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Drive and Photo Service:SearchFile

Last Updated:Mar 05, 2026

Searches for files.

Operation description

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Request syntax

POST /v2/file/search HTTP/1.1

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

body

object

No

drive_id

string

No

The drive ID.

1

query

string

Yes

The search conditions. Fuzzy searches based on the file name or directory name are supported. The value of this parameter can be up to 4,096 characters in length.

name="123"

order_by

string

No

The field by which to sort the returned entries. Default value: created_at. Valid values: * created_at: sorts the entries by creation time. * updated_at: sorts the entries by update time. * size: sorts the entries by file size. * name: sorts the entries by file name. The order in which you want to sort the returned entries. Valid values: * ASC: ascending order * DESC: descending order You must specify this parameter in the <field> <asc> format. Separate multiple fields with commas (,). A preceding field has a higher priority than a following field. Examples: * If you want to sort the entries by file name in ascending order, set this parameter to "name ASC". * If you want to sort the entries by creation time in descending order, set this parameter to "created_at DESC". * If you want to sort the entries by creation time in descending order and sort the entries by file name in ascending order in case of the same creation time, set this parameter to "created_at DESC,name ASC".

name ASC

limit

integer

No

The maximum number of entries to return. Valid values: 1 to 100. The number of returned entries must be less than or equal to the value of this parameter.

50

marker

string

No

The name of the entry after which the list begins. Entries whose names are alphabetically after the value of this parameter are returned. If you do not specify this parameter, all entries are returned.\ This parameter is left empty by default.

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return_total_count

boolean

No

Specifies whether to return the total number of retrieved files.

true

recursive

boolean

No

Specifies whether to perform recursive search on a folder that is specified by setting parent_file_id in the query parameter.

true

thumbnail_processes

object

No

The thumbnail configurations. Up to five thumbnails can be returned at a time. The value contains key-value pairs. You can customize the keys. The URL of a thumbnail is returned based on the key.

ImageProcess

No

The rules used to generate the thumbnails of images, videos, and documents.

fields

string

No

The field that is used to return additional information about files. Valid values: * dir_size: returns the statistics on each subfolder in the response. * id_path: returns the id_path value of each child subject in the response. * name_path: returns the name_path value of each child subject in the response. You can specify multiple fields by separating them with commas (,). Example: "id_path,name_path,dir_size".

id_path,name_path

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Schema of Response

items

array

List of file information.

File

File information

next_marker

string

The identity of the starting resource on the next page. This value is empty on the last page.

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total_count

integer

Total number of files that match the search.

