Create subscription

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.

Subscribes a listener application to receive change notifications when the requested type of changes occur to the specified resource in Microsoft Graph.

To identify the resources for which you can create subscriptions and the limitations on subscriptions, see Set up notifications for changes in resource data: Supported resources.

Some resources support rich notifications, that is, notifications that include resource data. For more information about these resources, see Set up change notifications that include resource data: Supported resources.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

Creating a subscription requires read permission to the resource. For example, to get change notifications on messages, your app needs the Mail.Read permissions.

Depending on the resource and the permission type (delegated or application) requested, the permission specified in the following table is the least privileged required to call this API. To learn more, including taking caution before choosing the permissions, search for the following permissions in Permissions.

Note

  • Due to security restrictions, Microsoft Graph subscriptions do not support write access permissions when only read access permissions are needed.
  • Some resources support change notifications in multiple scenarios, each of which may require different permissions. In those cases, use the resource path to differentiate the scenarios.
Supported resource Delegated (work or school account) Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Application
approvalItems Not supported. Not supported. ApprovalSolution.ReadWrite.All
callRecord Not supported. Not supported. CallRecords.Read.All
callRecording
communications/onlineMeetings/getAllRecordings
Any recording becomes available in the tenant.
Not supported. Not supported. OnlineMeetingRecording.Read.All
callRecording
communications/onlineMeetings/{onlineMeetingId}/recordings
Any recording becomes available for a specific meeting.
OnlineMeetingRecording.Read.All Not supported. OnlineMeetingRecording.Read.All
callRecording
users/{userId}/onlineMeetings/getAllRecordings
A call recording that becomes available in a meeting organized by a specific user.
OnlineMeetingRecording.Read.All Not supported. OnlineMeetingRecording.Read.All
callRecording
appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToOnlineMeetings/getAllRecordings
A call recording that becomes available in a meeting where a particular Teams app is installed.
Not supported. Not supported. OnlineMeetingRecording.Read.All, OnlineMeetingRecording.Read.Chat
callTranscript
communications/onlineMeetings/getAllTranscripts
Any transcript becomes available in the tenant.
Not supported. Not supported. OnlineMeetingTranscript.Read.All
callTranscript
communications/onlineMeetings/{onlineMeetingId}/transcripts
Any transcript becomes available for a specific meeting.
OnlineMeetingTranscript.Read.All Not supported. OnlineMeetingTranscript.Read.All
callTranscript
users/{userId}/onlineMeetings/getAllTranscripts
A call transcript that becomes available in a meeting organized by a specific user.
OnlineMeetingTranscript.Read.All Not supported. OnlineMeetingTranscript.Read.All
callTranscript
appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToOnlineMeetings/getAllTranscripts
A call transcript that becomes available in a meeting where a particular Teams app is installed.
Not supported. Not supported. OnlineMeetingTranscript.Read.All, OnlineMeetingTranscript.Read.Chat
channel
/teams/getAllChannels
All channels in an organization.
Not supported. Not supported. Channel.ReadBasic.All, ChannelSettings.Read.All
channel
/teams/{id}/channels
All channels in a particular team in an organization.
Channel.ReadBasic.All, ChannelSettings.Read.All Not supported. Channel.ReadBasic.All, ChannelSettings.Read.All
chat
/chats
All chats in an organization.
Not supported. Not supported. Chat.ReadBasic.All, Chat.Read.All, Chat.ReadWrite.All
chat
/chats/{id}
A particular chat.
Chat.ReadBasic, Chat.Read, Chat.ReadWrite Not supported. ChatSettings.Read.Chat, ChatSettings.ReadWrite.Chat, Chat.Manage.Chat, Chat.ReadBasic.All, Chat.Read.All, Chat.ReadWrite.All
chat
/appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToChats
All chats in an organization where a particular Teams app is installed.
Not supported. Not supported. Chat.ReadBasic.WhereInstalled, Chat.Read.WhereInstalled, Chat.ReadWrite.WhereInstalled
chat
/users/{id}/chats
All chats that a particular user is part of.
Chat.ReadBasic, Chat.Read, Chat.ReadWrite Not supported. Chat.ReadBasic.All, Chat.Read.All, Chat.ReadWrite.All
chatMessage
/teams/{id}/channels/{id}/messages
All messages and replies in a particular channel.
