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Ritvik Johar 21Reputation points
Hi,
I am trying to download files from sharepoint, I have been able to get to the desired folder using https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{siteid}/lists/{listid}/items/{item-id}/ but cannot view the files.
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SharePoint: A group of Microsoft Products and technologies used for sharing and managing content, knowledge, and applications.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
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Serkar Aydin 31Reputation points
2023-03-25T16:39:47.97+00:00 Hi Johar,
if you want to download a single file, you can use the
URI
"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/$DriveID/items/root:/<filename>"With that you will get a response containing an attribute @microsoft.graph.downloadUrl
If you invoke a webrequest with outfile, you will be able to download the single file.
I wrote two articles for that purpose
How To Download Files From SharePoint Using Graph API (PowerShell): https://sposcripts.com/how-to-download-files-to-from-sharepoint-graph/
If you want to download a whole SharePoint Library (recursive with sub folders):
https://sposcripts.com/how-to-download-a-sharepoint-library-using-graph/
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Srinivasa Rao Darna 6,706Reputation points • Microsoft Vendor
2022-11-09T08:11:11.1+00:00 Hello @Ritvik Johar ,
If you are looking to download file uploaded in document library referred as
driveItemdriveitem-get-content.GET /sites/{site-id}/drives/{drive-id}/root:/{path-relative-to-root}:/content GET /sites/{site-id}/drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/contentIf you are looking to download file uploaded to a list item referred
itemAttachment, currently Microsoft Graph doesn't have support for list item attachments, you can upvote feature requested submitted by other Graph users.
Add support for SharePoint List Item Attachments in Graph
Ability to attach files to list items using Graph API.Hope this helps.
If the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and kindly upvote it. If you have extra questions about this answer, please click "Comment".Ritvik Johar 21Reputation points
2022-11-10T20:09:45.917+00:00 Hi @Srinivasa Rao Darna ,
I am able to view the content on postman but is there a way to download the as well.
Srinivasa Rao Darna 6,706Reputation points • Microsoft Vendor
2022-11-11T08:29:08.857+00:00 Hello @Ritvik Johar ,
With
GET /sites/{site-id}/drive/root:/{path-relative-to-root}:/contentfrom below SPO library.
Using Postman Save Response >> Save to a file able to download the same. Hope this helps!
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Rob Windsor 1,961Reputation points
2022-11-09T07:14:47.023+00:00 Here's a link to the documentation on downloading files using Microsoft Graph
Download the contents of a DriveItem
Also, these Microsoft Learn training modules cover how to download files using Microsoft Graph and C# or JavaScript.
Access Files with Microsoft Graph (using C#)
Download and upload files in a JavaScript app with Microsoft Graph
The examples in the Microsoft Learn training modules work with files in OneDrive instead of SharePoint. There are a few ways to build a URL to get a SharePoint file in Microsoft Graph, I'll show you one of them.
Let's say you have files in a library at https://m365x214355.sharepoint.com/sites/contoso/Documents, you can get the items in that library using Microsoft Graph by making a GET request to https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/M365x214355.sharepoint.com:/sites/contoso:/lists/Documents/items. The general format of that request is https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{hostname}:{server-relative-path}:/lists/{list-name}/items.
You can then get the specific file by appending its list item Id. For example, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/M365x214355.sharepoint.com:/sites/contoso:/lists/Documents/items/2.
This gives you a List Item resource, but you need a Drive Item resource to be able to download the file. Fortunately, you can easily get the Drive Item by appending /driveitem to the URL. For example, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/M365x214355.sharepoint.com:/sites/contoso:/lists/Documents/items/2/driveitem.
Finally, you can get the content for the file by appending /content to the URL. For example, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/M365x214355.sharepoint.com:/sites/contoso:/lists/Documents/items/2/driveitem/content
Hopefully you'll be able to combine this technique to address the Drive Item resource for a file in SharePoint and the examples in the Microsoft Learn training modules to be able to download files.
Deepank Kartikey 1Reputation point
2022-11-09T19:05:05.523+00:00 @Rob Windsor
I am collaborator with Ritvik working on the same project.Can you tell, how can one access files located within folder inside a driveitem?
example- file to be downloaded is present at /sites/contoso/parentFolder/childFolder/file_to_access.xls
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RaytheonXie_MSFT 33,176Reputation points • Microsoft Vendor
2022-11-09T06:31:02.23+00:00 Hi @Ritvik Johar
You can use following api to download file.GET /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/contentI have found a similar issue for you to reference
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/601256/downloading-docuemtn-form-sharepoint-documents-usi.htmlIf the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and kindly upvote it. If you have extra questions about this answer, please click "Comment".
Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.Ritvik Johar 21Reputation points
2022-11-10T20:09:02.307+00:00 Hi @RaytheonXie_MSFT ,
I am able to view the content on postman but is there a way to download the as well.
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