diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/FolderContainer.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/FolderContainer.java
index 1019c00..6f7b653 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/FolderContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/FolderContainer.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class FolderContainer extends ItemContainer<FolderItem>{
 	}
 	
 	public ListResolver list() {
-		return new ListResolver(itemclient,  itemId);
+		return new ListResolver(excludes -> itemclient.getChildren(itemId, excludes), itemclient);
 	}
 	
 	public FileContainer uploadFile(InputStream stream, String filename, String description) {
@@ -40,4 +40,9 @@ public class FolderContainer extends ItemContainer<FolderItem>{
 		return itemclient.getACL(this.itemId);
 	}
 	
+	public ListResolver findByName(String namePattern) {
+		return new ListResolver(excludes -> itemclient.findChildrenByNamePattern(itemId, namePattern , excludes), itemclient);
+	}
+	
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/ListResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/ListResolver.java
index e2ac214..b3aba50 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/ListResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/ListResolver.java
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.Item;
 
 public class ListResolver {
 
-	private ItemManagerClient itemClient;
-	private String itemId;
-
+	ListRetriever retriever;
+	ItemManagerClient itemClient;
+	
+	
 	Set<String> excludes = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(NodeConstants.ACCOUNTING_NAME, NodeConstants.CONTENT_NAME, NodeConstants.METADATA_NAME));
 	
-	protected ListResolver(ItemManagerClient itemclient, String itemId) {
-		this.itemClient = itemclient;
-		this.itemId = itemId;
+	protected ListResolver(ListRetriever retriever, ItemManagerClient itemClient) {
+		this.retriever = retriever;
+		this.itemClient = itemClient;
 	}
 	
 	public ListResolver withAccounting(){
@@ -38,11 +39,11 @@ public class ListResolver {
 	}
 	
 	public List<? extends Item> getItems(){
-		return itemClient.getChildren(itemId, excludes.toArray(new String[excludes.size()]));
+		return retriever.getList(excludes.toArray(new String[excludes.size()]));
 	}
 	
 	public List<ItemContainer<? extends Item>> getContainers(){
-		List<? extends Item> items = itemClient.getChildren(itemId, excludes.toArray(new String[excludes.size()]));
+		List<? extends Item> items = getItems();
 		List<ItemContainer<? extends Item>> toReturn = items.stream().map(i -> Util.getContainerFromItem(i, itemClient)).collect(Collectors.toList());
 		return toReturn;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/ListRetriever.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/ListRetriever.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8ff5f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/dsl/ListRetriever.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.dsl;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.Item;
+
+public interface ListRetriever {
+
+	List<? extends Item> getList(String ... excludes);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/DefaultItemManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/DefaultItemManager.java
index cb5ea2d..b9d6c86 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/DefaultItemManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/DefaultItemManager.java
@@ -142,6 +142,27 @@ public class DefaultItemManager implements ItemManagerClient {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public List<? extends Item> findChildrenByNamePattern(String id, String name, String... excludeNodes) {
+		Call<WebTarget, ItemList> call = new Call<WebTarget, ItemList>() {
+			@Override
+			public ItemList call(WebTarget manager) throws Exception {
+				WebTarget myManager = manager.path(id).path("items").path(name);
+				if (excludeNodes !=null && excludeNodes.length>0)
+					myManager =  myManager.queryParam("exclude",excludeNodes);
+				Invocation.Builder builder = myManager.request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+				ItemList response = builder.get(ItemList.class);
+				return response;
+			}
+		};
+		try {
+			ItemList result = delegate.make(call);
+			return result.getItemlist();
+		}catch(Exception e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+	}
+	
 
 	@Override
 	public Integer childrenCount(String id) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/ItemManagerClient.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/ItemManagerClient.java
index f7d27f5..b212d3d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/ItemManagerClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/storagehub/client/proxies/ItemManagerClient.java
@@ -35,5 +35,7 @@ public interface ItemManagerClient {
 	void delete(String id);
 
 	URL getPublickLink(String id);
+
+	List<? extends Item> findChildrenByNamePattern(String id, String name, String[] excludeNodes);
 	
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/data/access/fs/Items.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/data/access/fs/Items.java
index e64a247..f349120 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/data/access/fs/Items.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/data/access/fs/Items.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class Items {
 		
 		String afi = null;
 		try (InputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File("/home/lucio/Downloads/rockandroll.jpeg"))){
-			shc.getWSRoot().uploadFile(is, "tes-image.jpeg", "descr");
+			shc.getWSRoot().uploadFile(is, "test2-image.jpeg", "descr");
 			
 			System.out.println(afi);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ public class Items {
 		System.out.println(shc.open("c2573eec-3942-47ec-94a7-04869e97bb69").asFile().getPublicLink());
 	}
 	
+	@Test
+	public void findByName() throws Exception{
+		StorageHubClient shc = new StorageHubClient();
+		List<? extends Item> containers = shc.getWSRoot().findByName("DataMiner").getItems();
+		for (Item container :  containers) {
+			System.out.println("name is :"+container.getName());
+		}
+	}
+	
 	@Test
 	public void downloadFile() {
 		StorageHubClient shc = new StorageHubClient();