ChannelMessage.Read.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All Not supported. ChannelMessage.Read.Group, ChannelMessage.Read.All
chatMessage
/teams/getAllMessages
All channel messages in organization.
Not supported. Not supported. ChannelMessage.Read.All
chatMessage
/chats/{id}/messages
All messages in a chat.
Chat.Read, Chat.ReadWrite Not supported. Chat.Read.All
chatMessage
/chats/getAllMessages
All chat messages in an organization.
Not supported. Not supported. Chat.Read.All
chatMessage
/users/{id}/chats/getAllMessages
Chat messages for all chats a particular user is part of.
Chat.Read, Chat.ReadWrite Not supported. Chat.Read.All, Chat.ReadWrite.All
chatMessage
/appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToChats/getAllMessages
Chat messages for all chats in an organization where a particular Teams app is installed.
Not supported. Not supported. Chat.Read.WhereInstalled, Chat.ReadWrite.WhereInstalled
contact Contacts.Read Contacts.Read Contacts.Read
conversationMember
/chats/getAllMembers
Members of all chats in an organization.
Not supported. Not supported. ChatMember.Read.All, ChatMember.ReadWrite.All, Chat.ReadBasic.All, Chat.Read.All, Chat.ReadWrite.All
conversationMember
/chats/{id}/members
Members of a particular chat.
ChatMember.Read, ChatMember.ReadWrite, Chat.ReadBasic, Chat.Read, Chat.ReadWrite Not supported. ChatMember.Read.Chat, Chat.Manage.Chat, ChatMember.Read.All, ChatMember.ReadWrite.All, Chat.ReadBasic.All, Chat.Read.All, Chat.ReadWrite.All
conversationMember
/appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToChats/getAllMembers
Chat members for all chats in an organization where a particular Teams app is installed.
Not supported. Not supported. ChatMember.Read.WhereInstalled, ChatMember.ReadWrite.WhereInstalled, Chat.ReadBasic.WhereInstalled, Chat.Read.WhereInstalled, Chat.ReadWrite.WhereInstalled
conversationMember
/teams/getAllMembers
Members in all teams in an organization.
Not supported. Not supported. TeamMember.Read.All, TeamMember.ReadWrite.All
conversationMember
/teams/{id}/members
Members in a particular team.
TeamMember.Read.All Not supported. TeamMember.Read.All
conversationMember
/teams/{id}/channels/getAllMembers
Members in all private channels of a particular team.
Not supported. Not supported. ChannelMember.Read.All
conversationMember
/teams/getAllChannels/getAllMembers
Not supported. Not supported. ChannelMember.Read.All
driveItem (user's personal OneDrive) Not supported. Files.ReadWrite Not supported.
driveItem (OneDrive for work or school) Files.ReadWrite.All Not supported. Files.ReadWrite.All
event Calendars.Read Calendars.Read Calendars.Read
group Group.Read.All Not supported. Group.Read.All
group conversation Group.Read.All Not supported. Not supported.
list Sites.ReadWrite.All Not supported. Sites.ReadWrite.All
message Mail.ReadBasic, Mail.Read Mail.ReadBasic, Mail.Read Mail.Read
offerShiftRequest
/teams/{id}/schedule/offerShiftRequests
Changes to any offer shift request in a team.
Schedule.Read.All, Schedule.ReadWrite.All Not supported. Schedule.Read.All, Schedule.ReadWrite.All
onlineMeeting Not supported. Not supported. OnlineMeetings.Read.All, OnlineMeetings.ReadWrite.All
openShiftChangeRequest
/teams/{id}/schedule/openShiftChangeRequests
Changes to any open shift request in a team.
Schedule.Read.All, Schedule.ReadWrite.All Not supported. Schedule.Read.All, Schedule.ReadWrite.All
presence Presence.Read.All Not supported. Not supported.
printer Not supported. Not supported. Printer.Read.All, Printer.ReadWrite.All
printTaskDefinition Not supported. Not supported. PrintTaskDefinition.ReadWrite.All
security alert SecurityEvents.ReadWrite.All Not supported. SecurityEvents.ReadWrite.All
shift
/teams/{id}/schedule/shifts
Changes to any shift in a team.
Schedule.Read.All, Schedule.ReadWrite.All Not supported. Schedule.Read.All, Schedule.ReadWrite.All
swapShiftsChangeRequest
/teams/{id}/schedule/swapShiftsChangeRequests
Changes to any swap shift request in a team.
Schedule.Read.All, Schedule.ReadWrite.All Not supported. Schedule.Read.All, Schedule.ReadWrite.All
team
/teams
All teams in an organization.
Not supported. Not supported. Team.ReadBasic.All, TeamSettings.Read.All
team
/teams/{id}
A particular team.
Team.ReadBasic.All, TeamSettings.Read.All Not supported. Team.ReadBasic.All, TeamSettings.Read.All
timeOffRequest
/teams/{id}/schedule/timeOffRequests
Changes to any time off request in a team.
Schedule.Read.All, Schedule.ReadWrite.All Not supported. Schedule.Read.All, Schedule.ReadWrite.All
todoTask Tasks.ReadWrite Tasks.ReadWrite Not supported.
user User.Read.All User.Read.All User.Read.All
virtualEventWebinar VirtualEvent.Read Not supported. VirtualEvent.Read.All
baseTask (deprecated) Tasks.ReadWrite Tasks.ReadWrite Not supported.

