Retrieve SharePoint groups (owner, members, visitors) from MSGraph API

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Retrieve SharePoint groups (owner, members, visitors) from MSGraph API

Narinder Paul 51

Hi,
In a SharePoint site, we have site members that we can fetch directly from Graph Api.
SharePoint has other groups of users that are listed in Settings > Site Permissions. In that we have list of Owners, Members, Visitors). Is there any way we can fetch these groups using graph Api.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1193879/retrive-sharepoint-sites-group-member-via-graph-ap A similar question was raised and answered. But it is not updated Mar 28, 2023.

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Hi Narinder

To get the SharePoint site group name using Microsoft Graph API, you can try it from Ms Graph Explorer and later try to use call the MS Rest API from apps.

Please note that by default, MS Graph API has not exposed such endpoints to access SharePoint site groups. However, you can consider using the alternative method of accessing the hidden list “User Information List” that stores users (including groups) information. You can get the group name through this list. The endpoint is: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{siteid}/lists/User Information List/items?expand=fields You may filter further or iterate based on the object content-type "SharepointGroup'

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Santosh Hegde 0 Reputation points

2025-04-07T06:20:50.9166667+00:00

Hello @Diah.Karim-MSFT
Using this API, I could get the users and groups of site.
How to list the members of the group?. Can't use sharepoint API to get the members detail.

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RaytheonXie_MSFT 40,476 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Narinder Paul, After searching the document of graph api, there is no dedicated endpoint in Microsoft Graph to get SharePoint Group permissions or their members currently. If you want to get the list of all users & groups in SharePoint site, you can query "User Information List" like:

https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{siteid}/lists/User Information List/items?expand=fields

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RaytheonXie_MSFT 40,476 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-02-01T08:01:10.0366667+00:00

Hi @Narinder Paul, Would you tell me whether your issue has been resolved or have any update? If you have any questions or progress, you can contact me in time.
Narinder Paul 51 Reputation points

2024-02-02T05:27:10.7166667+00:00

Hi,
Sorry for the late response
we have tried this approach, but there is no proper way to filter members that are present in SharePoint site group as there is no field that shows the relation of user with the group and we are also getting the information of members that are not in the SharePoint site groups. We are also getting information related to the sharing link and might be the information of users with which a drive item from the site must have been shared.
Here, by Sharepoint site group, i mean the members, owners, visitor groups the are present in the Site permissions.

Thank you.
Narinder Paul 51 Reputation points

2024-02-02T05:29:39.9266667+00:00

Also, if possible please explain the oder of the data that we get in 'User Information List' and is it in a certain order and how does the order changes if it does.
Marta Kubinska 10 Reputation points

2024-05-27T08:34:13.53+00:00

Hi,

I have exactly same problem to get the members, owners and editors and not all users from the site. Can you please consider to add this as a new endpoint for SPO sites to the graph API?

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