Get a DriveItemVersion resource (preview)

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.

Retrieve the metadata for a specific version of a DriveItem.

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) Files.Read Files.Read.All, Files.ReadWrite, Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.Read.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Files.Read Files.Read.All, Files.ReadWrite, Files.ReadWrite.All
Application Files.Read.All Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.Read.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

GET /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}
GET /groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}
GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}
GET /sites/{site-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}
GET /users/{user-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a DriveItemVersion object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get specified version of a file

This example retrieves a version of a file in the current user's drive.

Request

GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}

Response

This returns a version:

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

{
    "id": "D4990684-58CE-4FAB-9B87-D6C49E74F298",
    "lastModifiedBy": {
    "user": {
        "id": "CE251278-EF9E-4FE5-833C-1D89EEAE68E0",
        "displayName": "Iheanetu Olamma"
    }
    },
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-09-14T12:34:53.912Z",
    "size": 123
}

Example 2: Get current version of a file

This example retrieves the current version of a file in the current user's drive.

Request

GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/current

Response

This returns a version:

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

{
    "id": "D4990684-58CE-4FAB-9B87-D6C49E74F298",
    "lastModifiedBy": {
    "user": {
        "id": "CE251278-EF9E-4FE5-833C-1D89EEAE68E0",
        "displayName": "Iheanetu Olamma"
    }
    },
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-09-14T12:34:53.912Z",
    "size": 123
}

Remarks

OneDrive does not preserve the complete metadata for previous versions of a file.

When your app retrieves the list of available versions for a file, a DriveItemVersion resource is returned that provides the available information about the specific version.