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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 new fileStorageContainer object.
The respective container type identified by containerTypeId must be enabled in the tenant.
For delegated calls, the calling user is set as the owner of the fileStorageContainer.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
Global service | US Government L4 | US Government L5 (DOD) | China operated by 21Vianet |
---|---|---|---|
✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
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) | FileStorageContainer.Selected | Not available. |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | FileStorageContainer.Selected | Not available. |
Note
In addition to Microsoft Graph permissions, your app must have the necessary container type-level permission or permissions to call this API. For more information, see container types. To learn more about container type-level permissions, see SharePoint Embedded authorization.
POST /storage/fileStorage/containers
This method supports the following OData query parameters to help customize the response. For general information, see OData query parameters.
Name | Description |
---|---|
dataLocation | Specifies the desired data location for container creation in Multi-Geo tenants. Omitting the $dataLocation parameter in the request creates the container at the tenant's default location. For more information, see available Multi-Geo regions and their location codes. |
Name | Description |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Content-Type | application/json. Required. |
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the fileStorageContainer object.
You can specify the following properties when you create a fileStorageContainer.
Property | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
displayName | String | The display name of the container. Required. |
description | String | Provides a user-visible description of the item. Optional. |
containerTypeId | GUID | The container type of the container instance. Required. |
settings | fileStorageContainerSettings | Settings associated with the container. Optional. |
If successful, this method returns a 201 Created
response code and a fileStorageContainer object in the response body.
The following example shows how to create a fileStorageContainer.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/storage/fileStorage/containers
Content-Type: application/json
{
"displayName": "My Application Storage Container",
"description": "Description of My Application Storage Container",
"containerTypeId": "91710488-5756-407f-9046-fbe5f0b4de73",
"settings": {
"isOcrEnabled": true
}
}
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.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileStorageContainer",
"id": "b!ISJs1WRro0y0EWgkUYcktDa0mE8zSlFEqFzqRn70Zwp1CEtDEBZgQICPkRbil_5Z",
"displayName": "My Application Storage Container",
"description": "Description of My Application Storage Container",
"containerTypeId": "91710488-5756-407f-9046-fbe5f0b4de73",
"status": "inactive",
"createdDateTime": "2021-11-24T15:41:52.347Z",
"settings": {
"isOcrEnabled": false,
"itemMajorVersionLimit": 50,
"isItemVersioningEnabled": true
}
}
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