3. Create a Microsoft Graph client object with an authentication provider
An instance of the GraphServiceClient class handles building requests,
sending them to Microsoft Graph API, and processing the responses. To create a
new instance of this class, you need to provide an instance of
IAuthenticationProvider which can authenticate requests to Microsoft Graph.
For more information on initializing a client instance, see the library overview
4. Make requests to the graph
Once you have completed authentication and have a GraphServiceClient, you can
begin to make calls to the service. The requests in the SDK follow the format
of the Microsoft Graph API's RESTful syntax.
For example, to retrieve a user's default drive:
var drive = await graphClient.Me.Drive.GetAsync();
GetAsync will return a Drive object on success and throw a
ApiException on error.
To get the current user's root folder of their default drive:
// Get the user's driveId
var drive = await graphClient.Me.Drive.GetAsync();
var userDriveId = drive.Id;
// use the driveId to get the root drive
var rootItem = await graphClient.Drives[userDriveId].Root.GetAsync();
GetAsync will return a DriveItem object on success and throw a
ApiException on error.
For a general overview of how the SDK is designed, see overview.
The following sample applications are also available:
If you are looking to build the library locally for the purposes of contributing code or running tests, you will need to:
Have the .NET Core SDK (> 1.0) installed
Run dotnet restore from the command line in your package directory
Run nuget restore and msbuild from CLI or run Build from Visual Studio to restore Nuget packages and build the project
Due to long file names you may need to run git config --system core.longpaths true before cloning the repo to your system.
Additionally for Windows OS, set the value of the parameter HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystemLongPathsEnabled to 1, before opening the solution in VS
License
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