Instantly Get Document Library ID using SharePoint API in just 2 steps

By Global SharePoint in SharePoint on April 1, 2022September 11, 2022

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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.

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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

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 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