How Can I Share a Folder with external users using the Go GraphAPI SDK

Question

I need to share folders on SharePoint using the Go SDK. How could I achieve this, as the users should also include externals / guests only referenced by Email addresses.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi @Sidi_244

You can send a sharing invitation to external users, which will send an email containing a sharing link to the target users. After that, users will be able to click the sharing link to access the shared folder.

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphdrives "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/drives"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)
requestBody := graphdrives.NewInvitePostRequestBody()
driveRecipient := graphmodels.NewDriveRecipient()
email := "******@contoso.com"
driveRecipient.SetEmail(&email) 
recipients := []graphmodels.DriveRecipientable {
	driveRecipient,
}
requestBody.SetRecipients(recipients)
message := "Here's the file that we're collaborating on."
requestBody.SetMessage(&message) 
requireSignIn := true
requestBody.SetRequireSignIn(&requireSignIn) 
sendInvitation := true
requestBody.SetSendInvitation(&sendInvitation) 
roles := []string {
	"read",
}
requestBody.SetRoles(roles)
password := "password123"
requestBody.SetPassword(&password) 
expirationDateTime := "2025-07-15T14:00:00.000Z"
requestBody.SetExpirationDateTime(&expirationDateTime) 
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
invite, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Invite().PostAsInvitePostResponse(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Hope this helps.

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