Searching for Files

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This section explains how to search for backed-up Microsoft Teams files.

Request

POST https://<hostname>:4443/v5/RestoreSessions/{restoreSessionId}/organization/teams/{teamId}/files/action

Request Headers

The request header must contain an authorization token of the current session.

Request Parameters

The request URL must contain the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
restoreSessionId	string	Specifies the identification number of the restore session. Can be obtained as described in Getting Restore Sessions.
teamId	string	Specifies the identification number of the team. Can be obtained as described in Getting Teams.

Request Body

The request body must contain the search action property:

Property	Type	Description
query	string	Specifies query parameters used to search for Microsoft Teams files. For more information, see Query Parameters.

Query Parameters

The following table lists examples of parameters that you can use in the query string to search for Microsoft Teams files.

For the complete list of supported query parameters, see Appendix A. Item Search Parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
author	string	Specifies the name of the user who created the file. Query example: author: admin.
created	string	Specifies the time when the file was created. Query example: created: this year.
modified	string	Specifies the time of the latest modification of the post. Query example: modified: this year.
ext	string	Specifies the file extension. Query example: ext: html.
filename	string	Specifies the file name or part of the file name. Query example: filename: report.
size	string	Specifies the file size. Query example: size: 5MB.

Request Example

Request:

POST https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/RestoreSessions/1a4df11a-2220-42a9-b3a0-d25cdb8e5fcb/organization/teams/448c5b66-8dcd-4c75-b636-d3b500bce36f/files/action

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

Request Body:

{

"search":{
"query": "filename: word"

}

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully completed operation returns a response code 200 OK.

Response Headers

The response to this request contains the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTPS headers.

Header	Description
Content-length	The length of the response body.
Content-type	The media type and syntax of the response body message: application/json; charset=utf-8

Response Body

Property	Type	Description
offset	integer	Shows the offset value.
limit	integer	Shows the limit of records to be displayed on the page.
results	Results Object	Contains the Results object.

Results Object

Property	Type	Description
id	string	ID of the file.
name	string	File name.
sizeBytes	integer	Size of the file.
version	string	Version of the file in the backup.
modified	datetime	Date and time of the last modification of the file.
modifiedBy	string	Name of the user who performed the latest modification of the file.
type	string	Type of the Microsoft Teams item.
_links	Dictionary of string [key] and Object [value]	Links to related resources (navigation property).

Response Example

Response:

200 OK

Response Body:

{

"offset": 0,

"limit": 30,

"results": [

{

"id": "9d939133-0c2c-4f8f-b317-6a3270229d32",

"name": "word.docx",

"sizeBytes": 16838,

"version": 3,

"modified": "2020-08-20T15:20:42Z",

"modifiedBy": "admin",

"type": "File",

"_links": {

"self": {

"href": "https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/RestoreSessions/1a4df11a-2220-42a9-b3a0-d25cdb8e5fcb/organization/teams/448c5b66-8dcd-4c75-b636-d3b500bce36f/files/9d939133-0c2c-4f8f-b317-6a3270229d32?channelId=19:94e57dbfaa634f999353b374b69b5800@thread.tacv2"

"channel": {

"href": "https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/RestoreSessions/1a4df11a-2220-42a9-b3a0-d25cdb8e5fcb/organization/teams/448c5b66-8dcd-4c75-b636-d3b500bce36f/channels/19:94e57dbfaa634f999353b374b69b5800@thread.tacv2"

"team": {

"href": "https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/RestoreSessions/1a4df11a-2220-42a9-b3a0-d25cdb8e5fcb/organization/teams/448c5b66-8dcd-4c75-b636-d3b500bce36f"

}

"_links": {

"self": {

"href": "https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/RestoreSessions/1a4df11a-2220-42a9-b3a0-d25cdb8e5fcb/organization/teams/448c5b66-8dcd-4c75-b636-d3b500bce36f/files/action?offset=0&limit=30"

}