Graph API - Sharepoint PATCH item with parentReference not working

Question

The following request used to work. Now it still responds with success message, but it only updates the name, but the update of the parentReference gets ignored and so the driveItem is not moved to the target folder (target and source are in the same drive).

Could you please help understand why this request suddenly stopped working?

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/b!LC62G3CE0EiQRNFP5dfUEUouuZ5OmV5Iiuq4mF9cdQqTepxB3FfEQYL-j-Ux9iB-/items/01LYPJAACG2BF3LAFBNZCYVU5463LSPZIV

REQUEST

{

"parentReference": {

    "id": "01LYPJAACWEBJLEIHOWJALYQXCRAHLURKO"

},

"name": "TEST456"

}

RESPONSE

{

"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#drives('b%21LC62G3CE0EiQRNFP5dfUEUouuZ5OmV5Iiuq4mF9cdQqTepxB3FfEQYL-j-Ux9iB-')/items/$entity",

"createdDateTime": "2024-07-24T15:27:03Z",

"eTag": "\"{B54BD046-A180-456E-8AD3-BCF6D727E515},7\"",

"id": "01LYPJAACG2BF3LAFBNZCYVU5463LSPZIV",

"lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-07-24T16:01:07Z",

"name": "TEST456",

"webUrl": "redacted",

"cTag": "\"c:{B54BD046-A180-456E-8AD3-BCF6D727E515},0\"",

"size": 0,

"createdBy": {

    "application": {

        "id": "redacted",

        "displayName": "redacted"

    },

    "user": {

        "email": "redacted",

        "id": "redacted",

        "displayName": "redacted"

    }

},

"lastModifiedBy": {

    "application": {

        "id": "redacted",

        "displayName": "redacted"

    },

    "user": {

        "email": "redacted",

        "id": "redacted",

        "displayName": "redacted"

    }

},

"parentReference": {

    "driveType": "documentLibrary",

    "driveId": "b!LC62G3CE0EiQRNFP5dfUEUouuZ5OmV5Iiuq4mF9cdQqTepxB3FfEQYL-j-Ux9iB-",

    "id": "01LYPJAAAQH3DGY5UTKRBYKM737YHR65VJ",

    "name": "To be done",

    "path": "redacted",

    "siteId": "redacted"

},

"fileSystemInfo": {

    "createdDateTime": "2024-07-24T15:27:03Z",

    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-07-24T16:01:07Z"

},

"folder": {

    "childCount": 0

},

"shared": {

    "scope": "users"

}

}

Answer 1

Hello @Shadi Rashed,

Thank you for reaching Microsoft!

I attempted the PATCH request for drive/{drive-id}/items/{item-id} and was successful in moving the file. Refer to the screenshots provided below:

The screenshot below displays the parent reference ID of the CIPost.docx document before using move file Graph API.

The screenshot below indicates that the document has been renamed and transferred to a different folder using Graph API.

I suggest you recheck the id and also If a file with the same name already exists in the target directory, you might need to handle conflicts by setting the conflictBehavior parameter to replace or rename.

Documentation reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-move?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http

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