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Open document from one-drive directly in office365 using microsoft graph api

Tomas Gil 11 Reputation points
2022-06-15T12:08:41.95+00:00

I'm using the graph API to access the documents in SharePoint. The response I'm getting looks like this:
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I want to let the user open this file (an excel file in this example) using excel desktop app. In other words, I want to resemble in my app the "Open in desktop app" functionality Excel for the web already provides:

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Is that possible?

Thanks in advance.

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  1. ShivaniRai-MSFT-7217 2,746 Reputation points
    2022-06-15T15:09:18.083+00:00

    Hi @Tomas Gil ,

    This functionality which you are looking for is not supported by Microsoft Graph. You can access the document using webUrl property present in the response.

    Hope this helps.
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  2. Zehui Yao_MSFT 5,876 Reputation points
    2022-06-20T08:56:53.807+00:00

    Hello @Tomas Gil , , currently the Graph API only supports calling data. To open it with a desktop application, the only thing I can think of is to use GET /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id} to get @microsoft.graph.downloadUrl Download the file and then open it with the desktop application, or you can submit a feature request idea using this support link, which will be monitored by Microsoft team and make the enhancements to Microsoft Graph APIs. I will also upvote for you. I hope it can help you.
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