Unable to Retrieve Folder values

Question

I am unable to retrieve sub folder values in Google Drive Api. Its still giving me the value of the parent folder of which the folder is a sub.

Parent Folder=>OMS => 1)Insider(folder) 
                      2)about1.jpeg(pic)
                      3)View Model(spreadsheet) Child=> Insider=> 1) Insider document(spreadsheet)

My code:

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create User Credentials
            UserCredential credential= GetUserCredential();
            // Create Drive API service.
            var service = Service(credential);

 public static void List_files(DriveService service) {
            // Define parameters of request.
            FilesResource.ListRequest listRequest = service.Files.List();
            listRequest.Q = "('0B3n1HYsqkmgQd1FnUndXaDAwN1U' in parents)";

            //  listRequest.PageSize = 10;
            //    listRequest.Fields = "nextPageToken, files(id, name)";

            // List files.
            IList<Google.Apis.Drive.v3.Data.File> files = listRequest.Execute()
                  .Files;
            Console.WriteLine("Files:");
            if (files != null && files.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (var file in files)
                {
                    if (file.MimeType == "application/vnd.google - apps.folder")
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Its a folder {0} ({1})", file.Name, file.Id);

                        var folderobj = List_Folder_Files(service, file.Id);
                        foreach (var file_value in folderobj)
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Its a folder {0} ({1})", file_value.Name, file_value.Id);
                        } 

                        }
                    else {
                        Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})({2})", file.Name, file.Id, file.MimeType);
                    }

                    /*
         if (file.MimeType== "application / vnd.google - apps.document") {
             Console.WriteLine("{0}its a folder", file.Name);
         } */
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("No files found.");
            }
            Console.Read();
        }
  public static IList<Google.Apis.Drive.v3.Data.File> List_Folder_Files(DriveService service,string  Folderid)
        {
            // Define parameters of request.
            FilesResource.ListRequest listRequest = service.Files.List();
            listRequest.Q = "('0B3n1HYsqkmgQcEVKNVloNG1WZmc' in parents)";
            IList<Google.Apis.Drive.v3.Data.File> files = listRequest.Execute()
                  .Files;
            return files;

        }

I have to main issues here

1. Is the return type a correct one for the values returned form .Q (Query) and for List_Folder_Files Method.

2. In the List_Folder_Files method query doesn't traverse the child folder (Insider )which I passed instead it gives me the same result as if querying the parent folder(OMS).

Answer 1

The following code will list all of the files on google drive into a tree view. As you can see I am starting with my Root directory PrettyPrint will then run recursively fetching the additional records.

 var service = GoogleDriveFileListDirectoryStructure.AuthenticateOauth(clientId, secret, "x");
 var allFiles = GoogleDriveFileListDirectoryStructure.ListAll(service, new GoogleDriveFileListDirectoryStructure.FilesListOptionalParms { Q = "('root' in parents)" ,PageSize = 1000});
 GoogleDriveFileListDirectoryStructure.PrettyPrint(service, allFiles,"");

this is the mail class.

using Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Drive.v3;
using Google.Apis.Services;
using Google.Apis.Util.Store;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading;

namespace GoogleDriveSample
{
    internal class GoogleDriveFileListDirectoryStructure
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Authenticate to Google Using Oauth2
        /// Documentation https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2
        /// Credentials are stored in System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="clientId">From Google Developer console https://console.developers.google.com</param>
        /// <param name="clientSecret">From Google Developer console https://console.developers.google.com</param>
        /// <param name="userName">Identifying string for the user who is being authentcated.</param>
        /// <returns>SheetsService used to make requests against the Sheets API</returns>
        public static DriveService AuthenticateOauth(string clientId, string clientSecret, string userName)
        {
            try
            {
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(clientId))
                    throw new ArgumentNullException("clientId");
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(clientSecret))
                    throw new ArgumentNullException("clientSecret");
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(userName))
                    throw new ArgumentNullException("userName");

                // These are the scopes of permissions you need. It is best to request only what you need and not all of them
                string[] scopes = new string[] { DriveService.Scope.DriveReadonly };        //View the files in your Google Drive

                var credPath = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal);
                credPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(credPath, ".credentials/apiName");

