Using Graph API to post messages and media in Teams

Question

Hello.

After looking into the Graph API for a bit, a few questions have arised for me, and I would appreciate if someone could help me out with it :D

So since webhooks are being deprecated soon-ish, we would somehow need to replace a feature that publishes Teams messages into channels, that include limited text and image contents. (3 lines of text and 2 ~720p images)

• Would it be possible to substitute this using the Graph API?
• What does the pricing for Graph API look like in a scenario, is it per 1k requests?
• Is it possible to use the Graph API to also write/send images and text to users direct messages, rather than in channels?

If anything is unclear, please feel free to further ask me for details, and big, big thanks in advance! :)

Answer 1

Hi @Marco Streitner

1. You can use the Graph Api to send messages in teams, see the documentation for details.
2. Sending messages using the Graph Api is free, but requires an MS365 License. If you don't have a License, you need to try purchasing or free trial MS 365 license for your tenant, then go to Azure AD and grant that license to the logged in user.
3. Yes, you can use Graph API to send messages directly. For details, please refer to the case in the document.

Hope this helps.

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