The Microsoft Graph SDKs provide three classes to work with batch requests and responses.
The Microsoft Graph SDK automatically handles batching requests with respect to the limit of 20 requests per batch. This means that if your code exceeds this limit, the SDK splits the requests into separate batches behind the scenes. This ensures that each batch complies with the limitation. You no longer need to manually implement logic to handle this batching limit, which makes your code cleaner and easier to manage.
This example shows how to send multiple requests in a batch that are not dependent on each other. The service can run the requests in any order. This example gets the user and gets the user's calendar view for the current day.
var userRequest = graphClient.Me.ToGetRequestInformation();
var today = DateTime.Now.Date;
var eventsRequest = graphClient.Me.CalendarView
.ToGetRequestInformation(requestConfiguration =>
{
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.StartDateTime =
today.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssK");
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.EndDateTime =
today.AddDays(1).ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssK");
});
var batchRequestContent = new BatchRequestContentCollection(graphClient);
var userRequestId = await batchRequestContent
.AddBatchRequestStepAsync(userRequest);
var eventsRequestId = await batchRequestContent
.AddBatchRequestStepAsync(eventsRequest);
var returnedResponse = await graphClient.Batch.PostAsync(batchRequestContent);
try
{
var user = await returnedResponse
.GetResponseByIdAsync<User>(userRequestId);
Console.WriteLine($"Hello {user.DisplayName}!");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Get user failed: {ex.Message}");
}
try
{
var events = await returnedResponse
.GetResponseByIdAsync<EventCollectionResponse>(eventsRequestId);
Console.WriteLine(
$"You have {events.Value?.Count} events on your calendar today.");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Get calendar view failed: {ex.Message}");
}
meRequest, err := graphClient.Me().
ToGetRequestInformation(context.Background(), nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error creating GET /me request: %v\n", err)
}
now := time.Now()
nowMidnight := time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(),
0, 0, 0, 0, time.Local)
viewStart := nowMidnight.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
viewEnd := nowMidnight.AddDate(0, 0, 1).UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
query := users.ItemCalendarViewRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
StartDateTime: &viewStart,
EndDateTime: &viewEnd,
Select: []string{"subject", "id"},
}
eventsRequest, err := graphClient.Me().
CalendarView().
ToGetRequestInformation(context.Background(),
&users.ItemCalendarViewRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
QueryParameters: &query,
})
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error creating GET /me/calendarView request: %v\n", err)
}
batch := graphcore.NewBatchRequest(graphClient.GetAdapter())
meRequestItem, err := batch.AddBatchRequestStep(*meRequest)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error adding GET /me request to batch: %v\n", err)
}
eventsRequestItem, err := batch.AddBatchRequestStep(*eventsRequest)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error adding GET /me/calendarView request to batch: %v\n", err)
}
batchResponse, err := batch.Send(context.Background(), graphClient.GetAdapter())
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error sending batch: %v\n", err)
}
user, err := graphcore.GetBatchResponseById[models.Userable](
batchResponse, *meRequestItem.GetId(), models.CreateUserFromDiscriminatorValue)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error reading GET /me response: %v\n", err)
}
fmt.Printf("Hello %s\n", *(user.GetDisplayName()))
events, err := graphcore.GetBatchResponseById[models.EventCollectionResponseable](
batchResponse, *eventsRequestItem.GetId(),
models.CreateEventCollectionResponseFromDiscriminatorValue)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error reading GET /me/calendarView response: %v\n", err)
}
fmt.Printf("You have %d events on your calendar today\n", len(events.GetValue()))
final BatchRequestContent batchRequestContent = new BatchRequestContent(
graphClient);
final RequestInformation meRequestInformation = graphClient.me()
.toGetRequestInformation();
final ZoneOffset localTimeZone = OffsetDateTime.now().getOffset();
