Microsoft Graph api for onedrive upload file uploads file metadata by default

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Microsoft Graph api for onedrive upload file uploads file metadata by default

Sachin Kumar 1

Hi

I need to upload only contents of the file without metadata. Tried different ways of calling the api it always puts the metadata ( headers - Content-Type: application/json Content-Disposition and file name ) are getting added as part of the file.

api is - /me/drive/root:/FolderA/FileB.txt:/content

pnv.cdt 0

please use content-type: application/octet-stream
example ruby:

url = URI.parse(URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.escape("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/items/#{parent_id}:/#{file_name}:/content"))

https.use_ssl = true
request.body = File.binread(file_path)
request['Authorization'] = "Bearer #{@access_token}"
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/octet-stream'
https.request(request)

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pnv.cdt 0 Reputation points

2023-11-03T04:55:43.9266667+00:00

please use content-type: application/octet-stream
example ruby:

url = URI.parse(URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.escape("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/items/#{parent_id}:/#{file_name}:/content")) https.use_ssl = true request.body = File.binread(file_path) request['Authorization'] = "Bearer #{@access_token}" request['Content-Type'] = 'application/octet-stream' https.request(request)

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CarlZhao-MSFT 46,371

I tried to call the api to upload the text, but it did not upload the metadata to the file content. I tested it locally and there should be no problem. Can you tell me your operation process? This is my test result:

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Update:

It has been confirmed that this is by design. When you upload a file in onedrive/sharepoint it adds the metadata - by default.

Answer 2

Sachin Kumar 1

This UI works fine as we put the contents of the file in the request body. In our case we are trying to upload a file from postman and we provide Multipart/forma-data as content-type and upload the file directly then it adds the metadata along with content to the uploaded file.

CarlZhao-MSFT 46,371 Reputation points

2021-09-20T08:48:00.827+00:00

It has been confirmed that this is by design.
CarlZhao-MSFT 46,371 Reputation points

2021-09-20T09:08:11.123+00:00

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