Graph Onenote API returns "resource does not exist" for resource accessible through graph explorer

Zheng Lin 1 Microsoft Employee

I am using graph onenote API to download an onenote resource with the following uri:
'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/microsoft.sharepoint.com,d4a24c1a-adb9-4906-90bf-c9c0e8786872,9b832d0a-7386-401f-bea2-115fd5461cf4/onenote/resources/<resource id>
and got ServiceException of error:

"{\r\n \"error\": {\r\n \"code\": \"20102\",\r\n \"message\": \"The specified resource ID does not exist.\",\r\n \"innerError\": {\r\n \"date\": \"2021-01-15T23:26:19\",\r\n \"request-id\": \"49395dbd-d437-48e0-9ed9-a424a27e2765\",\r\n \"client-request-id\": \"49395dbd-d437-48e0-9ed9-a424a27e2765\"\r\n }\r\n }\r\n}"

However, if I copy and paste the same uri into the graph explorer, I was able to get the resource with 200. And I was able to download other resources inside the same onenote notebook as well.

Any idea what is the cause?

Thanks

Deva-MSFT 2,256 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-01-17T16:40:11.777+00:00
Can you repro the issue consistently with the API or one-time? If its one time issue, sounds like something might have went wrong during the given point of time.

Does your custom app and Graph explorer uses same AAD workflow?
Zheng Lin 1 Reputation point Microsoft Employee

2021-01-18T08:05:30.617+00:00

Yes, I can reproduce it consistently. The custom app uses delegate permission for graph client api usage, which is successful on fetching pages in general and most of the resources.
Deva-MSFT 2,256 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-01-18T08:08:20.923+00:00

The error is telling that the given resource (resource id) doesn't exists at the point of time when the API is called.
Zheng Lin 1 Reputation point Microsoft Employee

2021-01-18T22:09:37.947+00:00

Which is what I dont understand. I debugged into the program where the exception is thrown, paused it and went to graph explorer to verify that the same url returns 200. Then went back to re-post the same get request with the url and got the same exception.
Deva-MSFT 2,256 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-01-19T07:56:43.04+00:00

Definitely strange though. Just make sure you have enough permissions/roles for the user. Also validate the token using https://jwt.ms as well.
Zheng Lin 1 Reputation point Microsoft Employee

2021-01-19T08:32:31.89+00:00

The same program was able to access the notebook page and also download some other resources successfully. One reason I can think of is if this is resource type dependent, or if the client version has any issue. Did see an old article 2 years back mentioned similar case and the resolution was to explicitly define api version...
Any thing you can think of at all? any options I can try with?

1 answer

Deva-MSFT 2,256 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-01-23T13:30:52.273+00:00

Say, if the same call works in delegated permission(Graph explorer) and the same fails in custom application, you may need to validate the AAD flow or its token by checking its scopes/permissions and whether the API is designed to work in delegated/application or not. If you see any differences, do share here - good to help.
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