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Warning

(This API has been removed. Please use the official Microsoft Graph SDK directly. For the latest guidance on using the Microsoft Graph in the Toolkit check out the Windows Community Toolkit - Graph Helpers and Controls.)

The OneDrive Service provides an easy to use service helper for the OneDrive Developer Platform that uses the Microsoft Graph. The new OneDrive API is REST API that brings together both personal and work accounts in a single authentication model. The OneDrive Service helps you:

  • Initialize and authenticate with a common set of objects
  • Access OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint document libraries, and Office Groups, to allow your app the flexibility to read and store content in any of these locations with the same code
  • Perform CRUD operations on OneDrive resources

Try it in the sample app

Getting Started

To use the OneDrive API, you need to have an access token that authenticates your app to a particular set of permissions for a user. In this section, you'll learn how to:

  1. Register your application to get a client ID and a client secret.
  2. Sign your user in to OneDrive with the specified scopes using the token flow or code flow.
  3. Sign the user out (optional).

Register Your App

To connect with Microsoft Graph, you'll need a work/school account or a Microsoft account.

  1. Go to the Microsoft Application Registration Portal.
  2. When prompted, sign in with your account credentials.
  3. Find My applications and click Add an app.
  4. Enter your app's name.
  5. Check "Let us help you get started" and click "Create".
  6. Select "Mobile and Desktop App" as the kind of app.
  7. Click "Windows Desktop (.NET) Start Guided Setup".
  8. Complete the guided setup flow.

After you've completed these steps, an application ID is created for your app and displayed on your new app's properties page.

Authentication

Before your app can make requests to OneDrive, it needs a user to authenticate and authorize the application to have access to their data. Microsoft Graph, OneDrive, and SharePoint support using a standard OAuth2 or Open ID Connect authorization flow. Requests to Microsoft Graph are authenticated using bearer tokens obtained from one of these flows.

Manifest capabilities for authentication

You will need to add:

< Capability Name="privateNetworkClientServer" />

to your application manifest to enable AAD authentication. Capabilities in the manifest are described in more detail in this document Capability

Authentication, sign-in and permission scopes are discussed in more detail in this document, Authorization and sign-in for OneDrive in Microsoft Graph

Testing access to the OneDrive API

Registering your application creates an App ID/Client and you can simply paste that into the Client Id field inside of the OneDrive services page.

Syntax

Initialization

// Using the new converged authentication of the Microsoft Graph we can simply
// call the Initialize method on the OneDriveService singleton when initializing
// in UWP applications
Microsoft.Toolkit.Services.OneDrive.OneDriveService.Instance.Initialize
    (appClientId, 
     scopes, 
     null, 
     null);

' Using the new converged authentication of the Microsoft Graph we can simply
' call the Initialize method on the OneDriveService singleton when initializing
' in UWP applications
Microsoft.Toolkit.Services.OneDrive.OneDriveService.Instance.Initialize(appClientId, scopes, Nothing, Nothing)

Defining scopes

More information on scopes can be found in this document Authentication scopes

// If the user hasn't selected a scope then set it to FilesReadAll
if (scopes == null)
{
    scopes = new string[] { MicrosoftGraphScope.FilesReadAll };
}

' If the user hasn't selected a scope then set it to FilesReadAll
If scopes Is Nothing Then
    scopes = New String() {MicrosoftGraphScope.FilesReadAll}
End If

Login

// Login
if (!await OneDriveService.Instance.LoginAsync())
{
    throw new Exception("Unable to sign in");
}

' Login
If Not Await OneDriveService.Instance.LoginAsync() Then
    Throw New Exception("Unable to sign in")
End If

Retrieve the root of your OneDrive

var folder = await OneDriveService.Instance.RootFolderForMeAsync();

Dim folder = Await OneDriveService.Instance.RootFolderForMeAsync()

Retrieving files

// Once you have a reference to the Root Folder you can get a list of all items
// List the Items from the current folder
var OneDriveItems = await folder.GetItemsAsync();
do
{
    // Get the next page of items
    OneDriveItems = await folder.NextItemsAsync();
}
while (OneDriveItems != null);

' Once you have a reference to the Root Folder you can get a list of all items
' List the Items from the current folder
Dim OneDriveItems = Await folder.GetItemsAsync()
Do
    ' Get the next page of items
    OneDriveItems = Await folder.NextItemsAsync()
Loop While OneDriveItems IsNot Nothing

Creating folders

// Then from there you can play with folders and files
// Create Folder
string newFolderName = await OneDriveSampleHelpers.InputTextDialogAsync("New Folder Name");
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(newFolderName))
{
    await folder.StorageFolderPlatformService.CreateFolderAsync(newFolderName, CreationCollisionOption.GenerateUniqueName);
}

' Then from there you can play with folders and files
' Create Folder
Dim newFolderName As String = Await OneDriveSampleHelpers.InputTextDialogAsync("New Folder Name")
If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(newFolderName) Then
    Await folder.StorageFolderPlatformService.CreateFolderAsync(newFolderName, CreationCollisionOption.GenerateUniqueName)
End If

var currentFolder = await _graphCurrentFolder.GetFolderAsync(item.Name);
OneDriveItemsList.ItemsSource = await currentFolder.GetItemsAsync(20);
_graphCurrentFolder = currentFolder;

Dim currentFolder = Await _graphCurrentFolder.GetFolderAsync(item.Name)
OneDriveItemsList.ItemsSource = Await currentFolder.GetItemsAsync(20)
_graphCurrentFolder = currentFolder

