Follow site

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04/19/2024

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Follow a user's site or multiple sites.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

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)	Sites.ReadWrite.All	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Sites.ReadWrite.All	Not available.

HTTP request

POST /users/{user-id}/followedSites/add

Request body

In the request body, supply an array of JSON objects with the id parameter mentioned in the table below.

Name	Value	Description
id	string	The unique identifier of the item.

Response

If the request is successful, this method returns an array of sites that were followed.
If an error occurred while following any of the specified sites, this method returns a 207 status code and the response body contains an array of entries containing error objects and siteIds indicating which sites were unable to be followed.

Example

Here's and example that shows how to follow multiple sites.

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/{user-id}/followedSites/add
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "value":
    [
        {
            "id": "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740"
        },
        {
            "id": "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851"
        }
    ] 
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Users.Item.FollowedSites.Add;
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new AddPostRequestBody
{
	Value = new List<Site>
	{
		new Site
		{
			Id = "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740",
		},
		new Site
		{
			Id = "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851",
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Users["{user-id}"].FollowedSites.Add.PostAsAddPostResponseAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc-beta users followed-sites add post --user-id {user-id} --body '{\
    "value":\
    [\
        {\
            "id": "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740"\
        },\
        {\
            "id": "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851"\
        }\
    ] \
}\
'

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/users"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphusers.NewAddPostRequestBody()


site := graphmodels.NewSite()
id := "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740"
site.SetId(&id) 
site1 := graphmodels.NewSite()
id := "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851"
site1.SetId(&id) 

value := []graphmodels.Siteable {
	site,
	site1,
}
requestBody.SetValue(value)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
add, err := graphClient.Users().ByUserId("user-id").FollowedSites().Add().PostAsAddPostResponse(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.beta.users.item.followedsites.add.AddPostRequestBody addPostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.users.item.followedsites.add.AddPostRequestBody();
LinkedList<Site> value = new LinkedList<Site>();
Site site = new Site();
site.setId("contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740");
value.add(site);
Site site1 = new Site();
site1.setId("contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851");
value.add(site1);
addPostRequestBody.setValue(value);
var result = graphClient.users().byUserId("{user-id}").followedSites().add().post(addPostRequestBody);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const site = {
    value: 
    [
        {
            id: 'contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740'
        },
        {
            id: 'contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851'
        }
    ] 
};

await client.api('/users/{user-id}/followedSites/add')
	.version('beta')
	.post(site);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Users\Item\FollowedSites\Add\AddPostRequestBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\Site;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new AddPostRequestBody();
$valueSite1 = new Site();
$valueSite1->setId('contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740');
$valueArray []= $valueSite1;
$valueSite2 = new Site();
$valueSite2->setId('contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851');
$valueArray []= $valueSite2;
$requestBody->setValue($valueArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->byUserId('user-id')->followedSites()->add()->post($requestBody)->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Users.Actions

$params = @{
	value = @(
		@{
			id = "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740"
		}
		@{
			id = "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851"
		}
	)
}

Add-MgBetaUserFollowedSite -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.users.item.followedsites.add.add_post_request_body import AddPostRequestBody
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.site import Site
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = AddPostRequestBody(
	value = [
		Site(
			id = "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740",
		),
		Site(
			id = "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851",
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.users.by_user_id('user-id').followed_sites.add.post(request_body)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

If successful, it returns the following JSON response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740",
            "webUrl": "http://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SiteFollowed1",
            "name": "SiteFollowed1",
            "sharepointIds": {
                "siteId": "da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019",
                "siteUrl": "http://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SiteFollowed1",
                "webId": "712a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740"
            },
            "siteCollection": {
                "hostname": "contoso.sharepoint.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851",
            "webUrl": "http://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SiteFollowed2",
            "name": "SiteFollowed2",
            "sharepointIds": {
                "siteId": "da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019",
                "siteUrl": "http://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SiteFollowed2",
                "webId": "0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851"
            },
            "siteCollection": {
                "hostname": "contoso.sharepoint.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

If an error occurred, it returns the following JSON response

HTTP/1.1 207 Multi-Status
Content-type: application/json
{
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,512a596e-90a1-49e3-9b48-bfa80bee8740",
            "error": {
                "@odata.type": "#oneDrive.error",
                "code": "invalidRequest",
                "message": "The site Id information that is provided in the request is incorrect",
                "innerError": {
                    "code": "invalidRequest",
                    "errorType": "expected",
                    "message": "The site Id information that is provided in the request is incorrect",
                    "stackTrace": "",
                    "throwSite": ""
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "contoso.sharepoint.com,da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019,0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851",
            "webUrl": "http://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SiteFollowed2",
            "name": "SiteFollowed2",
            "sharepointIds": {
                "siteId": "da60e844-ba1d-49bc-b4d4-d5e36bae9019",
                "siteUrl": "http://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/SiteFollowed2",
                "webId": "0271110f-634f-4300-a841-3a8a2e851851"
            },
            "siteCollection": {
                "hostname": "contoso.sharepoint.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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