Create permission on a driveItem

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new permission object on a driveItem.

Important

This API has the following restrictions:

For OneDrive for work or school and SharePoint Online, you can only use this method to create a new application permission. If you want to create a new user permission in a driveItem, see invite. For more information on application permissions, see Overview of selected permissions in OneDrive and SharePoint.
For SharePoint Embedded, you can only use this method to create a new sharePointGroup permission with app-only access. You can't create a permission on the root item of a container.

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

Note

SharePoint Embedded requires the FileStorageContainer.Selected permission to access the content of the container. This permission is different from the ones mentioned previously. In addition to Microsoft Graph permissions, your app must have the necessary container type permissions to call this API. For more information, see SharePoint Embedded authentication and authorization.

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.

Important

This API only accepts grantedToV2 as input for the permission object. Other properties such as grantedToIdentitiesV2 or the deprecated grantedTo and grantedToIdentities aren't accepted.
For SharePoint Embedded, when you create a new sharePointGroup permission, we recommend that you reference the sharePointGroup using the grantedToV2.sharePointGroup.id property in the request body. This id should map to the id of the sharePointGroup property. For more information, see Example 2. We don't recommend that you reference a sharePointGroup using its principalId because the principalId is only unique within the site, unlike the id of the sharePointGroup, which is globally unique. In that case, the request body must include both id and displayName in the grantedToV2.siteGroup property. The id must point to the principalId of the sharePointGroup and the displayName must point to the title of the sharePointGroup. For more information, see Example 3.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a permission object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Add an application permission to a driveItem in OneDrive or SharePoint Online

The following example shows how to add a write permission for the Contoso Time Manager App application identified by 89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e, on a driveItem identified by 01V4EPHZNV2OJQJNBPWNCKDTXCQ5TSVBJU in a drive identified by b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop.

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop/items/01V4EPHZNV2OJQJNBPWNCKDTXCQ5TSVBJU/permissions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "grantedToV2": {
    "application": {
      "id": "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e"
    }
  },
  "roles": ["write"]
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Permission
{
	GrantedToV2 = new SharePointIdentitySet
	{
		Application = new Identity
		{
			Id = "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e",
		},
	},
	Roles = new List<string>
	{
		"write",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Drives["{drive-id}"].Items["{driveItem-id}"].Permissions.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"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewPermission()
grantedToV2 := graphmodels.NewSharePointIdentitySet()
application := graphmodels.NewIdentity()
id := "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e"
application.SetId(&id) 
grantedToV2.SetApplication(application)
requestBody.SetGrantedToV2(grantedToV2)
roles := []string {
	"write",
}
requestBody.SetRoles(roles)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
permissions, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Permissions().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Permission permission = new Permission();
SharePointIdentitySet grantedToV2 = new SharePointIdentitySet();
Identity application = new Identity();
application.setId("89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e");
grantedToV2.setApplication(application);
permission.setGrantedToV2(grantedToV2);
LinkedList<String> roles = new LinkedList<String>();
roles.add("write");
permission.setRoles(roles);
Permission result = graphClient.drives().byDriveId("{drive-id}").items().byDriveItemId("{driveItem-id}").permissions().post(permission);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const permission = {
  grantedToV2: {
    application: {
      id: '89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e'
    }
  },
  roles: ['write']
};

await client.api('/drives/b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop/items/01V4EPHZNV2OJQJNBPWNCKDTXCQ5TSVBJU/permissions')
	.post(permission);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Permission;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\SharePointIdentitySet;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Identity;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Permission();
$grantedToV2 = new SharePointIdentitySet();
$grantedToV2Application = new Identity();
$grantedToV2Application->setId('89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e');
$grantedToV2->setApplication($grantedToV2Application);
$requestBody->setGrantedToV2($grantedToV2);
$requestBody->setRoles(['write', 	]);

$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->permissions()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Files

$params = @{
	grantedToV2 = @{
		application = @{
			id = "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e"
		}
	}
	roles = @(
	"write"
)
}

New-MgDriveItemPermission -DriveId $driveId -DriveItemId $driveItemId -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.permission import Permission
from msgraph.generated.models.share_point_identity_set import SharePointIdentitySet
from msgraph.generated.models.identity import Identity
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Permission(
	granted_to_v2 = SharePointIdentitySet(
		application = Identity(
			id = "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e",
		),
	),
	roles = [
		"write",
	],
)

result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').permissions.post(request_body)

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id": "aTowaS50fG1zLnNwLmV4dHw4OWVhNWM5NC03NzM2LTRlMjUtOTVhZC0zZmE5NWY2MmI2NmVAZDljZTBmYzEtNjFkOC00YTJlLWI1ZDMtMTg3NzBkZjA2NzJj",
  "roles": [
    "write"
  ],
  "grantedTo": {
    "application": {
      "id": "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e",
      "displayName": "Contoso Time Manager App"
    }
  },
  "grantedToV2": {
    "application": {
      "id": "89ea5c94-7736-4e25-95ad-3fa95f62b66e",
      "displayName": "Contoso Time Manager App"
    }
  }
}

Example 2: Add a SharePoint group permission to a driveItem in a SharePoint Embedded container using its ID

The following example shows how to add a write permission for the internal collaborators sharePointGroup on a driveItem identified by 01V4EPHZNV2OJQJNBPWNCKDTXCQ5TSVBJU in a SharePoint Embedded fileStorageContainer identified by b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop.

