driveItem: assignSensitivityLabel
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.
Asynchronously assign a sensitivity label to a driveItem.
This API is part of Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive APIs that perform advanced premium administrative functions and is considered a protected API. Protected APIs require you to have more validation, beyond permission and consent, before you can use them. Before you call this API, you must request access.
For more information about sensitivity labels from an administrator's perspective, see Enable sensitivity labels for Office files in SharePoint and OneDrive.
Note
This is a metered API and some charges for use may apply. For details, see Overview of metered Microsoft 365 APIs in Microsoft Graph.
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) | Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. |
Application | Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All |
HTTP request
POST /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/assignSensitivityLabel
POST /drives/{drive-id}/root:/{item-path}:/assignSensitivityLabel
POST /groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/assignSensitivityLabel
POST /groups/{group-id}/drive/root:/{item-path}:/assignSensitivityLabel
POST /me/drive/items/{item-id}/assignSensitivityLabel
POST /me/drive/root:/{item-path}:/assignSensitivityLabel
POST /sites/{site-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/assignSensitivityLabel
POST /sites/{site-id}/drive/root:/{item-path}:/assignSensitivityLabel
POST /users/{user-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/assignSensitivityLabel
POST /users/{user-id}/drive/root:/{item-path}:/assignSensitivityLabel
Request headers
Name | Description |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. |
Request body
In the request body, provide the ID for the sensitivity label that is to be assigned to a given file. The following table lists the required and optional input parameters.
Name | Value | Description |
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sensitivityLabelId | String | Required. ID of the sensitivity label to be assigned, or empty string to remove the sensitivity label. |
assignmentMethod | sensitivityLabelAssignmentMethod | Optional. The assignment method of the label on the document. Indicates whether the assignment of the label was done automatically, standard, or as a privileged operation (the equivalent of an administrator operation). |
justificationText | String | Optional. Justification text for audit purposes. Required when downgrading or removing a label. |
Response
If successful, the API returns a 202 Accepted
HTTP response code with an empty response body. The Location
header provides the URL to get operation details.
For more information about how to monitor the progress of an assign sensitivity label operation, see monitoring long-running operations.
In addition to general errors that apply to Microsoft Graph, this API returns the 423 Locked
response code, which indicates that the file being accessed is locked. In such cases, the code property of the response object indicates the error type that blocks the operation.
Also, Few Irm Protected sensitivity labels can't be updated by Application and need delegated user access to validate if the user has proper rights. For these scenarios, the API throws Not Supported
response code.
The following table lists the possible values for the error types.
Value | Description |
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fileDoubleKeyEncrypted | Indicates that the file is protected via double key encryption; therefore, it can't be opened. |
fileDecryptionNotSupported | Indicates that the encrypted file has specific properties that don't allow these files to be opened by SharePoint. |
fileDecryptionDeferred | Indicates that the file is being processed for decryption; therefore, it can't be opened. |
unknownFutureValue | Evolvable enumeration sentinel value. Don't use. |
Examples
Request
Here's an example of a request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/drive/root/items/016GVDAP3RCQS5VBQHORFIVU2ZMOSBL25U/assignSensitivityLabel
Content-Type: application/json
{
"sensitivityLabelId": "5feba255-812e-446a-ac59-a7044ef827b5",
"assignmentMethod": "standard",
"justificationText": "test_justification"
}
Response
Here's an example of the response.
HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Location: https://contoso.sharepoint.com/_api/v2.0/monitor/QXNzaWduU2Vuc2l0aXZpdHlMYWJlbCxiMzc3ODY3OS04OWQ3LTRkYmYtYjg0MC1jYWM1NzRhY2FlNmE?tempAuth=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhb....
The value of the Location
header provides a URL for a service that will return the current state of the assign sensitivity label operation.
You can use this information to determine when the assign sensitivity label operation has finished.
Remarks
The response from the API only indicates that the assign sensitivity label operation was accepted or rejected. The operation might be rejected, for example, if the file type isn't supported, or the file is double encrypted.
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