/drive/root/search(q='{search-text}')

-- Or search under a particular folder like this:
-- GET /v1.0/users/{user-id}/drive/root:/{item-path}:/search(q='{search-text}')

-- This example will search for files in or under the "/Misc" directory, having "penguin" in the file path.
http:set_url_var("item_path", "/Misc")
http:set_url_var("search_text", "penguins")
http:set_url_var("user_id", "4fe732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6104")

local sbResults = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
local success = http:quick_get_sb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/root:/{$item_path}:/search(q='{$search_text}')", sbResults)
if not http.last_method_success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- The response should be JSON.
json.emit_compact = false
json:load_sb(sbResults)

-- A successful response should return a status code of 200.
if http.last_status ~= 200 then
    print(json:emit())
    print("Response status = " .. http.last_status)
    return
end

print(json:emit())
print("--")

-- Iterate over the results in the JSON response:
local lastMod = chilkat.DateTime.new()
local photoTaken = chilkat.DateTime.new()
local i = 0
local numItems = json:size_of_array("value")
while i < numItems do
    json.i = i
    print("-- DriveItem " .. (i + 1))
    print("id: " .. json:string_of("value[i].id"))
    print("name: " .. json:string_of("value[i].name"))
    print("size: " .. json:int_of("value[i].size"))

    -- Get the lastModifiedDateTime
    lastMod:set_from_timestamp(json:string_of("value[i].fileSystemInfo.lastModifiedDateTime"))

    -- Is this a folder?
    if json:has_member("value[i].folder") then
        print("This is a folder with " .. json:int_of("value[i].folder.childCount") .. " children")
    end

    if json:has_member("value[i].file") then
        print("This is a file.")
        print("SHA1 hash: " .. json:string_of("value[i].file.hashes.sha1Hash"))
        print("mimeType: " .. json:string_of("value[i].mimeType"))
    end

    if json:has_member("value[i].image") then
        print("This is an image.")
        print("height: " .. json:int_of("value[i].image.height"))
        print("width: " .. json:int_of("value[i].image.width"))
    end

    if json:has_member("value[i].photo") then
        print("This is a photo.")
        photoTaken:set_from_timestamp(json:string_of("value[i].photo.takenDateTime"))
        print("photo taken on " .. photoTaken:get_as_rfc822(true))
    end

    if json:has_member("value[i].audio") then
        print("This is an audio file.")
        print("duration: " .. json:int_of("value[i].audio.duration"))
    end

    i = i + 1
end

-- Sample JSON OneDrive search response:

--     {
--       "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#Collection(driveItem)",
--       "value": [
--         {
--           "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.driveItem",
--           "@microsoft.graph.downloadUrl": "https://public.dm2301.livefilestore.com/y4m01N6dLIV7ditztcRwWDx2Jzf1qiwJNASFiHfajfZUuJnEMgHmIZTASy3lNzwUFHQgET0I11hzqCyb0A6I5jhI9FgFAJlBJHFrToT7QXj2xvCV46LOZVJASk79LEWRRM97aOhdOHhKeIl_HxoIWSl08sX3kGyC50RP72rDE7ERSVdZAa3CmMNkp6tRtfKI5wfJNqSx3NeqLQ6LxwBBY4KgniPQOgEna0G_MKTGDt10T4",
--           "createdBy": {
--             "user": {
--               "displayName": "Matt Smith",
--               "id": "3a33fceb9b74cc15"
--             }
--           },
--           "createdDateTime": "2017-06-04T20:40:22.48Z",
--           "cTag": "aYzozQTMzRkNFQjlCNzRDQzE1ITQ4NzIuMjU3",
--           "eTag": "aM0EzM0ZDRUI5Qjc0Q0MxNSE0ODcyLjI",
--           "id": "3A33FCEB9B74CC15!4872",
--           "lastModifiedBy": {
--             "user": {
--               "displayName": "Matt Smith",
--               "id": "3a33fceb9b74cc15"
--             }
--           },
--           "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-04T20:40:23.463Z",
--           "name": "penguins.jpg",
--           "parentReference": {
--             "driveId": "3a33fceb9b74cc15",
--             "id": "3A33FCEB9B74CC15!4871",
--             "name": "wildlife",
--             "path": "/drive/root:/Misc/wildlife"
--           },
--           "size": 777835,
--           "webUrl": "https://1drv.ms/i/s!ABXMdJvr_DM6pgg",
--           "file": {
--             "hashes": {
--               "sha1Hash": "DF7BE9DC4F467187783ACA68C7CE98E4DF2172D0"
--             },
--             "mimeType": "image/jpeg"
--           },
--           "fileSystemInfo": {
--             "createdDateTime": "2017-06-04T20:40:22.48Z",
--             "lastModifiedDateTime": "2009-07-14T05:32:31.674Z"
--           },
--           "image": {
--             "height": 768,
--             "width": 1024
--           },
--           "photo": {
--             "takenDateTime": "2008-02-18T05:07:31Z"
--           },
--           "searchResult": {
--             "onClickTelemetryUrl": "https://www.bing.com/personalsearchclick?IG=D10F15177AE54D49A97F361270D53290&CID=3A33FCEB9B74CC150000000000000000&ID=DevEx%2c5005&q=penguins&resid=3A33FCEB9B74CC15%214872"
--           }
--         }
--       ]
--     }