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09/27/2023
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Namespace: microsoft.graph
Install a teamsApp to the specified chat .
Notes :
If the chat is associated with an onlineMeeting instance, then, effectively, the teamsApp will get installed to the meeting.
This API is supported in the following national cloud deployments .
Global service
US Government L4
US Government L5 (DOD)
China operated by 21Vianet
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Permissions
One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions .
Permission type
Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)
TeamsAppInstallation.ReadWriteSelfForChat1 , TeamsAppInstallation.ReadWriteForChat1 , TeamsAppInstallation.ReadWriteAndConsentSelfForChat, TeamsAppInstallation.ReadWriteAndConsentForChat
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)
Not supported.
Application
TeamsAppInstallation.ReadWriteSelfForChat.All1 , TeamsAppInstallation.ReadWriteForChat.All1 , TeamsAppInstallation.ReadWriteAndConsentSelfForChat.All, TeamsAppInstallation.ReadWriteAndConsentForChat.All
Note :
1 These permissions cannot be used to install apps that require consent to resource-specific permissions.
HTTP request
POST /chats/{chat-id}/installedApps
Header
Value
Authorization
Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type
application/json. Required.
Request body
The request body should include the generated app ID of the catalog app. For more information, see teamsApp properties .
The following table lists additional parameters that can be used with the request body.
Parameter
Type
Description
consentedPermissionSet
teamsAppPermissionSet Set of resource-specific permissions that are being consented to.
Note :
The permissions consented to during the installation must match the resource-specific permissions defined in the teamsAppDefinition of the app. To get the application and delegated resource-specific permissions, see Example 7 .If only delegated resource-specific permissions are specified in the teamsAppDefinition , permissions can be omitted in the request body.
Response
If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code.
Examples
Example 1: Install app in a chat
Request
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:ea28e88c00e94c7786b065394a61f296@thread.v2/installedApps
Content-Type: application/json
{
"teamsApp@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/12345678-9abc-def0-123456789a"
}
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
var requestBody = new TeamsAppInstallation
{
AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
{
{
"teamsApp@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/12345678-9abc-def0-123456789a"
},
},
};
var result = await graphClient.Chats["{chat-id}"].InstalledApps.PostAsync(requestBody);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc chats installed-apps create --chat-id {chat-id} --body '{\
"teamsApp@odata.bind":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/12345678-9abc-def0-123456789a"\
}\
'
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
//other-imports
)
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)
requestBody := graphmodels.NewTeamsAppInstallation()
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
"odataBind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/12345678-9abc-def0-123456789a",
}
requestBody.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
installedApps, err := graphClient.Chats().ByChatId("chat-id").InstalledApps().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();
TeamsAppInstallation teamsAppInstallation = new TeamsAppInstallation();
teamsAppInstallation.additionalDataManager().put("teamsApp@odata.bind", new JsonPrimitive("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/12345678-9abc-def0-123456789a"));
graphClient.chats("19:ea28e88c00e94c7786b065394a61f296@thread.v2").installedApps()
.buildRequest()
.post(teamsAppInstallation);
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 teamsAppInstallation = {
'teamsApp@odata.bind':'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/12345678-9abc-def0-123456789a'
};
await client.api('/chats/19:ea28e88c00e94c7786b065394a61f296@thread.v2/installedApps')
.post(teamsAppInstallation);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
<?php
// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new TeamsAppInstallation();
$additionalData = [
'teamsApp@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/12345678-9abc-def0-123456789a',
];
$requestBody->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$result = $graphServiceClient->chats()->byChatId('chat-id')->installedApps()->post($requestBody)->wait();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams
$params = @{
"teamsApp@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/12345678-9abc-def0-123456789a"
}
New-MgChatInstalledApp -ChatId $chatId -BodyParameter $params
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)
request_body = TeamsAppInstallation(
additional_data = {
"teams_app@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/12345678-9abc-def0-123456789a",
}
)
result = await graph_client.chats.by_chat_id('chat-id').installed_apps.post(body = request_body)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
Response
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Example 2: Install app in a chat and and consent to the resource-specific permissions required by the app
To get the list of resource-specific permissions required by the app, get the app from appCatalog , as shown in Example 7 .