Moving, copying and renaming items

// OneDrive API treats all items the same whether file, folder, etc.
// Move item
await _onedriveStorageItem.MoveAsync(targetonedriveStorageFolder);

// Copy Folder
await _onedriveStorageItem.CopyAsync(targetonedriveStorageFolder);

// Rename Folder
await _onedriveStorageItem.RenameAsync("NewLevel3");

' OneDrive API treats all items the same whether file, folder, etc.
' Move Folder
Await _onedriveStorageItem.MoveAsync(targetonedriveStorageFolder)

' Copy Folder
Await _onedriveStorageItem.CopyAsync(targetonedriveStorageFolder)

' Rename Folder
Await _onedriveStorageItem.RenameAsync("NewLevel3")

Creating or uploading files less than 4MB

// Open the local file or create a local file if brand new
var selectedFile = await OpenLocalFileAsync();
if (selectedFile != null)
{
    using (var localStream = await selectedFile.OpenReadAsync())
    {
        var fileCreated = await folder.StorageFolderPlatformService.CreateFileAsync(selectedFile.Name, CreationCollisionOption.GenerateUniqueName, localStream);
    }
}

' Open the local file or create a local file if brand new
Dim selectedFile = Await OpenLocalFileAsync()
If selectedFile IsNot Nothing Then
    Using localStream = Await selectedFile.OpenReadAsync()
        Dim fileCreated = Await level3Folder.CreateFileAsync(selectedFile.Name, CreationCollisionOption.GenerateUniqueName, localStream)
    End Using
End If

Creating or uploading files - that exceed 4MB

var selectedFile = await OpenLocalFileAsync();
if (selectedFile != null)
    {
        using (var localStream = await selectedFile.OpenReadAsync())
        {
            Shell.Current.DisplayWaitRing = true;

            // If the file exceed the Maximum size (ie 4MB)
            var largeFileCreated = await folder.StorageFolderPlatformService.UploadFileAsync(selectedFile.Name, localStream, CreationCollisionOption.GenerateUniqueName, 320 * 1024);
        }
    }
}

Dim selectedFile = Await OpenLocalFileAsync()
If selectedFile IsNot Nothing Then
    Using localStream = Await selectedFile.OpenReadAsync()
        Shell.Current.DisplayWaitRing = True

        ' If the file exceed the Maximum size (ie 4MB)
        Dim largeFileCreated = Await folder.StorageFolderPlatformService.UploadFileAsync(selectedFile.Name, localStream, CreationCollisionOption.GenerateUniqueName, 320 * 1024)
    End Using
End If

Downloading files

// Download a file and save the content in a local file
// Convert the storage item to a storage file
var oneDriveFile = (Toolkit.Services.OneDrive.OneDriveStorageFile)item;
using (var remoteStream = (await oneDriveFile.StorageFilePlatformService.OpenAsync()) as IRandomAccessStream)
{
    // Use a helper method to open local filestream and write to it 
    await SaveToLocalFolder(remoteStream, oneDriveFile.Name);
}

' Download a file and save the content in a local file
' Convert the storage item to a storage file
Dim oneDriveFile = CType(item, Toolkit.Services.OneDrive.OneDriveStorageFile)
Using remoteStream = TryCast((Await oneDriveFile.StorageFilePlatformService.OpenAsync()), IRandomAccessStream)
    ' Use a helper method to open local filestream and write to it
    Await SaveToLocalFolder(remoteStream, oneDriveFile.Name)
End Using

Retrieving file thumbnails

var file = (Toolkit.Services.OneDrive.OneDriveStorageItem)((AppBarButton)e.OriginalSource).DataContext;
using (var stream = (await file.StorageItemPlatformService.GetThumbnailAsync(Toolkit.Services.MicrosoftGraph.MicrosoftGraphEnums.ThumbnailSize.Large)) as IRandomAccessStream)
{
    // Use a helper method to display the images on the xaml view
    await OneDriveSampleHelpers.DisplayThumbnail(stream, "thumbnail");
}

Dim file = CType((CType(e.OriginalSource, AppBarButton)).DataContext, Toolkit.Services.OneDrive.OneDriveStorageItem)
Using stream = TryCast((Await file.StorageItemPlatformService.GetThumbnailAsync(Toolkit.Services.MicrosoftGraph.MicrosoftGraphEnums.ThumbnailSize.Large)), IRandomAccessStream)
    ' Use a helper method to display the images on the xaml view
    Await OneDriveSampleHelpers.DisplayThumbnail(stream, "thumbnail")
End Using

Known issues and limitations

Important

Creating a File using the OpenIfExists CollisionOption is not supported for the time being and returns an argument Exception.

This is because OneDrive's API doesn't offer the same level of collision options (or ConflictBehavior) as the ones provided by Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption which is used for file managing. Therefore, when using the method CreateFileAsync with the parameter OpenIfExists, it's set to return an ArgumentException from the OneDriveHelper TransformCollisionOptionToConflictBehavior method.

As a workaround, the recommended path is using CreateCollisionOption.FailIfExists within a try/catch statement and opening the file whenever the error is caught, or else, manually checking previously if the file exists.

Sample Project

OneDrive Service Sample Page Source. You can see this in action in the Windows Community Toolkit Sample App.

Requirements

Device family Universal, 10.0.16299.0 or higher
Namespace Microsoft.Toolkit.Services
NuGet package Microsoft.Toolkit.Services

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