Create fileStorageContainer

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new fileStorageContainer object.

The container type identified by containerTypeId must be registered in the tenant.

For delegated calls, the calling user is set as the owner of the fileStorageContainer.

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) FileStorageContainer.Selected Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application FileStorageContainer.Selected Not available.

In addition to Microsoft Graph permissions, your app also must have the necessary container-type level permission or permissions to call this API. For details about container types, see Container Types. To learn more about container-type level permissions, see SharePoint Embedded Authorization.

HTTP request

POST /storage/fileStorage/containers

Optional query parameters

This method supports the following OData query parameters to help customize the response. For general information, see OData query parameters.

Name Description
dataLocation Specifies the desired data location for container creation in Multi-Geo tenants. Omitting the $dataLocation parameter in the request creates the container at the tenant's default location. For more information, see available Multi-Geo regions and their location codes.

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 fileStorageContainer object.

You can specify the following properties when you create a fileStorageContainer.

Property Type Description
displayName String The display name of the container. Required.
description String User-visible description of the container. Optional.
containerTypeId GUID The container type of the container instance. Required.
settings fileStorageContainerSettings Settings associated with the container. Optional.

Response

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

Examples

Request

The following example shows how to create a fileStorageContainer.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/storage/fileStorage/containers
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "My Application Storage Container",
  "description": "Description of My Application Storage Container",
  "containerTypeId": "91710488-5756-407f-9046-fbe5f0b4de73",
  "settings": {
    "isOcrEnabled": true
  }
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

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

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileStorageContainer",
  "id": "b!ISJs1WRro0y0EWgkUYcktDa0mE8zSlFEqFzqRn70Zwp1CEtDEBZgQICPkRbil_5Z",
  "displayName": "My Application Storage Container",
  "description": "Description of My Application Storage Container",
  "containerTypeId": "91710488-5756-407f-9046-fbe5f0b4de73",
  "status": "inactive",
  "createdDateTime": "2021-11-24T15:41:52.347Z",
  "settings": {
    "isOcrEnabled": true
  }
}