Request
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:ea28e88c00e94c7786b065394a61f296@thread.v2/installedApps
Content-Type: application/json
{
"teamsApp@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/2b524e28-95ce-4c9b-9773-4a5bd6ec1770",
"consentedPermissionSet": {
"resourceSpecificPermissions": [
{
"permissionValue": "OnlineMeeting.ReadBasic.Chat",
"permissionType": "Delegated"
},
{
"permissionValue": "OnlineMeetingIncomingAudio.Detect.Chat",
"permissionType": "Delegated"
},
{
"permissionValue": "ChatMember.Read.Chat",
"permissionType": "Application"
},
{
"permissionValue": "ChatMessage.Read.Chat",
"permissionType": "Application"
}]
}
}
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
var requestBody = new TeamsAppInstallation
{
ConsentedPermissionSet = new TeamsAppPermissionSet
{
ResourceSpecificPermissions = new List<TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission>
{
new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission
{
PermissionValue = "OnlineMeeting.ReadBasic.Chat",
PermissionType = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.Delegated,
},
new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission
{
PermissionValue = "OnlineMeetingIncomingAudio.Detect.Chat",
PermissionType = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.Delegated,
},
new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission
{
PermissionValue = "ChatMember.Read.Chat",
PermissionType = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.Application,
},
new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission
{
PermissionValue = "ChatMessage.Read.Chat",
PermissionType = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.Application,
},
},
},
AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
{
{
"teamsApp@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/2b524e28-95ce-4c9b-9773-4a5bd6ec1770"
},
},
};
var result = await graphClient.Chats["{chat-id}"].InstalledApps.PostAsync(requestBody);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc chats installed-apps create --chat-id {chat-id} --body '{\
"teamsApp@odata.bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/2b524e28-95ce-4c9b-9773-4a5bd6ec1770",\
"consentedPermissionSet": {\
"resourceSpecificPermissions": [\
{\
"permissionValue": "OnlineMeeting.ReadBasic.Chat",\
"permissionType": "Delegated"\
},\
{\
"permissionValue": "OnlineMeetingIncomingAudio.Detect.Chat",\
"permissionType": "Delegated"\
},\
{\
"permissionValue": "ChatMember.Read.Chat",\
"permissionType": "Application"\
},\
{\
"permissionValue": "ChatMessage.Read.Chat",\
"permissionType": "Application"\
}]\
}\
}\
'
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
//other-imports
)
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)
requestBody := graphmodels.NewTeamsAppInstallation()
consentedPermissionSet := graphmodels.NewTeamsAppPermissionSet()
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission := graphmodels.NewTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission()
permissionValue := "OnlineMeeting.ReadBasic.Chat"
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission.SetPermissionValue(&permissionValue)
permissionType := graphmodels.DELEGATED_TEAMSAPPRESOURCESPECIFICPERMISSIONTYPE
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission.SetPermissionType(&permissionType)
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission1 := graphmodels.NewTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission()
permissionValue := "OnlineMeetingIncomingAudio.Detect.Chat"
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission1.SetPermissionValue(&permissionValue)
permissionType := graphmodels.DELEGATED_TEAMSAPPRESOURCESPECIFICPERMISSIONTYPE
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission1.SetPermissionType(&permissionType)
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission2 := graphmodels.NewTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission()
permissionValue := "ChatMember.Read.Chat"
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission2.SetPermissionValue(&permissionValue)
permissionType := graphmodels.APPLICATION_TEAMSAPPRESOURCESPECIFICPERMISSIONTYPE
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission2.SetPermissionType(&permissionType)
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission3 := graphmodels.NewTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission()
permissionValue := "ChatMessage.Read.Chat"
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission3.SetPermissionValue(&permissionValue)
permissionType := graphmodels.APPLICATION_TEAMSAPPRESOURCESPECIFICPERMISSIONTYPE
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission3.SetPermissionType(&permissionType)
resourceSpecificPermissions := []graphmodels.TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionable {
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission,
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission1,
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission2,
teamsAppResourceSpecificPermission3,
}
consentedPermissionSet.SetResourceSpecificPermissions(resourceSpecificPermissions)
requestBody.SetConsentedPermissionSet(consentedPermissionSet)
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
"odataBind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/2b524e28-95ce-4c9b-9773-4a5bd6ec1770",
}
requestBody.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
installedApps, err := graphClient.Chats().ByChatId("chat-id").InstalledApps().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();
TeamsAppInstallation teamsAppInstallation = new TeamsAppInstallation();
teamsAppInstallation.additionalDataManager().put("teamsApp@odata.bind", new JsonPrimitive("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/2b524e28-95ce-4c9b-9773-4a5bd6ec1770"));
TeamsAppPermissionSet consentedPermissionSet = new TeamsAppPermissionSet();
LinkedList<TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission> resourceSpecificPermissionsList = new LinkedList<TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission>();
TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission resourceSpecificPermissions = new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission();
resourceSpecificPermissions.permissionValue = "OnlineMeeting.ReadBasic.Chat";
resourceSpecificPermissions.permissionType = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.DELEGATED;
resourceSpecificPermissionsList.add(resourceSpecificPermissions);
TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission resourceSpecificPermissions1 = new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission();
resourceSpecificPermissions1.permissionValue = "OnlineMeetingIncomingAudio.Detect.Chat";
