Using GAM to export a list of all top level folders within a folder

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Carleigh Duncan

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Aug 26, 2024, 2:07:14 PM8/26/24
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Hello! 

I am trying to export a list of all top-level folders within a folder that is not owned by me (but I have access to it). I have found how to export all the top level folders within my own GDrive (gam user <User Email Address> print filelist query "'root' in parents and mimeType='application/vnd.google-apps.folder' and trashed=false" todrive) and someone else's GDrive (using showownedby others todrive), but not how to do the above in a particular folder. 

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance!

Ross Scroggs

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Aug 26, 2024, 2:31:21 PM8/26/24
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Carleigh,

gam user us...@domain.com print filelist select <FolderID> fields id,name,mimetype depth 0 showmimetype gfolder mimetypeinquery showownedby any


Ross


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Carleigh Duncan

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Aug 26, 2024, 3:32:47 PM8/26/24
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Thank you so much! You are amazing!

Carleigh Duncan

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Jan 8, 2025, 1:13:58 PM1/8/25
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Hello again Ross!

This command no longer works for me. When I attempt to run it, it throws the following error.

$ gam user <email> print filelist select <Folder ID here> fields id,name,mimetype depth 0 showmimetype gfolder mimetypeinquery showownedby any

Command: /home/cduncan/.gamadv-xtd3/gam >>>user <email> print<<< filelist select <Folder ID> fields "id,name,mimetype" depth 0 showmimetype gfolder mimetypeinquery showownedby any

ERROR: Invalid choice (user <email> print): Expected <all|cigroup|cigroup_users|cigroups|courseparticipants|cros|cros_ou|cros_ou_and_children|cros_ou_and_children_queries|cros_ou_and_children_query|cros_ou_queries|cros_ou_query|cros_ous|cros_ous_and_children|cros_ous_and_children_queries|cros_ous_and_children_query|cros_ous_queries|cros_ous_query|cros_sn|croscsv|croscsv_sn|croscsvdata|croscsvfile|croscsvfile_sn|crosfile|crosfile_sn|crosqueries|crosquery|csv|csvdata|csvdatafile|csvfile|csvkmd|csvsubkey|datafile|domains|domains_ns|domains_susp|file|group|group_inde|group_ns|group_susp|group_users|group_users_ns|group_users_select|group_users_susp|groups|groups_inde|groups_ns|groups_susp|licenses|oauthuser|ou|ou_and_children|ou_and_children_ns|ou_and_children_susp|ou_ns|ou_susp|ous|ous_and_children|ous_and_children_ns|ous_and_children_susp|ous_ns|ous_susp|queries|query|students|teachers|user|users>


Can you help me figure out what I am doing wrong? I tried to follow the error back but every change led to another error. I have removed the folder ID intentionally. 

Thank you in advance!

Carleigh

Ross Scroggs

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Jan 8, 2025, 1:40:51 PM1/8/25
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There are non-breaking spaces instead of regular spaces around <email>; are you copy/pasting the command lime?

Send me a Meet/Zoom invitation and I'll help.

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Carleigh Duncan

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Jan 8, 2025, 5:13:00 PM1/8/25
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Hi Ross!
I was copying it from this thread. That said, I retyped the command out and that resolved the issue. 

Thank you again!

Carleigh

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