Get Document Library ID and metadata using SharePoint API

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In this blog, we will learn about how to get Document Library ID and Document Library metadata using SharePoint API very quickly. The API is very simple to use.

Quickly get document library ID using SharePoint API (Document Library in SharePoint)

API Format:

https://yoursposite/_api/v2.1/drives

Example:

https://globalsharepoint2020.sharepoint.com/sites/CustomSearchRND/_api/v2.1/drives

The above API will return all custom document library metadata details from the given site.


{"@odata.context":"https://globalsharepoint2020.sharepoint.com/sites/CustomSearchRND/_api/v2.1/$metadata#drives","value":[{"createdDateTime":"2020-07-26T14:33:16Z","description":"","driveType":"documentLibrary","id":"b!msQIKQFL1UW_lsAoicxd-O2X9TXUXihPn1c6zuY8860dUHq-Esw0QZRIgRXlHfVr","lastModifiedDateTime":"2020-10-25T13:47:24Z","name":"PNP Document Library","webUrl":"https://globalsharepoint2020.sharepoint.com/sites/CustomSearchRND/PNP%20Document%20Library","createdBy":{"user":{"displayName":"Global SharePoint Diary","email":"Global-SharePoint2020@globalsharepoint2020.onmicrosoft.com","id":"f600af81-380d-4177-ac8b-d933bad711d5"}},"lastModifiedBy":{"user":{"displayName":"Global SharePoint Diary","email":"Global-SharePoint2020@globalsharepoint2020.onmicrosoft.com","id":"f600af81-380d-4177-ac8b-d933bad711d5"}},"owner":{"group":{"displayName":"Custom Search RND Owners","email":"CustomSearchRND@globalsharepoint2020.onmicrosoft.com"}},"quota":{"deleted":0,"fileCount":0,"remaining":27487790694400,"state":"normal","total":27487790694400,"used":0}},{"createdDateTime":"2020-07-26T14:20:47Z","description":"","driveType":"documentLibrary","id":"b!msQIKQFL1UW_lsAoicxd-O2X9TXUXihPn1c6zuY8863imYQkdWmpQaGIz_z39y0O","lastModifiedDateTime":"2020-07-26T14:20:47Z","name":"Document Library created by PowerShell","webUrl":"https://globalsharepoint2020.sharepoint.com/sites/CustomSearchRND/Document%20Library%20created%20by%20PowerShell","createdBy":{"user":{"displayName":"Global SharePoint Diary","email":"Global-SharePoint2020@globalsharepoint2020.onmicrosoft.com","id":"f600af81-380d-4177-ac8b-d933bad711d5"}},"owner":{"group":{"displayName":"Custom Search RND Owners","email":"CustomSearchRND@globalsharepoint2020.onmicrosoft.com"}},"quota":{"deleted":0,"fileCount":0,"remaining":27487790694400,"state":"normal","total":27487790694400,"used":0}},{"createdDateTime":"2020-04-04T19:32:49Z","description":"","driveType":"documentLibrary","id":"b!msQIKQFL1UW_lsAoicxd-O2X9TXUXihPn1c6zuY8860bHJIBCeuvTas79btO0K3w","lastModifiedDateTime":"2020-07-10T04:36:55Z","name":"Documents","webUrl":"https://globalsharepoint2020.sharepoint.com/sites/CustomSearchRND/Shared%20Documents","createdBy":{"user":{"displayName":"System Account"}},"lastModifiedBy":{"user":{"displayName":"Global SharePoint Diary","email":"Global-SharePoint2020@globalsharepoint2020.onmicrosoft.com","id":"f600af81-380d-4177-ac8b-d933bad711d5"}},"owner":{"group":{"displayName":"Custom Search RND Owners","email":"CustomSearchRND@globalsharepoint2020.onmicrosoft.com"}},"quota":{"deleted":0,"fileCount":1,"remaining":27487790694400,"state":"normal","total":27487790694400,"used":0}}]}

Get all custom document library metadata details using SharePoint API
Get all custom document library metadata details using SharePoint API

If we use the below API (just removing the ‘s’ from ‘drives’), we will get only the default out-of-the-box document library (“Documents”) metadata details.

https://yoursposite/_api/v2.1/drive

Example:

https://globalsharepoint2020.sharepoint.com/sites/CustomSearchRND/_api/v2.1/drive

{"@odata.context":"https://globalsharepoint2020.sharepoint.com/sites/CustomSearchRND/_api/v2.1/$metadata#drives/$entity","createdDateTime":"2020-04-04T19:32:49Z","description":"","driveType":"documentLibrary","id":"b!msQIKQFL1UW_lsAoicxd-O2X9TXUXihPn1c6zuY8860bHJIBCeuvTas79btO0K3w","lastModifiedDateTime":"2020-07-10T04:36:55Z","name":"Documents","webUrl":"https://globalsharepoint2020.sharepoint.com/sites/CustomSearchRND/Shared%20Documents","createdBy":{"user":{"displayName":"System Account"}},"lastModifiedBy":{"user":{"displayName":"Global SharePoint Diary","email":"Global-SharePoint2020@globalsharepoint2020.onmicrosoft.com","id":"f600af81-380d-4177-ac8b-d933bad711d5"}},"owner":{"group":{"displayName":"Custom Search RND Owners","email":"CustomSearchRND@globalsharepoint2020.onmicrosoft.com"}},"quota":{"deleted":0,"fileCount":1,"remaining":27487785303593,"state":"normal","total":27487790694400,"used":5390807}}

Get Document library metadata details using SharePoint API

Get Document library metadata details using SharePoint API

Get Document library GUID ID from the document library settings page in SharePoint (Document library id SharePoint)

Another way, without the API we can get the document library GUID ID, from the document library settings page in SharePoint. Once we open the document library settings page, we can see the below URL where after “?List=” is the GUID ID of the document library but that comes in decoded format, we need to encode it.

https://globalsharepoint2020.sharepoint.com/sites/CustomSearchRND/_layouts/15/listedit.aspx?List=%7Bbe7a501d-cc12-4134-9448-8115e51df56b%7D

Get Document Library GUID ID from document library settings page in SharePoint
Get Document Library GUID ID from the document library settings page in SharePoint

Now, using the URL Decode Online tool, we can decode the above-highlighted text which is nothing but the GUID ID of the document library.

Decode SharePoint URL using the online decoder-encoder tool
Decode SharePoint URL using the online decoder-encoder tool

Note:

  • After decoding, whatever we can see inside the curly bracket is the GUID ID of the document library.

Summary: Get Document Library ID SharePoint

Thus, in this blog, we have learned the below with respect to SharePoint document library API:

  • How to get document library GUID ID using the SharePoint Online API?
  • How to get document library metadata details using the SharePoint Online API?

Reference: Document library in SharePoint

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