final OffsetDateTime today = OffsetDateTime.of(LocalDate.now(),
LocalTime.MIDNIGHT, localTimeZone);
final OffsetDateTime tomorrow = today.plusDays(1);
RequestInformation calenderViewRequestInformation = graphClient.me()
.calendarView().toGetRequestInformation(requestConfiguration -> {
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.startDateTime = today.toString();
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.endDateTime = tomorrow.toString();
});
final String meRequestId = batchRequestContent
.addBatchRequestStep(meRequestInformation);
final String calendarViewRequestStepId = batchRequestContent
.addBatchRequestStep(calenderViewRequestInformation);
final BatchResponseContent batchResponseContent = Objects.requireNonNull(
graphClient.getBatchRequestBuilder().post(batchRequestContent, null));
final User me = batchResponseContent.getResponseById(meRequestId,
User::createFromDiscriminatorValue);
System.out.println(String.format("Hello %s!", me.getDisplayName()));
final EventCollectionResponse eventsResponse = Objects.requireNonNull(
batchResponseContent.getResponseById(calendarViewRequestStepId,
EventCollectionResponse::createFromDiscriminatorValue));
System.out.println(String.format("You have %d events on your calendar today",
Objects.requireNonNull(eventsResponse.getValue()).size()));
$userRequest = $graphClient->me()->toGetRequestInformation();
$timeZone = new \DateTimeZone('America/New_York');
$today = new \DateTimeImmutable('today midnight', $timeZone);
$tomorrow = new \DateTimeImmutable('tomorrow midnight', $timeZone);
$query = new CalendarViewRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
startDateTime: $today->format(\DateTime::ATOM),
endDateTime: $tomorrow->format(\DateTime::ATOM));
$config = new CalendarViewRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration(queryParameters: $query);
$eventsRequest = $graphClient->me()->calendarView()->toGetRequestInformation($config);
$userRequestItem = new BatchRequestItem($userRequest);
$eventsRequestItem = new BatchRequestItem($eventsRequest);
$batchRequestContent = new BatchRequestContent([$userRequestItem, $eventsRequestItem]);
$batchRequestBuilder = new BatchRequestBuilder($graphClient->getRequestAdapter());
$batchResponse = $batchRequestBuilder->postAsync($batchRequestContent)->wait();
$user = $batchResponse->getResponseBody($userRequestItem->getId(), Models\User::class);
print('Hello '.$user->getDisplayName().'!'.PHP_EOL);
$events = $batchResponse->getResponseBody($eventsRequestItem->getId(), Models\EventCollectionResponse::class);
print('You have '.count($events->getValue()).' events on your calendar today'.PHP_EOL);
const userRequestStep: BatchRequestStep = {
id: '1',
request: new Request('https://graph.microsoft.com/me', {
method: 'GET',
}),
};
const start = startOfToday().toISOString();
const end = endOfToday().toISOString();
const calendarViewRequestStep: BatchRequestStep = {
id: '2',
request: new Request(
`https://graph.microsoft.com/me/calendarView?startDateTime=${start}&endDateTime=${end}`,
{
method: 'GET',
},
),
};
const batchRequestContent = new BatchRequestContent([
userRequestStep,
calendarViewRequestStep,
]);
const content = await batchRequestContent.getContent();
const batchResponse = await graphClient.api('/$batch').post(content);
const batchResponseContent = new BatchResponseContent(batchResponse);
const userResponse = batchResponseContent.getResponseById('1');
if (userResponse.ok) {
const user: User = (await userResponse.json()) as User;
console.log(`Hello ${user.displayName}!`);
} else {
console.log(`Get user failed with status ${userResponse.status}`);
}
const calendarResponse = batchResponseContent.getResponseById('2');
if (calendarResponse.ok) {
const rawResponse = (await calendarResponse.json()) as PageCollection;
const events: Event[] = rawResponse.value;
console.log(`You have ${events.length} events on your calendar today.`);
} else {
console.log(
`Get calendar view failed with status ${calendarResponse.status}`,
);
}
This example shows how to send multiple requests in a batch that are dependent on each other. The service runs the request in the order specified by the dependencies. This example adds an event with a start time during the current day to the user's calendar and gets the user's calendar view for the current day. To make sure that the calendar review returned includes the new event created, the request for the calendar view is configured as dependent on the request to add the new event. This ensures that the add event request runs first.
