Hello! I am trying to build a solution at the moment that requires the search of a filename in Google drive. The filename will be a duplicate filename and will exist in many places across the Drive e.g. Customers > March > “Filename.txt” Root > Invoices > “Filename.txt” Customers > June > “Filename.txt I know I could do a bunch of tests to work this out, but I wondered - Does anyone know, off-hand which it will pick and what this is based on (e.g. Folder/File structure, Last created, Last updated etc)

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Google Drive Filename logic

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May 29, 2020
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andywingrave
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Hello! I am trying to build a solution at the moment that requires the search of a filename in Google drive.

The filename will be a duplicate filename and will exist in many places across the Drive e.g.

Customers > March > “Filename.txt”
Root > Invoices > “Filename.txt”
Customers > June > “Filename.txt

I know I could do a bunch of tests to work this out, but I wondered - Does anyone know, off-hand which it will pick and what this is based on (e.g. Folder/File structure, Last created, Last updated etc)

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Alright fine. I tested it, and thought I’d share my findings. After an hour of trying everything I can categorically say that it will pull in the file that was last updated.

Which works for my use case, so I’m happy

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Forum|Forum|5 years ago
May 29, 2020

Alright fine. I tested it, and thought I’d share my findings. After an hour of trying everything I can categorically say that it will pull in the file that was last updated.

Which works for my use case, so I’m happy