Is it possible to get full path to a OneDrive item? - microsoft-graph-api

Question

I'm using the MS Graph SDK in a C# project to search through people's OneDrives for specific terms in files and folders. When I find one, I've not found a way to get the full path for a DriveItem?
Not the URL path, but the file system path where the owning user stores the file locally.
Is this possible?

Answer 1

When you request the metadata for a drive item you receive for example:
{
"#microsoft.graph.downloadUrl": "https://m365x214355-my.sharepoint.com/personal/meganb_m365x214355_onmicrosoft_com/_layouts/15/download.aspx?UniqueId=c8b43b37-bc76-4352-af27-5a8e9f1bbfeb&Translate=false&tempauth=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJub25lIn0.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.eWQzcTFxNmhBb0txNFNnZzQyNlIyU2gzaUQwSGJxbC9abWRlVVZ3OGUwMD0&ApiVersion=2.0",
"createdDateTime": "2017-08-07T16:17:44Z",
"eTag": "\"{C8B43B37-BC76-4352-AF27-5A8E9F1BBFEB},2\"",
"id": "01BYE5RZZXHO2MQ5V4KJB26J22R2PRXP7L",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-08-07T16:17:44Z",
"name": "Camera Customer Analysis.xlsx",
"webUrl": "https://m365x214355-my.sharepoint.com/personal/meganb_m365x214355_onmicrosoft_com/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc=%7BC8B43B37-BC76-4352-AF27-5A8E9F1BBFEB%7D&file=Camera%20Customer%20Analysis.xlsx&action=default&mobileredirect=true",
"cTag": "\"c:{C8B43B37-BC76-4352-AF27-5A8E9F1BBFEB},1\"",
"size": 2675045,
"createdBy": {
"user": {
"email": "MeganB#M365x214355.onmicrosoft.com",
"id": "48d31887-5fad-4d73-a9f5-3c356e68a038",
"displayName": "Megan Bowen"
}
},
"lastModifiedBy": {
"user": {
"email": "MeganB#M365x214355.onmicrosoft.com",
"id": "48d31887-5fad-4d73-a9f5-3c356e68a038",
"displayName": "Megan Bowen"
}
},
"parentReference": {
"driveId": "b!-RIj2DuyvEyV1T4NlOaMHk8XkS_I8MdFlUCq1BlcjgmhRfAj3-Z8RY2VpuvV_tpd",
"driveType": "business",
"id": "01BYE5RZ6TAJHXA5GMWZB2HDLD7SNEXFFU",
"path": "/drive/root:/CR-227 Project"
},
"file": {
"mimeType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
"hashes": {
"quickXorHash": "qz9+NLaGwZCFBcd9gH+HCNUVcn8="
}
},
"fileSystemInfo": {
"createdDateTime": "2017-08-07T16:17:44Z",
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-08-07T16:17:44Z"
}
}
As you can see it contains a parentReference which contains the path
To get the full path, substring the path starting at the first : and append the name.
In the above example it would give: /CR-227 Project/Camera Customer Analysis.xlsx
Doc reference
However, getting the local path where the user stored the file locally is not stored by Microsoft. But you can reproduce it because the OneDrive file structure will be the same as the local one.

Answer 2

Based on my test, we can't use the Graph API to get the root directory of the OneDrive local file system. We can only get the relative path of the OneDrive item.
My test configuration: local storage directory: C:/onedrive. The file is stored in “C:/onedrive/Test Floder/”. We can only get the “path /drive/root:Test”.
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The repro steps:
We can try the following API to get the relative path for the user's OneDrive settings first:
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/items/{item-id}/children .
Then, you can stitch the file system path set by the user with the relative path obtained from the API.
We can set different file system paths on the local system for OneDrive. You can refer to this article to set the local storage location for OneDrive.