How to use query_template in python SDK?

[readapttm]

Hi all.

I've been using the search endpoint in the python SDK and getting the expected results when setting the query_string. However I would like to limit the results to include only files from a single folder. This works in the graph explorer by setting the queryTemplate searchTerms path parameter (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/graph-explorer), which helpfully provides the below code snippet to use in python.

However, with the python SDK, results are returned from every folder, not that specified in the query_template path (I have also tried the documentLink parameter with /* at the end of the path as suggested in the docs). Even if I put CreatedBy:Bob in the query_template, which should return no results, I get the same response as having not set the query_template at all. Is there anything else I need to do for the query_template to be respected?

In the QueryPostResponse object, I can see search_terms=['query string'] returned as expected (at the end of the object), but result_templates=None - should this contain the query_template?

Other information:

• I am using application credentials with Files.Read.All permissions in my registered app.
• msgraph-sdk version 1.5.2.
• I have set scopes = ['https://graph.microsoft.com/.default']
• credentials are based on clientId, tennantId and clientSecret and appear to be working fine as I get (too many) results
• The files I am searching for are all .docx format

Many thanks for your help!

Code snippet from graph explorer (with site masked):

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.search.query.query_post_request_body import QueryPostRequestBody
from msgraph.generated.models.search_request import SearchRequest
from msgraph.generated.models.entity_type import EntityType
from msgraph.generated.models.search_query import SearchQuery

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = QueryPostRequestBody(
requests = [
SearchRequest(
entity_types = [
EntityType.DriveItem,
],
query = SearchQuery(
query_string = "query string xyz",
query_template = "{searchTerms} path:https://site/personal/xxxx/Documents/xxx/xxx/",
),
),
],
)

result = await graph_client.search.query.post(request_body)

[readapttm]

In case this is useful to anyone, I've found that the query_template is recognised when using delegated permissions, but not with application permissions.