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop/items/01V4EPHZNV2OJQJNBPWNCKDTXCQ5TSVBJU/permissions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "grantedToV2": {
    "sharePointGroup": {
      "id": "ZGYwZTEzYTgtOTExOS00MjdmLWEzNjktOTdjOWM3YjNlYjcyXzE0"
    }
  },
  "roles": ["write"]
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Permission
{
	GrantedToV2 = new SharePointIdentitySet
	{
		SharePointGroup = new SharePointGroupIdentity
		{
			Id = "ZGYwZTEzYTgtOTExOS00MjdmLWEzNjktOTdjOWM3YjNlYjcyXzE0",
		},
	},
	Roles = new List<string>
	{
		"write",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Drives["{drive-id}"].Items["{driveItem-id}"].Permissions.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"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewPermission()
grantedToV2 := graphmodels.NewSharePointIdentitySet()
sharePointGroup := graphmodels.NewSharePointGroupIdentity()
id := "ZGYwZTEzYTgtOTExOS00MjdmLWEzNjktOTdjOWM3YjNlYjcyXzE0"
sharePointGroup.SetId(&id) 
grantedToV2.SetSharePointGroup(sharePointGroup)
requestBody.SetGrantedToV2(grantedToV2)
roles := []string {
	"write",
}
requestBody.SetRoles(roles)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
permissions, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Permissions().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Permission permission = new Permission();
SharePointIdentitySet grantedToV2 = new SharePointIdentitySet();
SharePointGroupIdentity sharePointGroup = new SharePointGroupIdentity();
sharePointGroup.setId("ZGYwZTEzYTgtOTExOS00MjdmLWEzNjktOTdjOWM3YjNlYjcyXzE0");
grantedToV2.setSharePointGroup(sharePointGroup);
permission.setGrantedToV2(grantedToV2);
LinkedList<String> roles = new LinkedList<String>();
roles.add("write");
permission.setRoles(roles);
Permission result = graphClient.drives().byDriveId("{drive-id}").items().byDriveItemId("{driveItem-id}").permissions().post(permission);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const permission = {
  grantedToV2: {
    sharePointGroup: {
      id: 'ZGYwZTEzYTgtOTExOS00MjdmLWEzNjktOTdjOWM3YjNlYjcyXzE0'
    }
  },
  roles: ['write']
};

await client.api('/drives/b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop/items/01V4EPHZNV2OJQJNBPWNCKDTXCQ5TSVBJU/permissions')
	.post(permission);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Permission;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\SharePointIdentitySet;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\SharePointGroupIdentity;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Permission();
$grantedToV2 = new SharePointIdentitySet();
$grantedToV2SharePointGroup = new SharePointGroupIdentity();
$grantedToV2SharePointGroup->setId('ZGYwZTEzYTgtOTExOS00MjdmLWEzNjktOTdjOWM3YjNlYjcyXzE0');
$grantedToV2->setSharePointGroup($grantedToV2SharePointGroup);
$requestBody->setGrantedToV2($grantedToV2);
$requestBody->setRoles(['write', 	]);

$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->permissions()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Files

$params = @{
	grantedToV2 = @{
		sharePointGroup = @{
			id = "ZGYwZTEzYTgtOTExOS00MjdmLWEzNjktOTdjOWM3YjNlYjcyXzE0"
		}
	}
	roles = @(
	"write"
)
}

New-MgDriveItemPermission -DriveId $driveId -DriveItemId $driveItemId -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.permission import Permission
from msgraph.generated.models.share_point_identity_set import SharePointIdentitySet
from msgraph.generated.models.share_point_group_identity import SharePointGroupIdentity
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Permission(
	granted_to_v2 = SharePointIdentitySet(
		share_point_group = SharePointGroupIdentity(
			id = "ZGYwZTEzYTgtOTExOS00MjdmLWEzNjktOTdjOWM3YjNlYjcyXzE0",
		),
	),
	roles = [
		"write",
	],
)

result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').permissions.post(request_body)

