How to get folder ID in SharePoint

[stvcdms]

Hello,

I am trying to get a folder ID to use List Folder, but to do that I need the ID. When I use Get File Metadata Using Path I get an error that the folder doesn't exist. I am guessing because that REST call expects a file not a folder. Is there a way to get a Folder ID with the path name?

[v-micsh-msft]

Hi @stvcdms,

If you know the actual folder name, then we may use the following way to get the corresponding Folder ID:

Regards,

Michael

[stvcdms]

Thanks, this is party helpful. Though after playing with this more, it turns out List Folder isn't useful... I mean it's getting pretty frustrating now, but List Folder doesn't appear to work properly with subsites.

You can't provide List Folder with dynamic site address parameters or build the URL from the folder parameter...

[khwilhelmsen · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I've been strugling with the same problem for some hours and found a solution to make dynamic url folder string that I can use as a parameter to the "List Folder" block.

This was my solution:

replace(replace(body('Get_item')?['{Path}'],'/','%252f'),' ','%2b')

The "body('Get_item')?['{Path}']" part of the line is the variable.

This worked for me 😉

[stvcdms]

Thanks for this. I ended up doing something similiar, but with hard coding, your formula is most useful!

[khwilhelmsen]

BTW found out the since I’m building up a folderpath by both dynamic and static data it was best to store it as a variable and run a CONCAT to combine.

Wasn’t able to use REPLACE inside the CONCAT 😉

[craig_lawrence]

Hi I know this is an old thread, but could you please provide guidance as to how you used the provided variable within the flow? (Screenshots like the original reply would be great!