var today = DateTime.Now.Date;
var newEvent = new Event
{
Subject = "File end-of-day report",
Start = new DateTimeTimeZone
{
DateTime = today.AddHours(17)
.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss"),
TimeZone = TimeZoneInfo.Local.StandardName,
},
End = new DateTimeTimeZone
{
DateTime = today.AddHours(17).AddMinutes(30)
.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss"),
TimeZone = TimeZoneInfo.Local.StandardName,
},
};
var addEventRequest = graphClient.Me.Events
.ToPostRequestInformation(newEvent);
var calendarViewRequest = graphClient.Me.CalendarView.ToGetRequestInformation(
requestConfiguration =>
{
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.StartDateTime =
today.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssK");
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.EndDateTime =
today.AddDays(1).ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssK");
});
var batchRequestContent = new BatchRequestContentCollection(graphClient);
var addEventRequestId = await batchRequestContent
.AddBatchRequestStepAsync(addEventRequest);
var eventsRequestId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
var eventsRequestMessage = await graphClient.RequestAdapter
.ConvertToNativeRequestAsync<HttpRequestMessage>(calendarViewRequest);
batchRequestContent.AddBatchRequestStep(new BatchRequestStep(
eventsRequestId,
eventsRequestMessage,
[addEventRequestId]));
var returnedResponse = await graphClient.Batch.PostAsync(batchRequestContent);
try
{
var createdEvent = await returnedResponse
.GetResponseByIdAsync<Event>(addEventRequestId);
Console.WriteLine($"New event created with ID: {createdEvent.Id}");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Add event failed: {ex.Message}");
}
try
{
var events = await returnedResponse
.GetResponseByIdAsync<EventCollectionResponse>(eventsRequestId);
Console.WriteLine(
$"You have {events.Value?.Count} events on your calendar today.");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Get calendar view failed: {ex.Message}");
}
now := time.Now()
nowMidnight := time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(),
0, 0, 0, 0, time.Local)
timeZone, _ := tzlocal.RuntimeTZ()
startDateTime := nowMidnight.Add(time.Hour * 17)
endDateTime := startDateTime.Add(time.Minute * 30)
graphDateTimeFormat := "2006-01-02T15:04:05"
newEvent := models.NewEvent()
subject := "File end-of-day report"
newEvent.SetSubject(&subject)
start := models.NewDateTimeTimeZone()
startString := startDateTime.Format(graphDateTimeFormat)
start.SetDateTime(&startString)
start.SetTimeZone(&timeZone)
newEvent.SetStart(start)
end := models.NewDateTimeTimeZone()
endString := endDateTime.Format(graphDateTimeFormat)
end.SetDateTime(&endString)
end.SetTimeZone(&timeZone)
newEvent.SetEnd(end)
addEventRequest, err := graphClient.Me().
Events().
ToPostRequestInformation(context.Background(), newEvent, nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error creating POST /me/events request: %v\n", err)
}
viewStart := nowMidnight.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
viewEnd := nowMidnight.AddDate(0, 0, 1).UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
query := users.ItemCalendarViewRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
StartDateTime: &viewStart,
EndDateTime: &viewEnd,
Select: []string{"subject", "id"},
}
eventsRequest, err := graphClient.Me().
CalendarView().
ToGetRequestInformation(context.Background(),
&users.ItemCalendarViewRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
QueryParameters: &query,
})
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error creating GET /me/calendarView request: %v\n", err)
}
batch := graphcore.NewBatchRequest(graphClient.GetAdapter())
addEventRequestItem, err := batch.AddBatchRequestStep(*addEventRequest)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error adding POST /me/events request to batch: %v\n", err)
}
eventsRequestItem, err := batch.AddBatchRequestStep(*eventsRequest)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error creating GET /me/calendarView request to batch: %v\n", err)
}
eventsRequestItem.DependsOnItem(addEventRequestItem)
batchResponse, err := batch.Send(context.Background(), graphClient.GetAdapter())
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error sending batch: %v\n", err)
}
event, err := graphcore.GetBatchResponseById[models.Eventable](
batchResponse, *addEventRequestItem.GetId(),
models.CreateEventFromDiscriminatorValue)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error reading POST /me/events response: %v\n", err)
}
fmt.Printf("New event created with ID: %s\n", *(event.GetId()))
events, err := graphcore.GetBatchResponseById[models.EventCollectionResponseable](
batchResponse, *eventsRequestItem.GetId(),
models.CreateEventCollectionResponseFromDiscriminatorValue)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Error reading GET /me/calendarView response: %v\n", err)
}
fmt.Printf("You have %d events on your calendar today\n", len(events.GetValue()))
final BatchRequestContent batchRequestContent = new BatchRequestContent(
graphClient);
final ZoneOffset localTimeZone = OffsetDateTime.now().getOffset();
final OffsetDateTime today = OffsetDateTime.of(LocalDate.now(),
LocalTime.MIDNIGHT, localTimeZone);
final OffsetDateTime tomorrow = today.plusDays(1);
final Event newEvent = new Event();
newEvent.setSubject("File end-of-day report");
final DateTimeTimeZone start = new DateTimeTimeZone();
start.setDateTime(
today.plusHours(17).format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME));
start.setTimeZone(ZoneOffset.systemDefault().getId());
newEvent.setStart(start);