resourceSpecificPermissions1.permissionType = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.DELEGATED;
resourceSpecificPermissionsList.add(resourceSpecificPermissions1);
TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission resourceSpecificPermissions2 = new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission();
resourceSpecificPermissions2.permissionValue = "ChatMember.Read.Chat";
resourceSpecificPermissions2.permissionType = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.APPLICATION;
resourceSpecificPermissionsList.add(resourceSpecificPermissions2);
TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission resourceSpecificPermissions3 = new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission();
resourceSpecificPermissions3.permissionValue = "ChatMessage.Read.Chat";
resourceSpecificPermissions3.permissionType = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.APPLICATION;
resourceSpecificPermissionsList.add(resourceSpecificPermissions3);
consentedPermissionSet.resourceSpecificPermissions = resourceSpecificPermissionsList;
teamsAppInstallation.consentedPermissionSet = consentedPermissionSet;
graphClient.chats("19:ea28e88c00e94c7786b065394a61f296@thread.v2").installedApps()
.buildRequest()
.post(teamsAppInstallation);
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 teamsAppInstallation = {
'teamsApp@odata.bind': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/2b524e28-95ce-4c9b-9773-4a5bd6ec1770',
consentedPermissionSet: {
resourceSpecificPermissions: [
{
permissionValue: 'OnlineMeeting.ReadBasic.Chat',
permissionType: 'Delegated'
},
{
permissionValue: 'OnlineMeetingIncomingAudio.Detect.Chat',
permissionType: 'Delegated'
},
{
permissionValue: 'ChatMember.Read.Chat',
permissionType: 'Application'
},
{
permissionValue: 'ChatMessage.Read.Chat',
permissionType: 'Application'
}]
}
};
await client.api('/chats/19:ea28e88c00e94c7786b065394a61f296@thread.v2/installedApps')
.post(teamsAppInstallation);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
<?php
// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new TeamsAppInstallation();
$consentedPermissionSet = new TeamsAppPermissionSet();
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission1 = new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission();
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission1->setPermissionValue('OnlineMeeting.ReadBasic.Chat');
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission1->setPermissionType(new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType('delegated'));
$resourceSpecificPermissionsArray []= $resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission1;
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission2 = new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission();
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission2->setPermissionValue('OnlineMeetingIncomingAudio.Detect.Chat');
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission2->setPermissionType(new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType('delegated'));
$resourceSpecificPermissionsArray []= $resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission2;
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission3 = new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission();
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission3->setPermissionValue('ChatMember.Read.Chat');
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission3->setPermissionType(new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType('application'));
$resourceSpecificPermissionsArray []= $resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission3;
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission4 = new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission();
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission4->setPermissionValue('ChatMessage.Read.Chat');
$resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission4->setPermissionType(new TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType('application'));
$resourceSpecificPermissionsArray []= $resourceSpecificPermissionsTeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission4;
$consentedPermissionSet->setResourceSpecificPermissions($resourceSpecificPermissionsArray);
$requestBody->setConsentedPermissionSet($consentedPermissionSet);
$additionalData = [
'teamsApp@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/2b524e28-95ce-4c9b-9773-4a5bd6ec1770',
];
$requestBody->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$result = $graphServiceClient->chats()->byChatId('chat-id')->installedApps()->post($requestBody)->wait();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams
$params = @{
"teamsApp@odata.bind" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/2b524e28-95ce-4c9b-9773-4a5bd6ec1770"
consentedPermissionSet = @{
resourceSpecificPermissions = @(
@{
permissionValue = "OnlineMeeting.ReadBasic.Chat"
permissionType = "Delegated"
}
@{
permissionValue = "OnlineMeetingIncomingAudio.Detect.Chat"
permissionType = "Delegated"
}
@{
permissionValue = "ChatMember.Read.Chat"
permissionType = "Application"
}
@{
permissionValue = "ChatMessage.Read.Chat"
permissionType = "Application"
}
)
}
}
New-MgChatInstalledApp -ChatId $chatId -BodyParameter $params
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)
request_body = TeamsAppInstallation(
consented_permission_set = TeamsAppPermissionSet(
resource_specific_permissions = [
TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission(
permission_value = "OnlineMeeting.ReadBasic.Chat",
permission_type = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.Delegated,
),
TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission(
permission_value = "OnlineMeetingIncomingAudio.Detect.Chat",
permission_type = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.Delegated,
),
TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission(
permission_value = "ChatMember.Read.Chat",
permission_type = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.Application,
),
TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermission(
permission_value = "ChatMessage.Read.Chat",
permission_type = TeamsAppResourceSpecificPermissionType.Application,
),
]
),
additional_data = {
"teams_app@odata_bind" : "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/appCatalogs/teamsApps/2b524e28-95ce-4c9b-9773-4a5bd6ec1770",
}
)
result = await graph_client.chats.by_chat_id('chat-id').installed_apps.post(body = request_body)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation .
Response
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
See also