Create contentActivity

2025-07-01

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Create a content activity for the signed-in user.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	❌	❌	❌

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	ContentActivity.Write	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	ContentActivity.Write	Not available.

HTTP request

POST /me/dataSecurityAndGovernance/activities/contentActivities

Note

Calling the /me endpoint requires a signed-in user and therefore a delegated permission. Application permissions aren't supported when using the /me endpoint.

POST /users/{userId}/dataSecurityAndGovernance/activities/contentActivities

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the contentActivity object.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a contentActivity object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/dataSecurityAndGovernance/activities/contentActivities
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "contentToProcess": {
       "contentEntries": [
          {
             "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.processConversationMetadata",
             "identifier": "07785517-9081-4fe7-a9dc-85bcdf5e9075",
             "name":"PC Purview API Explorer message",
             "correlationId": "d63eafd2-e3a9-4c1a-b726-a2e9b9d9580d",
             "sequenceNumber": 0, 
             "isTruncated": false,
             "createdDateTime": "2025-05-27T17:23:20",
             "modifiedDateTime": "2025-05-27T17:23:20"
          }
       ],
       "activityMetadata": { 
          "activity": "uploadText"
       },
       "deviceMetadata": {
          "operatingSystemSpecifications": {
             "operatingSystemPlatform": "Windows 11",
             "operatingSystemVersion": "10.0.26100.0" 
          },
          "ipAddress": "127.0.0.1"
       },
       "protectedAppMetadata": {
          "name": "PC Purview API Explorer",
          "version": "0.2",
          "applicationLocation":{
             "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.policyLocationApplication",
             "value": "83ef208a-0396-4893-9d4f-d36efbffc8bd"
          }
       },
       "integratedAppMetadata": {
          "name": "PC Purview API Explorer",
          "version": "0.2" 
       }
    }
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;
using Microsoft.Kiota.Abstractions.Serialization;

var requestBody = new ContentActivity
{
	AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
	{
		{
			"contentToProcess" , new UntypedObject(new Dictionary<string, UntypedNode>
			{
				{
					"contentEntries", new UntypedArray(new List<UntypedNode>
					{
						new UntypedObject(new Dictionary<string, UntypedNode>
						{
							{
								"@odata.type", new UntypedString("microsoft.graph.processConversationMetadata")
							},
							{
								"identifier", new UntypedString("07785517-9081-4fe7-a9dc-85bcdf5e9075")
							},
							{
								"name", new UntypedString("PC Purview API Explorer message")
							},
							{
								"correlationId", new UntypedString("d63eafd2-e3a9-4c1a-b726-a2e9b9d9580d")
							},
							{
								"sequenceNumber", new UntypedString("0")
							},
							{
								"isTruncated", new UntypedBoolean(false)
							},
							{
								"createdDateTime", new UntypedString("2025-05-27T17:23:20")
							},
							{
								"modifiedDateTime", new UntypedString("2025-05-27T17:23:20")
							},
						}),
					})
				},
				{
					"activityMetadata", new UntypedObject(new Dictionary<string, UntypedNode>
					{
						{
							"activity", new UntypedString("uploadText")
						},
					})
				},
				{
					"deviceMetadata", new UntypedObject(new Dictionary<string, UntypedNode>
					{
						{
							"operatingSystemSpecifications", new UntypedObject(new Dictionary<string, UntypedNode>
							{
								{
									"operatingSystemPlatform", new UntypedString("Windows 11")
								},
								{
									"operatingSystemVersion", new UntypedString("10.0.26100.0")
								},
							})
						},
						{
							"ipAddress", new UntypedString("127.0.0.1")
						},
					})
				},
				{
					"protectedAppMetadata", new UntypedObject(new Dictionary<string, UntypedNode>
					{
						{
							"name", new UntypedString("PC Purview API Explorer")
						},
						{
							"version", new UntypedString("0.2")
						},
						{
							"applicationLocation", new UntypedObject(new Dictionary<string, UntypedNode>
							{
								{
									"@odata.type", new UntypedString("microsoft.graph.policyLocationApplication")
								},
								{
									"value", new UntypedString("83ef208a-0396-4893-9d4f-d36efbffc8bd")
								},
							})
						},
					})
				},
				{
					"integratedAppMetadata", new UntypedObject(new Dictionary<string, UntypedNode>
					{
						{
							"name", new UntypedString("PC Purview API Explorer")
						},
						{
							"version", new UntypedString("0.2")
						},
					})
				},
			})
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.DataSecurityAndGovernance.Activities.ContentActivities.PostAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc-beta users data-security-and-governance activities content-activities create --user-id {user-id} --body '{\
    "contentToProcess": {\
       "contentEntries": [\
          {\
             "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.processConversationMetadata",\
             "identifier": "07785517-9081-4fe7-a9dc-85bcdf5e9075",\
             "name":"PC Purview API Explorer message",\
             "correlationId": "d63eafd2-e3a9-4c1a-b726-a2e9b9d9580d",\
             "sequenceNumber": 0, \
             "isTruncated": false,\
             "createdDateTime": "2025-05-27T17:23:20",\
             "modifiedDateTime": "2025-05-27T17:23:20"\
          }\
       ],\
       "activityMetadata": { \
          "activity": "uploadText"\
       },\
       "deviceMetadata": {\
          "operatingSystemSpecifications": {\
             "operatingSystemPlatform": "Windows 11",\
             "operatingSystemVersion": "10.0.26100.0" \
          },\
          "ipAddress": "127.0.0.1"\
       },\
       "protectedAppMetadata": {\
          "name": "PC Purview API Explorer",\
          "version": "0.2",\
          "applicationLocation":{\
             "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.policyLocationApplication",\
             "value": "83ef208a-0396-4893-9d4f-d36efbffc8bd"\
          }\
       },\
       "integratedAppMetadata": {\
          "name": "PC Purview API Explorer",\
          "version": "0.2" \
       }\
    }\
}\
'

