Drive List returns list of files from trash

[addiercv]

While trying to list image files in a google drive folder using v3 api:

1. When drive folder is empty, it works fine and return None
2. When there is an existing image in the folder, api starts to return images from the trash

For a desktop app using Python, following code is used to list files. The behavior remains same even when trashed is used instead of explicitlyTrashed.

q = "'{}' in parents and explicitlyTrashed=false and mimeType='image/png'".format(folder_id) 
files = service.files().list(q=q, 
                                      spaces='drive',
                                      fields='nextPageToken, '
                                          'files(id, name)',
                                      pageToken=page_token).execute() 

[parthea]

Hello @addiercv,

See related issue in the issue tracker for Google Drive API here which states the API will return items from trash by default.
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/135861184

There is also a note in the reference documentation for files.list which states

Note: This method returns all files by default, including trashed files. If you don't want trashed files to appear in the list, use the trashed=false query parameter to remove trashed files from the results.

I see that you mentioned that you included trashed=false in your API request and you still received trashed items.

Please could you try out a similar request in the Try this method interface on this page and check whether the issue still exists? This helps to confirm if this is a client library issue or a API issue. If this is an issue with the API itself, we'll redirect you to the API support channel so you can get better quality answers. For the Drive API please see https://developers.google.com/drive/api/support#developer_product_feedback