directoryDefinition: discover
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.
Discover the latest schema definition for provisioning to an application.
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) | Directory.ReadWrite.All | Not available. |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy | Directory.ReadWrite.All |
To configure application provisioning or HR-driven provisioning, the calling user must also be assigned at least the Application Administrator or Cloud Application Administrator directory role.
To configure Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync, the calling user must also be assigned at least the Hybrid Identity Administrator directory role.
HTTP request
POST /servicePrincipals/{id}/synchronization/jobs/{jobId}/schema/directories/{directoryId}/discover
Request headers
Header | Value |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Request body
Don't supply a request body for this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK
response with a directoryDefinition object.
Example
Request
The following example shows a request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/servicePrincipals/{id}/synchronization/jobs/{jobId}/schema/directories/{directoryId}/discover
Response
The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"discoverabilities": "AttributeNames, AttributeDataTypes",
"discoveryDateTime": "2019-03-20T15:47:50.4707552Z",
"id": "directoryDefinitionId",
"objects": [
{
"name": "User",
"attributes": [
{
"name": "Id",
"type": "String"
},
{
"name": "FirstName",
"type": "String"
},
{
"name": "CustomExendedAttribute",
"type": "String"
}
]
}
],
"version": "bf8c03ac-d45e-47fe-b3a1-711a9418b2b1"
}
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