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ContentActivity contentActivity = new ContentActivity();
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData = new HashMap<String, Object>();
 contentToProcess = new ();
LinkedList<Object> contentEntries = new LinkedList<Object>();
 property = new ();
property.setOdataType("microsoft.graph.processConversationMetadata");
property.setIdentifier("07785517-9081-4fe7-a9dc-85bcdf5e9075");
property.setName("PC Purview API Explorer message");
property.setCorrelationId("d63eafd2-e3a9-4c1a-b726-a2e9b9d9580d");
property.setSequenceNumber(0);
property.setIsTruncated(false);
property.setCreatedDateTime("2025-05-27T17:23:20");
property.setModifiedDateTime("2025-05-27T17:23:20");
contentEntries.add(property);
contentToProcess.setContentEntries(contentEntries);
 activityMetadata = new ();
activityMetadata.setActivity("uploadText");
contentToProcess.setActivityMetadata(activityMetadata);
 deviceMetadata = new ();
 operatingSystemSpecifications = new ();
operatingSystemSpecifications.setOperatingSystemPlatform("Windows 11");
operatingSystemSpecifications.setOperatingSystemVersion("10.0.26100.0");
deviceMetadata.setOperatingSystemSpecifications(operatingSystemSpecifications);
deviceMetadata.setIpAddress("127.0.0.1");
contentToProcess.setDeviceMetadata(deviceMetadata);
 protectedAppMetadata = new ();
protectedAppMetadata.setName("PC Purview API Explorer");
protectedAppMetadata.setVersion("0.2");
 applicationLocation = new ();
applicationLocation.setOdataType("microsoft.graph.policyLocationApplication");
applicationLocation.setValue("83ef208a-0396-4893-9d4f-d36efbffc8bd");
protectedAppMetadata.setApplicationLocation(applicationLocation);
contentToProcess.setProtectedAppMetadata(protectedAppMetadata);
 integratedAppMetadata = new ();
integratedAppMetadata.setName("PC Purview API Explorer");
integratedAppMetadata.setVersion("0.2");
contentToProcess.setIntegratedAppMetadata(integratedAppMetadata);
additionalData.put("contentToProcess", contentToProcess);
contentActivity.setAdditionalData(additionalData);
ContentActivity result = graphClient.me().dataSecurityAndGovernance().activities().contentActivities().post(contentActivity);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const contentActivity = {
    contentToProcess: {
       contentEntries: [
          {
             '@odata.type': 'microsoft.graph.processConversationMetadata',
             identifier: '07785517-9081-4fe7-a9dc-85bcdf5e9075',
             name: 'PC Purview API Explorer message',
             correlationId: 'd63eafd2-e3a9-4c1a-b726-a2e9b9d9580d',
             sequenceNumber: 0, 
             isTruncated: false,
             createdDateTime: '2025-05-27T17:23:20',
             modifiedDateTime: '2025-05-27T17:23:20'
          }
       ],
       activityMetadata: { 
          activity: 'uploadText'
       },
       deviceMetadata: {
          operatingSystemSpecifications: {
             operatingSystemPlatform: 'Windows 11',
             operatingSystemVersion: '10.0.26100.0' 
          },
          ipAddress: '127.0.0.1'
       },
       protectedAppMetadata: {
          name: 'PC Purview API Explorer',
          version: '0.2',
          applicationLocation: {
             '@odata.type': 'microsoft.graph.policyLocationApplication',
             value: '83ef208a-0396-4893-9d4f-d36efbffc8bd'
          }
       },
       integratedAppMetadata: {
          name: 'PC Purview API Explorer',
          version: '0.2' 
       }
    }
};