Note

The following permissions use resource-specific consent:

  • OnlineMeetingRecording.Read.Chat
  • OnlineMeetingTranscript.Read.Chat
  • ChatSettings.Read.Chat
  • ChatSettings.ReadWrite.Chat
  • Chat.Manage.Chat
  • ChannelMessage.Read.Group
  • ChatMember.Read.Chat

chatMessage

chatMessage subscriptions can be specified to include resource data. If specified to include resource data (includeResourceData set to true), encryption is required. The subscription creation fails if an encryptionCertificate isn't specified for such subscriptions.

You must use the Prefer: include-unknown-enum-members request header to get the following values in chatMessage messageType evolvable enum: systemEventMessage for /teams/{id}/channels/{id}/messages and /chats/{id}/messages resource.

Note

/teams/getAllMessages, /chats/getAllMessages, /me/chats/getAllMessages, /users/{id}/chats/getAllMessages, and /appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToChats/getAllMessages are metered APIs; payment models and licensing requirements may apply. /teams/getAllMessages and /chats/getAllMessages support both model=A and model=B payment models, /me/chats/getAllMessages, /users/{id}/chats/getAllMessages, and /appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToChats/getAllMessages support only model=B. If you don't specify a payment model in your query, the default evaluation mode will be used.

Note

To add or change a payment model for a subscribed resource of a change notification, you must create a new change notification subscription with the new payment model; updating an existing change notification does not work.

conversationMember

conversationMember subscriptions can be specified to include resource data. If specified to include resource data (includeResourceData set to true), encryption is required. The subscription creation fails if an encryptionCertificate isn't specified.

Note

/teams/getAllMembers, /chats/getAllMembers, and /appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToChats/getAllMembers are metered APIs; payment models and licensing requirements may apply. /teams/getAllMembers and /chats/getAllMembers support both model=A and model=B payment models. /appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToChats/getAllMembers supports only model=B. If you don't specify a payment model in your query, the default evaluation mode will be used.

Note

To add or change a payment model for a subscribed resource of a change notification, you must create a new change notification subscription with the new payment model; updating an existing change notification does not work.

team, channel, and chat

team, channel, and chat subscriptions can be specified to include resource data. If specified to include resource data (includeResourceData set to true), encryption is required. The subscription creation fails if an encryptionCertificate isn't specified.

You can use the notifyOnUserSpecificProperties query string parameter when you subscribe to changes in a particular chat or at user level. When you set the query string parameter notifyOnUserSpecificProperties to true during subscription creation, two types of payloads are sent to the subscriber. One type contains user-specific properties, and the other is sent without them. For more information, see Get change notifications for chats using Microsoft Graph.

Note

/appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToChats has licensing and payment requirements, specifically supporting only model=B. If no model is specified, evaluation mode will be used.

Note

To add or change a payment model for a subscribed resource of a change notification, you must create a new change notification subscription with the new payment model; updating an existing change notification does not work.

Request example

Specify the model query parameter in the resource property in the request body.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/subscriptions
Content-type: application/json

{
   "changeType": "created",
   "notificationUrl": "https://webhook.azurewebsites.net/api/send/myNotifyClient",
   "resource": "chats/getAllMessages?model=A",
   "expirationDateTime":"2016-11-20T18:23:45.9356913Z",
   "clientState": "secretClientValue",
   "latestSupportedTlsVersion": "v1_2"
}

driveItem

More limitations apply to subscriptions on OneDrive items. The limitations apply to creating as well as managing (getting, updating, and deleting) subscriptions.

On a personal OneDrive, you can subscribe to the root folder or any subfolder in that drive. On OneDrive for work or school, you can subscribe to only the root folder. Change notifications are sent for the requested changes on the subscribed folder or any file, folder, or other driveItem instances in its hierarchy. You can't subscribe to drive or driveItem instances that aren't folders, such as individual files.

OneDrive for work or school and SharePoint support sending your application notifications of security events that occur on a driveItem. To subscribe to these events, add the prefer:includesecuritywebhooks header to your request to create a subscription. After the subscription is created, you will receive notifications when the permissions on an item change. This header applies to SharePoint and OneDrive for work or school but not consumer OneDrive accounts.

contact, event, and message

You can subscribe to changes in Outlook contact, event, or message resources and optionally specify in the POST request payload whether to include encrypted resource data in notifications.

Creating and managing (getting, updating, and deleting) a subscription requires a read scope to the resource. For example, to get change notifications on messages, your app needs the Mail.Read permission. Outlook change notifications support delegated and application permission scopes. Note the following limitations:

  • Delegated permission supports subscribing to items in folders in only the signed-in user's mailbox. For example, you can't use the delegated permission Calendars.Read to subscribe to events in another user’s mailbox.