final DateTimeTimeZone end = new DateTimeTimeZone();
end.setDateTime(today.plusHours(17).plusMinutes(30)
.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME));
end.setTimeZone(ZoneOffset.systemDefault().getId());
newEvent.setEnd(end);
RequestInformation postEventRequestInformation = graphClient.me().events()
.toPostRequestInformation(newEvent);
String postEventRequestId = batchRequestContent
.addBatchRequestStep(postEventRequestInformation);
final RequestInformation calendarViewRequestInformation = graphClient.me()
.calendarView().toGetRequestInformation(requestConfiguration -> {
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.startDateTime = today.toString();
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.endDateTime = tomorrow.toString();
});
final String calendarViewRequestId = batchRequestContent
.addBatchRequestStep(calendarViewRequestInformation);
batchRequestContent.getBatchRequestSteps().get(calendarViewRequestId)
.addDependsOnId(postEventRequestId);
final BatchResponseContent batchResponseContent = Objects.requireNonNull(
graphClient.getBatchRequestBuilder().post(batchRequestContent, null));
final Event postedEvent = batchResponseContent.getResponseById(postEventRequestId,
Event::createFromDiscriminatorValue);
System.out.println(String.format("New event created with ID: %s",
Objects.requireNonNull(postedEvent.getId())));
final EventCollectionResponse eventsResponse = Objects
.requireNonNull(batchResponseContent.getResponseById(calendarViewRequestId,
EventCollectionResponse::createFromDiscriminatorValue));
System.out.println(String.format("You have %d events on your calendar today",
Objects.requireNonNull(eventsResponse.getValue().size())));
$startTime = new \DateTimeImmutable('today 5PM');
$endTime = $startTime->add(new \DateInterval('PT30M'));
$newEvent = new Models\Event();
$newEvent->setSubject('File end-of-day report');
$start = new Models\DateTimeTimeZone();
$start->setDateTime($startTime->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s'));
$start->setTimeZone('Eastern Standard Time');
$newEvent->setStart($start);
$end = new Models\DateTimeTimeZone();
$end->setDateTime($endTime->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s'));
$end->setTimeZone('Eastern Standard Time');
$newEvent->setEnd($end);
$addEventRequest = $graphClient->me()->events()->toPostRequestInformation($newEvent);
$timeZone = new \DateTimeZone('America/New_York');
$today = new \DateTimeImmutable('today midnight', $timeZone);
$tomorrow = new \DateTimeImmutable('tomorrow midnight', $timeZone);
$query = new CalendarViewRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
startDateTime: $today->format(\DateTime::ATOM),
endDateTime: $tomorrow->format(\DateTime::ATOM));
$config = new CalendarViewRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration(queryParameters: $query);
$eventsRequest = $graphClient->me()->calendarView()->toGetRequestInformation($config);
$addEventRequestItem = new BatchRequestItem($addEventRequest);
$eventsRequestItem = new BatchRequestItem($eventsRequest, dependsOn: [$addEventRequestItem]);
$batchRequestContent = new BatchRequestContent([$addEventRequestItem, $eventsRequestItem]);
$batchRequestBuilder = new BatchRequestBuilder($graphClient->getRequestAdapter());
$batchResponse = $batchRequestBuilder->postAsync($batchRequestContent)->wait();
$createdEvent = $batchResponse->getResponseBody($addEventRequestItem->getId(), Models\Event::class);
print('New event created with ID: '.$createdEvent->getId().PHP_EOL);
$events = $batchResponse->getResponseBody($eventsRequestItem->getId(), Models\EventCollectionResponse::class);
print('You have '.count($events->getValue()).' events on your calendar today'.PHP_EOL);
const eventStart = setHours(startOfToday(), 17);
const eventEnd = setMinutes(eventStart, 30);
const newEvent: Event = {
subject: 'File end-of-day report',
start: {
dateTime: format(eventStart, `yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss`),
timeZone: 'Pacific Standard Time',
},
end: {
dateTime: format(eventEnd, `yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss`),
timeZone: 'Pacific Standard Time',
},
};
const addEventRequestStep: BatchRequestStep = {
id: '1',
request: new Request('https://graph.microsoft.com/me/events', {
method: 'POST',
body: JSON.stringify(newEvent),
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
}),
};
const start = startOfToday().toISOString();
const end = endOfToday().toISOString();
const calendarViewRequestStep: BatchRequestStep = {
id: '2',
dependsOn: ['1'],
request: new Request(
`https://graph.microsoft.com/me/calendarView?startDateTime=${start}&endDateTime=${end}`,
{
method: 'GET',
},
),
};
const batchRequestContent = new BatchRequestContent([
addEventRequestStep,
calendarViewRequestStep,
]);
const content = await batchRequestContent.getContent();
const batchResponse = await graphClient.api('/$batch').post(content);
const batchResponseContent = new BatchResponseContent(batchResponse);
const newEventResponse = batchResponseContent.getResponseById('1');
if (newEventResponse.ok) {
const event: Event = (await newEventResponse.json()) as Event;
console.log(`New event created with ID: ${event.id}`);
} else {
console.log(`Create event failed with status ${newEventResponse.status}`);
}
const calendarResponse = batchResponseContent.getResponseById('2');
if (calendarResponse.ok) {
const rawResponse = (await calendarResponse.json()) as PageCollection;
const events: Event[] = rawResponse.value;
console.log(`You have ${events.length} events on your calendar today.`);
} else {
console.log(
`Get calendar view failed with status ${calendarResponse.status}`,
);
}