Create permission

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new permission object on a site.

Note: You can only use this method to create a new application permission; you can't use it to create a new user site permission.

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) Not supported. Not supported.
Delegated (work or school account) Sites.FullControl.All Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.

Note: In delegated workflows, the user must have an administrator role, such as SharePoint Administrator or higher.

HTTP request

POST /sites/{sitesId}/permissions

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

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

Response

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

Examples

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{sitesId}/permissions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "roles": ["write"],
  "grantedToIdentities": [{
    "application": {
      "id": "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e",
      "displayName": "Contoso Time Manager App"
    }
  }]
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "id": "1",
    "@deprecated.GrantedToIdentities": "GrantedToIdentities has been deprecated. Refer to GrantedToIdentitiesV2",
    "roles": ["write"],
    "grantedToIdentities": [{
      "application": {
        "id": "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e",
        "displayName": "Contoso Time Manager App"
      }
    }],
    "grantedToIdentitiesV2": [{
      "application": {
        "id": "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e",
        "displayName": "Contoso Time Manager App"
      }
    }]
}