Getting an error when trying to create a new excel workbook.

Question

I am trying to use the Graph API to create a new Excel workbook. I keep finding this way to do it everywhere on the internet. But I keep getting this error.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/root/children
{
  "file": {},
  "name": "test.xlsx",
  "@microsoft.graph.conflictBehavior": "rename",
}

But I keep getting this error.

{
    code: 'invalidRequest',
    message: 'Cannot create a file without content',
    innerError: {
      date: '2024-05-13T18:21:41',
      'request-id': 'f0c4bd63-3242-4988-8fe5-79ab181f7046',
      'client-request-id': 'f0c4bd63-3242-4988-8fe5-79ab181f7046'
    }
}

How is the API call supposed to work?

Answer 1

Hi @Jalen Parham

The same API call works fine for me. Have you tested it in Postman?

Hope this helps.

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Answer 2

Hello @Jalen Parham ,

Using Graph Explorer, I am able to use the same Graph API call. I have noticed in the request body you have provided there is a comma (,) in the third line after the rename. Please remove that and run the query.

Hope this helps.

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