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I'm using the REST Files API, as documented here, to read the content of an Online Sharepoint (Office 365) site.

Is it possible to get the sub-sites the root site using this API?

I understand I can get a list of sub-sites using the traditional SharePoint API (https://<my-domain>.sharepoint.com/_api/site/rootWeb/webinfos), but I'd rather use the files API because I'm using it for other purposes as well.

(Note that the two APIs are very different. One example: getting the child-elements of a folder in the files API is done using GET {base-url}/Files/{folder-id}/children, which it's done using http://<site url>/_api/web/getfolderbyserverrelativeurl('/<folder name>')/folders in the 'classic' API).

In addition, once I get the list of sub-sites - using the above endpoint or any other means - is it possible to traverse / read these sub-sites using the files REST API?

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  • This is the REST endpoint https://<my-domain>.sharepoint.com/_api/web/webinfos What sort of content are you intent on reading from the subsites?
    – Oxossi
    Commented Jul 18, 2015 at 15:53
  • I'd like to read all the documents and their content.
    – Roy2012
    Commented Jul 18, 2015 at 16:45

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This is the REST endpoint https://<my-domain>.sharepoint.com/_api/web/webinfos

You can read the content of subsites by using the %site%/_api/web/ endpoint; e.g: %site%/_api/web/lists

Reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn499819.aspx

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  • Thanks, but this doesn't use the REST Files API I was referring to.
    – Roy2012
    Commented Jul 19, 2015 at 6:09
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    Try using https://<site url>/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Folder Name')/Files('file name')/$value
    – nbi
    Commented Jul 19, 2015 at 20:39

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