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, Sites.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)
Files.ReadWrite
Files.ReadWrite.All
Application
Files.ReadWrite.All
Sites.ReadWrite.All
HTTP request
POST /drives/{driveId}/items/{itemId}/copy
POST /groups/{groupId}/drive/items/{itemId}/copy
POST /me/drive/items/{item-id}/copy
POST /sites/{siteId}/drive/items/{itemId}/copy
POST /users/{userId}/drive/items/{itemId}/copy
Optional query parameters
This method supports the @microsoft.graph.conflictBehavior query parameter to customize the behavior when a conflict occurs.
Value
Description
fail
Default behavior is to report the failure.
replace
Overwrite existing item at the target site.
rename
Rename the item.
Note: The conflictBehavior is not supported for OneDrive Consumer.
Optional. Reference to the parent item the copy will be created in.
name
string
Optional. The new name for the copy. If this isn't provided, the same name will be used as the original.
Note: The parentReference should include the driveId and id parameters for the target folder.
Response
Returns details about how to monitor the progress of the copy, upon accepting the request.
Example
This example copies a file identified by {item-id} into a folder identified with a driveId and id value.
The new copy of the file will be named contoso plan (copy).txt.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/items/{item-id}/copy
Content-Type: application/json
{
"parentReference": {
"driveId": "6F7D00BF-FC4D-4E62-9769-6AEA81F3A21B",
"id": "DCD0D3AD-8989-4F23-A5A2-2C086050513F"
},
"name": "contoso plan (copy).txt"
}
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Drives.Item.Items.Item.Copy;
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;
var requestBody = new CopyPostRequestBody
{
ParentReference = new ItemReference
{
DriveId = "6F7D00BF-FC4D-4E62-9769-6AEA81F3A21B",
Id = "DCD0D3AD-8989-4F23-A5A2-2C086050513F",
},
Name = "contoso plan (copy).txt",
};
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Drives["{drive-id}"].Items["{driveItem-id}"].Copy.PostAsync(requestBody);
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
graphdrives "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/drives"
graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
//other-imports
)
requestBody := graphdrives.NewCopyPostRequestBody()
parentReference := graphmodels.NewItemReference()
driveId := "6F7D00BF-FC4D-4E62-9769-6AEA81F3A21B"
parentReference.SetDriveId(&driveId)
id := "DCD0D3AD-8989-4F23-A5A2-2C086050513F"
parentReference.SetId(&id)
requestBody.SetParentReference(parentReference)
name := "contoso plan (copy).txt"
requestBody.SetName(&name)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
copy, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Copy().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
com.microsoft.graph.drives.item.items.item.copy.CopyPostRequestBody copyPostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.drives.item.items.item.copy.CopyPostRequestBody();
ItemReference parentReference = new ItemReference();
parentReference.setDriveId("6F7D00BF-FC4D-4E62-9769-6AEA81F3A21B");
parentReference.setId("DCD0D3AD-8989-4F23-A5A2-2C086050513F");
copyPostRequestBody.setParentReference(parentReference);
copyPostRequestBody.setName("contoso plan (copy).txt");
var result = graphClient.drives().byDriveId("{drive-id}").items().byDriveItemId("{driveItem-id}").copy().post(copyPostRequestBody);
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Drives\Item\Items\Item\Copy\CopyPostRequestBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ItemReference;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new CopyPostRequestBody();
$parentReference = new ItemReference();
$parentReference->setDriveId('6F7D00BF-FC4D-4E62-9769-6AEA81F3A21B');
$parentReference->setId('DCD0D3AD-8989-4F23-A5A2-2C086050513F');
$requestBody->setParentReference($parentReference);
$requestBody->setName('contoso plan (copy).txt');
$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->copy()->post($requestBody)->wait();
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.drives.item.items.item.copy.copy_post_request_body import CopyPostRequestBody
from msgraph.generated.models.item_reference import ItemReference
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = CopyPostRequestBody(
parent_reference = ItemReference(
drive_id = "6F7D00BF-FC4D-4E62-9769-6AEA81F3A21B",
id = "DCD0D3AD-8989-4F23-A5A2-2C086050513F",
),
name = "contoso plan (copy).txt",
)
result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').copy.post(request_body)
The value of the Location header provides a URL for a service that will return the current state of the copy operation.
You can use this information to determine when the copy has finished.
Remarks
In many cases the copy action is performed asynchronously.
The response from the API will only indicate that the copy operation was accepted or rejected; for example, due to the destination filename already being in use.