Create permission on a driveItem

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Create a new permission object on a driveItem.

Note: You can only use this method to create a new application permission. If you want to create a new user permission in a drive item, see invite.

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.ReadWrite Files.ReadWrite.All, Files.SelectedOperations.Selected, Sites.ReadWrite.All, Sites.FullControl.All, Sites.Manage.All, Sites.Selected, Lists.SelectedOperations.Selected, ListItems.SelectedOperations.Selected
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Files.ReadWrite Files.ReadWrite.All
Application Files.ReadWrite.All Sites.FullControl.All, Sites.Manage.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All, Sites.Selected, Files.SelectedOperations.Selected, Lists.SelectedOperations.Selected, ListItems.SelectedOperations.Selected

HTTP request

POST /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/permissions
POST /groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/permissions
POST /me/drive/items/{item-id}/permissions
POST /sites/{siteId}/drive/items/{itemId}/permissions
POST /users/{userId}/drive/items/{itemId}/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

The following example shows a request.


Response

The following example shows the 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"
      }
    }
  ]
}