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id": "aTowaS50fG1zLnNwLmV4dHwxMEBkOWNlMGZjMS02MWQ4LTRhMmUtYjVkMy0xODc3MGRmMDY3MmM=",
  "roles": [
    "write"
  ],
  "grantedToV2": {
    "sharePointGroup": {
      "id": "ZGYwZTEzYTgtOTExOS00MjdmLWEzNjktOTdjOWM3YjNlYjcyXzE0",
      "principalId": "10",
      "title": "Internal Collaborators"
    },
    "siteGroup": {
      "id": "10",
      "displayName": "Internal Collaborators"
    }
  },
  "grantedTo": {
    "siteGroup": {
      "id": "10",
      "displayName": "Internal Collaborators"
    }
  }
}

Example 3: Add a SharePoint group permission to a driveItem in a SharePoint Embedded container using the principalId

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop/items/01V4EPHZNV2OJQJNBPWNCKDTXCQ5TSVBJU/permissions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "grantedToV2": {
    "siteGroup": {
      "id": "10",
      "displayName": "Internal Collaborators"
    }
  },
  "roles": ["write"]
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Permission
{
	GrantedToV2 = new SharePointIdentitySet
	{
		SiteGroup = new SharePointIdentity
		{
			Id = "10",
			DisplayName = "Internal Collaborators",
		},
	},
	Roles = new List<string>
	{
		"write",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Drives["{drive-id}"].Items["{driveItem-id}"].Permissions.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"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewPermission()
grantedToV2 := graphmodels.NewSharePointIdentitySet()
siteGroup := graphmodels.NewSharePointIdentity()
id := "10"
siteGroup.SetId(&id) 
displayName := "Internal Collaborators"
siteGroup.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
grantedToV2.SetSiteGroup(siteGroup)
requestBody.SetGrantedToV2(grantedToV2)
roles := []string {
	"write",
}
requestBody.SetRoles(roles)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
permissions, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Permissions().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Permission permission = new Permission();
SharePointIdentitySet grantedToV2 = new SharePointIdentitySet();
SharePointIdentity siteGroup = new SharePointIdentity();
siteGroup.setId("10");
siteGroup.setDisplayName("Internal Collaborators");
grantedToV2.setSiteGroup(siteGroup);
permission.setGrantedToV2(grantedToV2);
LinkedList<String> roles = new LinkedList<String>();
roles.add("write");
permission.setRoles(roles);
Permission result = graphClient.drives().byDriveId("{drive-id}").items().byDriveItemId("{driveItem-id}").permissions().post(permission);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const permission = {
  grantedToV2: {
    siteGroup: {
      id: '10',
      displayName: 'Internal Collaborators'
    }
  },
  roles: ['write']
};

await client.api('/drives/b!s8RqPCGh0ESQS2EYnKM0IKS3lM7GxjdAviiob7oc5pXv_0LiL-62Qq3IXyrXnEop/items/01V4EPHZNV2OJQJNBPWNCKDTXCQ5TSVBJU/permissions')
	.post(permission);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Permission;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\SharePointIdentitySet;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\SharePointIdentity;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Permission();
$grantedToV2 = new SharePointIdentitySet();
$grantedToV2SiteGroup = new SharePointIdentity();
$grantedToV2SiteGroup->setId('10');
$grantedToV2SiteGroup->setDisplayName('Internal Collaborators');
$grantedToV2->setSiteGroup($grantedToV2SiteGroup);
$requestBody->setGrantedToV2($grantedToV2);
$requestBody->setRoles(['write', 	]);

$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->permissions()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Files

$params = @{
	grantedToV2 = @{
		siteGroup = @{
			id = "10"
			displayName = "Internal Collaborators"
		}
	}
	roles = @(
	"write"
)
}

New-MgDriveItemPermission -DriveId $driveId -DriveItemId $driveItemId -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.permission import Permission
from msgraph.generated.models.share_point_identity_set import SharePointIdentitySet
from msgraph.generated.models.share_point_identity import SharePointIdentity
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Permission(
	granted_to_v2 = SharePointIdentitySet(
		site_group = SharePointIdentity(
			id = "10",
			display_name = "Internal Collaborators",
		),
	),
	roles = [
		"write",
	],
)

result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').permissions.post(request_body)

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id": "aTowaS50fG1zLnNwLmV4dHwxMEBkOWNlMGZjMS02MWQ4LTRhMmUtYjVkMy0xODc3MGRmMDY3MmM=",
  "roles": [
    "write"
  ],
  "grantedToV2": {
    "siteGroup": {
      "id": "10",
      "displayName": "Internal Collaborators"
    }
  },
  "grantedTo": {
    "siteGroup": {
      "id": "10",
      "displayName": "Internal Collaborators"
    }
  }
}

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Last updated on 2026-05-06

Create permission on a driveItem

Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: Add an application permission to a driveItem in OneDrive or SharePoint Online

Request

Response

Example 2: Add a SharePoint group permission to a driveItem in a SharePoint Embedded container using its ID

Request

Response

Example 3: Add a SharePoint group permission to a driveItem in a SharePoint Embedded container using the principalId

Request

Response

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