.graph api how to.md

Microsoft Grpah API - how to work with it

Replace myorg below with your organization name

Getting to know it

hostname

There is a hostname for each tenant e.g. That can be accessed using:

https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/root

// or using the hostname
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/myorg.sharepoint.com

sites

That host has sites

// Get a list of sites
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/root/sites // IMPO: not all sites are shown in the result in the graph explorer

// Access the site
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/root:/sites/dataanalytics

// or using hostname
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/myorg.sharepoint.com:/sites/dataanalytics

drives

A site has drives

// List all drives of the site
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/root:/sites/dataanalytics:/drives

//Getting items of a drive
// NOTE: should get the driveId from above and then use drives api
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/${driveId}/root:/${itemPath}:/

lists

A site has lists

// List all lists of a site
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/root:/sites/dataanalytics:/lists
// NOTE: For each lists, there is a type called "list.template". This could be any of the:
//       documentLibrary | genericList | survey | links | announcements | contacts | events ...
//      You like me are probably most interested in genericList

// Enumerate a particular list
// NOTE: should get the listId from above and then proceed
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/root:/sites/dataanalytics:/lists/7e0c59c4-8810-4975-834e-c055ba9431a8/items?expand=fields

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based on the site id:

site id can be obtained by either

1. html source of the webpage. Prepend like this: ,
2. or https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites?search=

1. https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/myorg.sharepoint.com,93273f75-7df0-4a00-bfc8-4e9a30e789ea,e2d410cd-c311-4c56-b985-c9e0867cd88a
2. https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/myorg.sharepoint.com,93273f75-7df0-4a00-bfc8-4e9a30e789ea,e2d410cd-c311-4c56-b985-c9e0867cd88a/drives/
3. https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/myorg.sharepoint.com,93273f75-7df0-4a00-bfc8-4e9a30e789ea,e2d410cd-c311-4c56-b985-c9e0867cd88a/drive/root
4. https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/myorg.sharepoint.com,93273f75-7df0-4a00-bfc8-4e9a30e789ea,e2d410cd-c311-4c56-b985-c9e0867cd88a/drive/root/children
5. https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/myorg.sharepoint.com,93273f75-7df0-4a00-bfc8-4e9a30e789ea,e2d410cd-c311-4c56-b985-c9e0867cd88a/drive/root:/EMIM%20Decom:/children
6. https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/myorg.sharepoint.com,93273f75-7df0-4a00-bfc8-4e9a30e789ea,e2d410cd-c311-4c56-b985-c9e0867cd88a/drive/root:/EMIM%20Decom/EMIM%20Use%20cases_Options_Impacts%20v0.3.pptx:/content

based on group id:

group id can be obtain from the html source code. search for "groupId"

1. https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/01c580b6-96b5-49b8-adae-ae6a33011a1b/sites/root
2. https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/01c580b6-96b5-49b8-adae-ae6a33011a1b/drives
3. https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/01c580b6-96b5-49b8-adae-ae6a33011a1b/drive/root
4. https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/01c580b6-96b5-49b8-adae-ae6a33011a1b/drive/root/children
5. https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/01c580b6-96b5-49b8-adae-ae6a33011a1b/drive/root:/EMIM%20Decom:/children

for non root drives:

use

/drives/${driveId}/root:/${itemPath}:/content