  • To subscribe to change notifications of Outlook contacts, events, or messages in shared or delegated folders:

    • Use the corresponding application permission to subscribe to changes of items in a folder or mailbox of any user in the tenant.
    • Don't use the Outlook sharing permissions (Contacts.Read.Shared, Calendars.Read.Shared, Mail.Read.Shared, and their read/write counterparts), as they do not support subscribing to change notifications on items in shared or delegated folders.

onlineMeetings, presence

Subscriptions on onlineMeetings and presence require the encryptionCertificate and encryptionCertificateId property when creating a subscription for notifications with encrypted resource data. For more information, see setting up change notifications to include resource data. For details about online meeting subscriptions, see Get change notifications for online meetings.

virtualEventWebinar

Subscriptions on virtual events support only basic notifications and are limited to a few entities of a virtual event. For more information about the supported subscription types, see Get change notifications for Microsoft Teams virtual event updates.

HTTP request

POST /subscriptions

Request headers

Name Type Description
Authorization string Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of subscription object.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a subscription object in the response body.

For details about how errors are returned, see Error responses.

Example

Request

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the subscription object. The clientState and latestSupportedTlsVersion fields are optional.

This request creates a subscription for change notifications about new mail received by the currently signed-in user.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/subscriptions
Content-type: application/json

{
   "changeType": "created",
   "notificationUrl": "https://webhook.azurewebsites.net/api/send/myNotifyClient",
   "resource": "me/mailFolders('Inbox')/messages",
   "expirationDateTime":"2016-11-20T18:23:45.9356913Z",
   "clientState": "secretClientValue",
   "latestSupportedTlsVersion": "v1_2"
}

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the subscription object. The clientState and latestSupportedTlsVersion fields are optional.

Duplicate subscription behavior

Duplicate subscriptions aren't allowed. When a subscription request contains the same values for changeType and resource that an existing subscription contains, the request fails with an HTTP error code 409 Conflict, and the error message Subscription Id <> already exists for the requested combination.

Resources examples

The following are valid values for the resource property.

Resource type Examples
approvalItems solution/approval/approvalItems
callRecord communications/callRecords
callRecording communications/onlineMeetings/getAllRecordings, communications/onlineMeetings/{onlineMeetingId}/recordings, users/{userId}/onlineMeetings/getAllRecordings, appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToOnlineMeetings/getAllRecordings
callTranscript communications/onlineMeetings/getAllTranscripts, communications/onlineMeetings/{onlineMeetingId}/transcripts, users/{userId}/onlineMeetings/getAllTranscripts, appCatalogs/teamsApps/{id}/installedToOnlineMeetings/getAllTranscripts
channel /teams/getAllChannels, /teams/{id}/channels
chat /chats, /chats/{id}
chatMessage chats/{id}/messages, chats/getAllMessages, teams/{id}/channels/{id}/messages, teams/getAllMessages
contact me/contacts
conversationMember /chats/{id}/members, /chats/getAllMembers, /teams/{id}/members, /teams/getAllMembers, /teams/{id}/channels/getAllMembers
driveItem me/drive/root
event me/events
group groups
group conversation groups('{id}')/conversations
list sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}
message me/mailfolders('inbox')/messages, me/messages
onlineMeeting /communications/onlineMeetings/?$filter=JoinWebUrl eq '{JoinWebUrl}'
presence /communications/presences/{id} (single user), /communications/presences?$filter=id in ('{id}','{id}',…) (multiple users)
printer print/printers/{id}/jobs
printTaskDefinition print/taskDefinitions/{id}/tasks
team /teams, /teams/{id}
user users
todoTask /me/todo/lists/{todoTaskListId}/tasks
security alert security/alerts?$filter=status eq 'NewAlert'
baseTask (deprecated) /me/tasks/lists/{Id}/tasks

Note

Any path starting with me can also be used with users/{id} instead of me to target a specific user instead of the current user.

Response

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.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#subscriptions/$entity",
  "id": "7f105c7d-2dc5-4530-97cd-4e7ae6534c07",
  "resource": "me/mailFolders('Inbox')/messages",
  "applicationId": "24d3b144-21ae-4080-943f-7067b395b913",
  "changeType": "created",
  "clientState": "secretClientValue",
  "notificationUrl": "https://webhook.azurewebsites.net/api/send/myNotifyClient",
  "expirationDateTime": "2016-11-20T18:23:45.9356913Z",
  "creatorId": "8ee44408-0679-472c-bc2a-692812af3437",
  "latestSupportedTlsVersion": "v1_2",
  "notificationContentType": "application/json"
}

Notification endpoint validation

The subscription notification endpoint (specified in the notificationUrl property) must be capable of responding to a validation request as described in Set up notifications for changes in user data. If validation fails, the request to create the subscription returns a 400 Bad Request error.