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Create permission on a driveItem

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Create a new permission object on a driveItem.

Important

This API has the following restrictions:

  • For OneDrive for work or school and SharePoint Online, you can only use this method to create a new application permission. If you want to create a new user permission in a driveItem, see invite. For more information on application permissions, see Overview of Selected permissions in OneDrive and SharePoint.
  • For SharePoint Embedded, you can only use this method to create a new sharePointGroup permission with app-only access. You can't create a permission on the root item of a container.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet
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Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Files.ReadWrite Files.ReadWrite.All, Files.SelectedOperations.Selected, Sites.ReadWrite.All, Sites.FullControl.All, Sites.Manage.All, Sites.Selected, Lists.SelectedOperations.Selected, ListItems.SelectedOperations.Selected
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Files.ReadWrite Files.ReadWrite.All
Application Files.ReadWrite.All Sites.FullControl.All, Sites.Manage.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All, Sites.Selected, Files.SelectedOperations.Selected, Lists.SelectedOperations.Selected, ListItems.SelectedOperations.Selected

Note

SharePoint Embedded requires the FileStorageContainer.Selected permission to access the content of the container. This permission is different from the ones mentioned previously. In addition to Microsoft Graph permissions, your app must have the necessary container type permissions to call this API. For more information, see SharePoint Embedded authentication and authorization.

HTTP request

POST /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/permissions
POST /groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/permissions
POST /me/drive/items/{item-id}/permissions
POST /sites/{siteId}/drive/items/{itemId}/permissions
POST /users/{userId}/drive/items/{itemId}/permissions

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the permission object.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a permission object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Add an application permission to a driveItem in OneDrive or SharePoint Online

The following example shows how to add a write permission for the Contoso Time Manager App application on a driveItem identified by 1 in a drive identified by b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop.

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/drives/b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop/items/1/permissions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "grantedToIdentitiesV2": {
    "application": {
      "id": "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e",
      "displayName": "Contoso Time Manager App"
    }
  },
  "roles": ["write"]
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id": "1",
  "@deprecated.GrantedToIdentities": "GrantedToIdentities has been deprecated. Refer to GrantedToIdentitiesV2",
  "roles": [
    "write"
  ],
  "grantedToIdentities": [
    {
      "application": {
        "id": "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e",
        "displayName": "Contoso Time Manager App"
      }
    }
  ],
  "grantedToIdentitiesV2": [
    {
      "application": {
        "id": "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e",
        "displayName": "Contoso Time Manager App"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: Add a SharePoint group permission to a driveItem in a SharePoint Embedded container

The following example shows how to add a write permission for the Internal Collaborators sharePointGroup on a driveItem identified by 1 in a SharePoint Embedded fileStorageContainer identified by b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop.

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/drives/b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop/items/1/permissions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "grantedToIdentitiesV2": {
    "siteGroup": {
      "id": "10",
      "displayName": "Internal Collaborators"
    }
  },
  "roles": ["write"]
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id": "1",
  "@deprecated.GrantedToIdentities": "GrantedToIdentities has been deprecated. Refer to GrantedToIdentitiesV2",
  "roles": [
    "write"
  ],
  "grantedToIdentities": [
    {
      "siteGroup": {
        "id": "10",
        "displayName": "Internal Collaborators"
      }
    }
  ],
  "grantedToIdentitiesV2": [
    {
      "siteGroup": {
        "id": "10",
        "displayName": "Internal Collaborators"
      }
    }
  ]
}