Getting SharePoint file content using Microsoft Garph API

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Getting SharePoint file content using Microsoft Garph API

vani baaz 26

Is there a way to get sharepoint file content using Microsoft graph api? I know that we can get the download url from the graph API. But I need to get the file content without downloading.

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Srinivasa Rao Darna 6,761 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @vani baaz ,

Using driveitem-get-content, you get the content of the file.

GET /sites/{siteId}/drive/items/{item-id}/content

Please find response of my test.

Hope this helps.

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vani baaz 26 Reputation points

2022-05-16T17:23:19.223+00:00

Thanks @SrinivasaRaoDarnaMSFT-7657

Can I use this API for files in any document library? I noticed that this api is not working for files that are not in 'documents' documents library.
Srinivasa Rao Darna 6,761 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-05-16T17:34:49.26+00:00
Hi @vani baaz , You can use drives/{drive-id} to get files from other document libraries.

GET /sites/{siteId}/drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/content

For default document library Documents you can simply use drive but if need to get other from any other library should use drives/{drive-id}.
Hope this helps.

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Srinivasa Rao Darna 6,761 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-05-17T17:41:26.493+00:00

Hi @vani baaz , Is my previous response helpful, are you looking for any further assistance?
Nina Schmidt 20 Reputation points

2023-04-11T10:05:38.2966667+00:00

Hi @Srinivasa Rao Darna , with this call I get the content as binary.
Is there a way to get it as a base64? Or is there a way I can convert the binary data I get into base 64? To do this I would need to know what kind of binary I get from the call. I can't find this in the documentation. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-get-content?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http
Nina Schmidt 20 Reputation points

2023-04-28T09:41:59.8833333+00:00

I found the answer to my question here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1244052/how-to-get-binary-format-from-microsoft-garph-api?page=1&orderby=Helpful#answers

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vani baaz 26

Hi @SrinivasaRaoDarnaMSFT-7657, it worked for me. Thanks a lot.

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Manav 0

https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/testingkhan.sharepoint.com,99c67d9f-5638-4fb9-9998-dd0ad4d204fa,744fa846-683b-4106-ba2a-6c592393710a/drive/items/1SOLVFJ2GKKNTAGGVMBCK2EC65TQKUR5J/content

{
    "error": {
        "code": "invalidRequest",
        "message": "Invalid request",
        "innerError": {
            "date": "2024-02-19T07:39:40",
            "request-id": "ff25b2a2-224b-45a6-9aa7-71a4e1beac13",
            "client-request-id": "ff25b2a2-224b-45a6-9aa7-71a4e1beac13"
        }
    }
}

I am getting this error can anyone help?

Pina, Eric 0 Reputation points

2024-08-27T23:31:26.82+00:00

I know this is old but for Manav's question, use the second item in the returned ID. For example the request should look like this
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/99c67d9f-5638-4fb9-9998-dd0ad4d204fa/drive/items/1SOLVFJ2GKKNTAGGVMBCK2EC65TQKUR5J/content

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