Explicitly sharing files externally

Question

Requirement: Let user A (in tenant/org Y) share a file with user B (in tenant/org Z) and allow user B to access or copy this file to their storage programmatically.

Can this be achieved? I have tried the following -
"/copy" endpoint with either user's authentication results in 404 error - The resource could not be found.

"/invite" endpoint with user A's authentication, then "/sharedWithMe?external=true" with user B's authentication - does not list the shared file.

Answer

Hi @SCT-Akouodev ,

By default, sharedWithMe return items shared within your own tenant. To include items shared from external tenants, append ?allowexternal=true to the GET request.

Looking at your question you seem to use wrong parameter in your API call /sharedWithMe?external=true, please find the correct parameter /sharedWithMe?allowexternal=true.

Also, make sure in the request payload of /invite API, use "requireSignIn": true so the file appears in OneDrive shared files.

POST /drive/items/{itemId}/invite  
{  
    "requireSignIn": true,  
    "sendInvitation": true,  
    "roles": [ "read" ],  
    "recipients": [  
        {  
            "email": "string"  
        }  
    ],  
    "message": "string"  
}

For more information please refer these documentations.
driveitem-invite
drive-sharedwithme

Hope this helps you.
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