1022

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "items": [
    {
      "domain_id": "bj1",
      "drive_id": "1",
      "file_id": "5d79206586bb5dd69fb34c349282718146c55da7",
      "name": "1.mov",
      "type": "file",
      "content_type": "application/json",
      "created_at": "2019-08-20T06:51:27.292Z",
      "updated_at": "2019-08-20T06:51:27.292Z",
      "description": "image file",
      "trashed_at": "2019-08-20T06:51:27.292Z",
      "file_extension": "txt",
      "hidden": false,
      "size": 1024,
      "starred": false,
      "status": "available",
      "labels": [
        "[\"label1:1\", \"label2:2\"]"
      ],
      "upload_id": "C9DCFE5A82644AC7A02DB74C30C934A6",
      "parent_file_id": "3d5b846942cf94fa72324c8a4bda34e81da635a",
      "crc64_hash": "3574582125365864471",
      "content_hash": "EA4942AA8761213890A5C386F88E6464D2C31CA3",
      "content_hash_name": "sha1",
      "download_url": "https://data.aliyunpds.com/hz22%2F5d5b986facbec311ef844c25954f96821497b383%2F5d5b986f955410dd991646bb87c6b4e899eff525?Expires=xxx&OSSAccessKeyId=xxx&Signature=xxx",
      "thumbnail": "https://data.aliyunpds.com/hz22%2F5d5b986facbec311ef844c25954f96821497b383%2F5d5b986f955410dd991646bb87c6b4e899eff525?Expires=xxx&OSSAccessKeyId=xxx&Signature=xxx",
      "category": "image",
      "local_created_at": "2019-08-20T06:51:27.292Z",
      "local_modified_at": "2019-08-20T06:51:27.292Z",
      "revision_id": "5d5b846942cf94fa72324c14a4bda34e81da635d",
      "thumbnail_urls": {
        "key": "\"128X128\": \"https://url1\", \"800X800\": \"url2\""
      },
      "image_media_metadata": {
        "time": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z07:00",
        "width": 1024,
        "height": 1024,
        "location": "30.185453,120.218522",
        "country": "China\n",
        "province": "Zhejiang\n",
        "city": "Hangzhou\n",
        "district": "Binjiang District\n",
        "township": "Xixing Street\n",
        "address_line": "Jiangling Road, Xixing Street, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang\n",
        "image_tags": [
          {
            "confidence": 0.98,
            "parent_name": "sport",
            "name": "basketball",
            "tag_level": 3,
            "source": "play basketball",
            "centric_score": 0.877
          }
        ],
        "faces": "[{\"FaceId\":\"a9a66a86-73dd-4c95-8b79-1d8a49db5226\",\"GroupId\":\"Cluster-e3b7fb52-22b3-44f2-9746-8c1804bd6af0\",\"FaceConfidence\":0.999,\"Age\":13,\"AgeConfidence\":4,\"Gender\":\"female\",\"GenderConfidence\":1,\"Emotion\":\"none\",\"EmotionConfidence\":0.672,\"FaceAttributes\":{\"Mask\":\"none\",\"MaskConfidence\":0.894,\"Beard\":\"none\",\"BeardConfidence\":0.997,\"Glasses\":\"none\",\"GlassesConfidence\":0.999,\"Mouth\":\"close\",\"MouthConfidence\":0.937,\"Hat\":\"none\",\"HatConfidence\":0.998,\"HeadPose\":{\"Pitch\":10.684,\"Roll\":-10.707,\"Yaw\":-20.094},\"FaceBoundary\":{\"Width\":457,\"Height\":687,\"Top\":1324,\"Left\":1356}}}]",
        "faces_thumbnail": [
          {
            "face_id": "a9a66a86-73dd-4c95-8b79-1d8a49db5226",
            "face_group_id": "Cluster-e3b7fb52-22b3-44f2-9746-8c1804bd6af0",
            "face_thumbnail": "https://pds-domain.region.aliyuncs.com/QieGeH98%2F1001%2F63e5e551ee621482ab934a0687c6cda75fc07864%2F642a8a40c00f1ad379df421694713ee65170f09b?security-token=CAIS%2BgF1q6Ft5B2yfSjIr5bjHPCNnrdR8aSaSW7woVlmVd1Bt5HorDz2IHpPfHdoBe0btvU%2BlWxX6fwZlq5rR4QAXlDfNSyFeX20qFHPWZHInuDox55m4cTXNAr%2BIhr%2F29CoEIedZdjBe%2FCrRknZnytou9XTfimjWFrXWv%2Fgy%2BQQDLItUxK%2FcCBNCfpPOwJms7V6D3bKMuu3OROY6Qi5TmgQ41En1DIlt%2FXuk5DCtkqB12eXkLFF%2B97DRbG%2FdNRpMZtFVNO44fd7bKKp0lQLsUMSqv8q0fEcqGaW4o7CWQJLnzyCMvvJ9OVDFyN0aKEnH7J%2Bq%2FzxhTPrMnpkSlacGoABPMvZ8rSESUEP96Vbf%2Bk0JRg9Qb1MnaIJqWAgo8K6K0UP1CtqL2zrUtugpKKDHOYiKbq2O0S5yLUPVX5vBHqEi%2FFc7i6ZnHCMcXLJs4rKDKwRBEhovUXXlklq2q43OSVtLrXkBy9Xs1ers%2FhJhcxpNA0Vl3EWfJxa2BTylEdnLOQ%3D&x-oss-access-key-id=STS.NUVWJ9shpFfqKHAEY3YRmXTCN&x-oss-expires=1686455451&x-oss-process=image%2Fcrop%2Cx_1128%2Cy_1211%2Cw_914%2Ch_914%2Fformat%2Cjpg&x-oss-signature=jmhOz91Tww1ciMEwadDiioU7d93FDiBNr8s8mHyMqW0%3D&x-oss-signature-version=OSS2"
          }
        ],
        "exif": "{\"Compression\":{\"value\":\"6\"},\"DateTime\":{\"value\":\"2020:08:19 17:11:11\"}}",
        "image_quality": {
          "overall_score": 0.736
        }
      },
      "user_tags": {
        "key": "\"k1\":\"v1\", \"k2\",\"v2\""
      },
      "video_media_metadata": {
        "width": 1920,
        "height": 1080,
        "video_media_video_stream": [
          {
            "duration": "22.88",
            "bitrate": "108420",
            "code_name": "h264",
            "frame_count": "90"
          }
        ],
        "video_media_audio_stream": [
          {
            "duration": "7704.573000",
            "bit_rate": "129280",
            "code_name": "aac"
          }
        ]
      },
      "id_path": "id1/id2",
      "name_path": "root/f1/f2",
      "dir_size_info": {
        "dir_count": 1,
        "file_count": 10
      },
      "action_list": [
        ""
      ],
      "auto_delete_left_sec": 0
    }
  ],
  "next_marker": "NWQ1Yjk4YmI1ZDRlYmU1Y2E0YWE0NmJhYWJmODBhNDQ2NzhlMTRhMg",
  "total_count": 1022
}

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