Get platformCredentialAuthenticationMethod
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.
Read the properties and relationships of a platformCredentialAuthenticationMethod object.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
Global service | US Government L4 | US Government L5 (DOD) | China operated by 21Vianet |
---|---|---|---|
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Permissions
The following tables show the least privileged permission or permissions required to call this API on each supported resource type. Follow best practices to request least privileged permissions. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
Permissions acting on self
Permission type | Least privileged permissions | Higher privileged permissions |
---|---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | UserAuthenticationMethod.Read | UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Permissions acting on other users
Permission type | Least privileged permissions | Higher privileged permissions |
---|---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | UserAuthenticationMethod.Read.All | UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | UserAuthenticationMethod.Read.All | UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All |
In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts where the signed-in user is acting on another user, they must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.
- Global Reader
- Authentication Administrator
- Privileged Authentication Administrator
HTTP request
To read details of your own Platform Credential authentication method:
GET /me/authentication/platformCredentialMethods/{platformCredentialAuthenticationMethodId}
To read details of your own or another user's Platform Credential authentication method:
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/authentication/platformCredentialMethods/{platformCredentialAuthenticationMethodId}
Optional query parameters
This method supports the $expand query parameter to customize the response. For general information, see OData query parameters.
To read the device navigation property for another user, specify it in an $expand
query as follows: /users/{id}/authentication/platformCredentialMethods/{id}?$expand=device
.
Request headers
Name | Description |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Request body
Don't supply a request body for this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK
response code and a platformCredentialAuthenticationMethod object in the response body.
Examples
Request
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/authentication/platformCredentialMethods/R18B3t8Ogh9XIOGmPt81d6p_KXJs1YTxfGgGqeVFJSM1
Response
The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"value": {
"id": "R18B3t8Ogh9XIOGmPt81d6p_KXJs1YTxfGgGqeVFJSM1",
"displayName": "My Macbook Pro",
"creationDateTime": "2023-09-02T04:16:49Z"
}
}