Add member to a chat

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Add a conversationMember to a chat.

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) ChatMember.ReadWrite, Chat.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application ChatMember.ReadWrite.All, Chat.ReadWrite.All
POST /chats/{chat-id}/members

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

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

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a Location header that provides a URL path to the newly created member object.

Examples

Example 1: Add a single member to a chat and specify the timespan for the conversation history

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members
content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
    "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5",
    "visibleHistoryStartDateTime": "2019-04-18T23:51:43.255Z",
    "roles": ["owner"]
}

Response

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: /chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members/MCMjMjQzMmI1N2ItMGFiZC00M2RiLWFhN2ItMTZlYWRkMTE1ZDM0IyMxOTpiZDlkYTQ2MzIzYWY0MjUzOTZkMGZhNjcyMDAyODk4NEB0aHJlYWQudjIjIzQ4YmY5ZDUyLWRjYTctNGE1Zi04Mzk4LTM3Yjk1Y2M3YmQ4Mw==

Example 2: Add a single member to a Microsoft Teams chat, sharing no chat history

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
    "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5",
    "roles": ["owner"]
}

Response

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: /chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members/MCMjMjQzMmI1N2ItMGFiZC00M2RiLWFhN2ItMTZlYWRkMTE1ZDM0IyMxOTpiZDlkYTQ2MzIzYWY0MjUzOTZkMGZhNjcyMDAyODk4NEB0aHJlYWQudjIjIzQ4YmY5ZDUyLWRjYTctNGE1Zi04Mzk4LTM3Yjk1Y2M3YmQ4Mw==

Example 3: Add a single member to a Microsoft Teams chat, sharing the whole history of the chat

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members
content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
    "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/8b081ef6-4792-4def-b2c9-c363a1bf41d5",
    "visibleHistoryStartDateTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "roles": ["owner"]
}

Response

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: /chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members/MCMjMjQzMmI1N2ItMGFiZC00M2RiLWFhN2ItMTZlYWRkMTE1ZDM0IyMxOTpiZDlkYTQ2MzIzYWY0MjUzOTZkMGZhNjcyMDAyODk4NEB0aHJlYWQudjIjIzQ4YmY5ZDUyLWRjYTctNGE1Zi04Mzk4LTM3Yjk1Y2M3YmQ4Mw==

Example 4: Add a single member to a chat using user principal name

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members
content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
    "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/jacob@contoso.com",
    "visibleHistoryStartDateTime": "2019-04-18T23:51:43.255Z",
    "roles": ["owner"]
}

Response

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: /chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members/MCMjMjQzMmI1N2ItMGFiZC00M2RiLWFhN2ItMTZlYWRkMTE1ZDM0IyMxOTpiZDlkYTQ2MzIzYWY0MjUzOTZkMGZhNjcyMDAyODk4NEB0aHJlYWQudjIjIzQ4YmY5ZDUyLWRjYTctNGE1Zi04Mzk4LTM3Yjk1Y2M3YmQ4Mw==

Example 5: Add an in-tenant guest user to a chat, sharing no chat history

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
    "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/8ba98gf6-7fc2-4eb2-c7f2-aef9f21fd98g",
    "roles": ["guest"]
}

Response

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: /chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members/MCMjMjQzMmI1N2ItMGFiZC00M2RiLWFhN2ItMTZlYWRkMTE1ZDM0IyMxOTpiZDlkYTQ2MzIzYWY0MjUzOTZkMGZhNjcyMDAyODk4NEB0aHJlYWQudjIjIzQ4YmY5ZDUyLWRjYTctNGE1Zi04Mzk4LTM3Yjk1Y2M3YmQ4Mw==

Example 6: Add a out-of-tenant external user to a chat, sharing no chat history

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.aadUserConversationMember",
    "user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/82af01c5-f7cc-4a2e-a728-3a5df21afd9d",
    "roles": ["owner"],
    "tenantId": "4dc1fe35-8ac6-4f0d-904a-7ebcd364bea1"
}

Response

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: /chats/19:cf66807577b149cca1b7af0c32eec122@thread.v2/members/MCMjMjQzMmI1N2ItMGFiZC00M2RiLWFhN2ItMTZlYWRkMTE1ZDM0IyMxOTpiZDlkYTQ2MzIzYWY0MjUzOTZkMGZhNjcyMDAyODk4NEB0aHJlYWQudjIjIzQ4YmY5ZDUyLWRjYTctNGE1Zi04Mzk4LTM3Yjk1Y2M3YmQ4Mw==