Graph API for Microsoft word

Question

Hi Support,

I have to read a MS Word template that has bookmarks for dynamic data. I need to update values in bookmarks using Graph API, please let me know if API is available to create/update MS word document.

Answer 1

Hi @niranjan singh

As of today, there is no Word API available under the Microsoft Graph

Only thing that can be done using Graph API is managing the drive item and its permissions, when the file is residing in SharePoint/OneDrive for Business.

However, what you can try is editing the word file using Interop assemblies.

Reference link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/vsto/office-primary-interop-assemblies?view=vs-2022

The steps can be as follows

• Download the file using Graph API https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-get-content?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http
• Edit the file using interop assemblies.
• Upload the edited file using Graph API (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-put-content?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http)
• For larges files(greater than 4MB in size) upload session can be created (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-createuploadsession?view=graph-rest-1.0)

Following link can be referred to update bookmarks in a word document

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/vsto/how-to-programmatically-update-bookmark-text?view=vs-2022&tabs=csharp

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