Shared drive folder holds 3 files, yet API returns only the plain text file. How can binary-categorized files be included? For example:
folderKey = "folder789"
searchQuery = f"'{folderKey}' in parents and trashed=false"
I encountered a similar situation where the API returned only a subset of the expected files. After some investigation, I noticed that the issue wasn’t in the folder structure at all but in the way the API was filtering results. In my case, adjusting the request to include additional parameters such as supportsAllDrives and specifying the correct fields in the query made all the difference. Also, explicitly handling binary file types by ensuring that their mime types were not being implicitly filtered out helped include them in the results.
I encountered a similar issue while working on Drive API integration. I discovered that the binary files weren’t excluded due to an inherent limitation with the default fields setting in the API response. Specifying additional file metadata and confirming that the supportsAllDrives parameter was enabled helped me retrieve the missing binary files. I was carefully testing against different MIME types to ensure consistency. Altering my reusable query formatting to address these nuances allowed me to make the expected inclusions in the fetched results.
i had a similar case, so i turned on supportsAllDrives and double checked my mime type filters. in my case updating the query fields fixed the binary file ignore issue. might work for you too, give it a shot!