Beginner API Requests For File link Generation

Question

Hi,

Apologies if this is a very simple question, I have just started using the graphAPI and I'm trying to read through the documentation for this. However, i think I am missing a few things that are stopping me from getting to where I want to be.

My end goal is to be able to call the API for specific files in my on drive and pull the sharing link from its response. In order to do this i need to get the correct authentification keys (?) in order to talk to the API in the first place

Any help that you guys can offer would be much appreciated !

Answer 1

Hi SimonT, not sure if your problem is solved, indeed using the Graph API requires a token with the correct permissions. This is an explanation from the official documentation:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth-v2-user?context=graph%2Fapi%2F1.0&view=graph-rest-1.0

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth-v2-service?view=graph-rest-1.0

If you have any difficulty getting a token, please feel free to leave a message below.

Best Wishes.

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Answer 2

Hi SimonT,

Thanks for reaching out!

To do operations like getting specific files on users OneDrive.

I suggest looking into the Graph API as follows:

Get information about the user's drive:

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive

Get the root folder of the drive:

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/root

To see the files that are in the folder:

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/root/children

To download a file by ID:

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/items/{item-id}/content

To share files from MS OneDrive to a user via MS graph API. And user can view user shared file directly through the link, you can create sharing Link for a DriveItem by consenting to the necessary permissions-Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All

Reference document: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-createlink?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http

Hope this helps.

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