await client.api('/me/dataSecurityAndGovernance/activities/contentActivities')
	.version('beta')
	.post(contentActivity);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\ContentActivity;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new ContentActivity();
$additionalData = [
	'contentToProcess' => [
		'contentEntries' => [
				[
					'@odata.type' => 'microsoft.graph.processConversationMetadata',
					'identifier' => '07785517-9081-4fe7-a9dc-85bcdf5e9075',
					'name' => 'PC Purview API Explorer message',
					'correlationId' => 'd63eafd2-e3a9-4c1a-b726-a2e9b9d9580d',
					'sequenceNumber' => 0,
					'isTruncated' => false,
					'createdDateTime' => '2025-05-27T17:23:20',
					'modifiedDateTime' => '2025-05-27T17:23:20',
				],
			],
		'activityMetadata' => [
			'activity' => 'uploadText',
		],
		'deviceMetadata' => [
			'operatingSystemSpecifications' => [
				'operatingSystemPlatform' => 'Windows 11',
				'operatingSystemVersion' => '10.0.26100.0',
			],
			'ipAddress' => '127.0.0.1',
		],
		'protectedAppMetadata' => [
			'name' => 'PC Purview API Explorer',
			'version' => '0.2',
			'applicationLocation' => [
				'@odata.type' => 'microsoft.graph.policyLocationApplication',
				'value' => '83ef208a-0396-4893-9d4f-d36efbffc8bd',
			],
		],
		'integratedAppMetadata' => [
			'name' => 'PC Purview API Explorer',
			'version' => '0.2',
		],
	],
];
$requestBody->setAdditionalData($additionalData);

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->dataSecurityAndGovernance()->activities()->contentActivities()->post($requestBody)->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.content_activity import ContentActivity
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = ContentActivity(
	additional_data = {
			"content_to_process" : {
					"content_entries" : [
						{
								"@odata_type" : "microsoft.graph.processConversationMetadata",
								"identifier" : "07785517-9081-4fe7-a9dc-85bcdf5e9075",
								"name" : "PC Purview API Explorer message",
								"correlation_id" : "d63eafd2-e3a9-4c1a-b726-a2e9b9d9580d",
								"sequence_number" : 0,
								"is_truncated" : False,
								"created_date_time" : "2025-05-27T17:23:20",
								"modified_date_time" : "2025-05-27T17:23:20",
						},
					],
					"activity_metadata" : {
							"activity" : "uploadText",
					},
					"device_metadata" : {
							"operating_system_specifications" : {
									"operating_system_platform" : "Windows 11",
									"operating_system_version" : "10.0.26100.0",
							},
							"ip_address" : "127.0.0.1",
					},
					"protected_app_metadata" : {
							"name" : "PC Purview API Explorer",
							"version" : "0.2",
							"application_location" : {
									"@odata_type" : "microsoft.graph.policyLocationApplication",
									"value" : "83ef208a-0396-4893-9d4f-d36efbffc8bd",
							},
					},
					"integrated_app_metadata" : {
							"name" : "PC Purview API Explorer",
							"version" : "0.2",
					},
			},
	}
)

result = await graph_client.me.data_security_and_governance.activities.content_activities.post(request_body)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#users('7c497f10-cba8-4a8d-9449-db4b76d1ef80')/dataSecurityAndGovernance/activities/contentActivities/$entity",
  "id": "4c3d1219-b1af-442f-85b5-06b7ef1cf8c8",
  "userId": "7c497f10-cba8-4a8d-9449-db4b76d1ef80",
  "scopeIdentifier": null,
  "contentMetadata": {
    "protectedAppMetadata": null,
    "contentEntries": [
      {
        "identifier": "d6ab5054-e111-45c3-9fba-9f2a59c9bbf8",
        "content": null,
        "name": "CA Purview API Explorer message",
        "correlationId": "edfb7f88-b963-4ef2-8b30-5cb90f80e01e",
        "sequenceNumber": 0,
        "length": null,
        "isTruncated": false,
        "createdDateTime": "2025-05-28T20:20:37Z",
        "modifiedDateTime": "2025-05-28T20:20:37Z"
      }
    ],
    "activityMetadata": {
      "activity": "downloadText"
    },
    "deviceMetadata": {
      "deviceType": null,
      "operatingSystemSpecifications": {
        "operatingSystemPlatform": "Windows 11",
        "operatingSystemVersion": "10.0.26100.0"
      }
    },
    "integratedAppMetadata": {
      "name": "CA Purview API Explorer",
      "version": "0.1"
    }
  }
}

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