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)
Files.ReadWrite
Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)
Files.ReadWrite
Files.ReadWrite.All
Application
Files.ReadWrite.All
Sites.ReadWrite.All
HTTP request
POST /drives/{driveId}/items/{itemId}/checkin
POST /groups/{groupId}/drive/items/{itemId}/checkin
POST /me/drive/items/{item-id}/checkin
POST /sites/{siteId}/drive/items/{itemId}/checkin
POST /users/{userId}/drive/items/{itemId}/checkin
Request body
In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.
Name
Value
Description
checkInAs
string
Optional. The status of the document after the check-in operation is complete. Can be published or unspecified.
comment
string
A check-in comment that is associated with the version.
Response
If successful, the API call returns 204 No content.
Example
This example checks in a file identified by {item-id}.
POST /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/checkin
Content-Type: application/json
{
"comment": "Updating the latest guidelines"
}
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Drives.Item.Items.Item.Checkin;
var requestBody = new CheckinPostRequestBody
{
Comment = "Updating the latest guidelines",
};
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
await graphClient.Drives["{drive-id}"].Items["{driveItem-id}"].Checkin.PostAsync(requestBody);
// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc drives items checkin post --drive-id {drive-id} --drive-item-id {driveItem-id} --body '{\
"comment": "Updating the latest guidelines"\
}\
'
<?php
// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new CheckinPostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setComment('Updating the latest guidelines');
$graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->checkin()->post($requestBody)->wait();
# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)
request_body = CheckinPostRequestBody(
comment = "Updating the latest guidelines",
)
await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').checkin.post(request_body)