Google Drive API - list files in folder

Question

As may devs, I want to get a list of all files in a specific folder. I have the following basic tree structure

root
   swimmer
      trainings
         test1.doc
         test2.doc
      logs
         resultsA.csv
         resultsB.csv

trying to list files in root/swimmer/trainings , I tried to use :

 GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/trainings/children

and tested it within https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/children/list

but I get the 404 response :

404 Not Found
- Show headers -
  {
 "error": {
  "errors": [
   {
    "domain": "global",
    "reason": "notFound",
    "message": "File not found: trainings"
   }
  ],
  "code": 404,
  "message": "File not found: trainings"
 }
}

I also tried : GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files?maxResults=10&projection=BASIC&q='trainings'+in+parents&key={YOUR_API_KEY}

same result not found ..

where am I wrong ?

Zig Mandel Zig Mandel · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-04T23:54:13

Many things wrong in both your http urls. Look up the docs carefully. In #1 its not the folder name, its the folder id (or else how do you think it would know which of the possibly several folders named 'trainings' to use?)

Google Drive API - list files in folder

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