How can i get file's properties for a file in OneDrive?

Question

I am using the REST API for OneDrive. I have a name of a file in the users storage. I want to obtain the properties for this file. According the documentation file's properties can be retrieved if you have the file ID.(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn659731.aspx) So I need the file ID and the only way I see to obtain it is to search the whole storage which is really unnecessary. Is there a way to find properties of a file(with a known name) with a single request to the service?

Answer 1

Ideally the API would support access by path which would do what you require (assuming you have the full path and not just the name). Unfortunately, to my knowledge that isn't supported.

There is a heavy handed approach that may work for you though - you can use the search capabilities of the API to find files with the name you specify:

GET /[userid]/skydrive/search?q=MyVideo.mp4

The documentation is available at the link below:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn631847.aspx