Drive API v3 - Getting all files inside a particular folder

Question

I am trying to list all files inside a folder my-folder.

service.files().list(
q="mimeType ='application/vnd.google-apps.folder' and name='my-folder'"
,**params)`

returns a dictionary like this:

{'files': [{'id': 's0meId', 'name': 'my-folder'}]}

Is there any method I can use to get a list of all files inside this folder?

Answer 1

The mimeType ='application/vnd.google-apps.folder' filter you employed filters the search to return just folders.

First get the collection id using your existing query.

 collection_id = result['files'][0]['id']

Then use that to formulate another query to fetch files in the collection

service.files().list(
    q=f"mimeType != 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder' and '{collection_id}' in parents"
    , **params)`