                // Requesting Authentication or loading previously stored authentication for userName
                var credential = GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker.AuthorizeAsync(new ClientSecrets { ClientId = clientId, ClientSecret = clientSecret }
                                                                                             , scopes
                                                                                             , userName
                                                                                             , CancellationToken.None
                                                                                             , new FileDataStore(credPath, true)).Result;
                // Returning the SheetsService
                return new DriveService(new BaseClientService.Initializer()
                {
                    HttpClientInitializer = credential,
                    ApplicationName = "Drive Oauth2 Authentication Sample"
                });
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Create Oauth2 account DriveService failed" + ex.Message);
                throw new Exception("CreateServiceAccountDriveFailed", ex);
            }
        }

        public class FilesListOptionalParms
        {
            /// The source of files to list.
            public string Corpus { get; set; }

            /// A comma-separated list of sort keys. Valid keys are 'createdTime', 'folder', 'modifiedByMeTime', 'modifiedTime', 'name', 'quotaBytesUsed', 'recency', 'sharedWithMeTime', 'starred', and 'viewedByMeTime'. Each key sorts ascending by default, but may be reversed with the 'desc' modifier. Example usage: ?orderBy=folder,modifiedTime desc,name. Please note that there is a current limitation for users with approximately one million files in which the requested sort order is ignored.
            public string OrderBy { get; set; }

            /// The maximum number of files to return per page.
            public int PageSize { get; set; }

            /// The token for continuing a previous list request on the next page. This should be set to the value of 'nextPageToken' from the previous response.
            public string PageToken { get; set; }

            /// A query for filtering the file results. See the "Search for Files" guide for supported syntax.
            public string Q { get; set; }

            /// A comma-separated list of spaces to query within the corpus. Supported values are 'drive', 'appDataFolder' and 'photos'.
            public string Spaces { get; set; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Lists or searches files.
        /// Documentation https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/files/list
        /// Generation Note: This does not always build correctly.  Google needs to standardize things I need to figure out which ones are wrong.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="service">Authenticated Drive service. </param>
        /// <param name="optional">The optional parameters. </param>
        /// <returns>FileListResponse</returns>
        public static Google.Apis.Drive.v3.Data.FileList ListAll(DriveService service, FilesListOptionalParms optional = null)
        {
            try
            {
                // Initial validation.
                if (service == null)
                    throw new ArgumentNullException("service");

                // Building the initial request.
                var request = service.Files.List();

                // Applying optional parameters to the request.
                request = (FilesResource.ListRequest)SampleHelpers.ApplyOptionalParms(request, optional);

                var pageStreamer = new Google.Apis.Requests.PageStreamer<Google.Apis.Drive.v3.Data.File, FilesResource.ListRequest, Google.Apis.Drive.v3.Data.FileList, string>(
                                                   (req, token) => request.PageToken = token,
                                                   response => response.NextPageToken,
                                                   response => response.Files);

                var allFiles = new Google.Apis.Drive.v3.Data.FileList();
                allFiles.Files = new List<Google.Apis.Drive.v3.Data.File>();

                foreach (var result in pageStreamer.Fetch(request))
                {
                    allFiles.Files.Add(result);
                }

                return allFiles;
            }
            catch (Exception Ex)
            {
                throw new Exception("Request Files.List failed.", Ex);
            }
        }

        public static void PrettyPrint(DriveService service, Google.Apis.Drive.v3.Data.FileList list, string indent)
        {
            foreach (var item in list.Files.OrderBy(a => a.Name))
            {
                Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}|-{1}", indent, item.Name));

                if (item.MimeType == "application/vnd.google-apps.folder")
                {
                    var ChildrenFiles = ListAll(service, new FilesListOptionalParms { Q = string.Format("('{0}' in parents)", item.Id), PageSize = 1000 });
                    PrettyPrint(service, ChildrenFiles, indent + "  ");
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public class SampleHelpers
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Using reflection to apply optional parameters to the request.
        ///
        /// If the optonal parameters are null then we will just return the request as is.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="request">The request. </param>
        /// <param name="optional">The optional parameters. </param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static object ApplyOptionalParms(object request, object optional)
        {
            if (optional == null)
                return request;

            System.Reflection.PropertyInfo[] optionalProperties = (optional.GetType()).GetProperties();

            foreach (System.Reflection.PropertyInfo property in optionalProperties)
            {
                // Copy value from optional parms to the request.  They should have the same names and datatypes.
                System.Reflection.PropertyInfo piShared = (request.GetType()).GetProperty(property.Name);
                piShared.SetValue(request, property.GetValue(optional, null), null);
            }

            return request;
        }
    }
}