Create invitation

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10/17/2024

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Use this API to create a new invitation or reset the redemption status for a guest user who already redeemed their invitation. The invitation adds the external user to the organization as part of B2B collaboration. B2B collaboration is supported in both Microsoft Entra External ID in workforce and external tenants.

When creating a new invitation, you have several options available:

On invitation creation, Microsoft Graph can automatically send an invitation email directly to the invited user, or your app can use the inviteRedeemUrl returned in the response to craft your own invitation (through your communication mechanism of choice) to the invited user. If you decide to have Microsoft Graph send an invitation email automatically, you can specify the content and language of the email by using invitedUserMessageInfo.
When the user is invited, a user entity (of userType Guest) is created and can be used to control access to resources. The invited user has to go through the redemption process to access any resources they have been invited to.

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)	User.Invite.All	Directory.ReadWrite.All, User.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	User.Invite.All	Directory.ReadWrite.All, User.ReadWrite.All

Important

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation:

To invite guests:
- Both nonadmin member users and guest users can invite guests if the tenant admin hasn't restricted the default user permissions.
- Guest Inviter, Directory Writers, or User Administrator.
To reset the redemption status: Helpdesk Administrator or User Administrator.
Application permissions (app-only) don't work if B2B invitations are disabled on the tenant or if B2B invitations are restricted to administrators.
When resetting the redemption status for a guest user, the User.ReadWrite.All permission is the least privileged permission for the operation.

HTTP request

POST /invitations

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of an invitation object.

The following table lists the parameters that are required when you create an invitation.

Parameter	Type	Description
invitedUserEmailAddress	string	The email address of the user you're inviting.
inviteRedirectUrl	string	The URL that the user will be redirected to after redemption.

Response

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

Example

Example 1: Invite a guest user

Request

The following example shows a request to add and invite a guest user.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/invitations
Content-type: application/json

{
  "invitedUserEmailAddress": "[email protected]",
  "inviteRedirectUrl": "https://myapp.contoso.com"
}


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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Invitation
{
	InvitedUserEmailAddress = "[email protected]",
	InviteRedirectUrl = "https://myapp.contoso.com",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Invitations.PostAsync(requestBody);



mgc invitations post --body '{\
  "invitedUserEmailAddress": "[email protected]",\
  "inviteRedirectUrl": "https://myapp.contoso.com"\
}\
'



// 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.NewInvitation()
invitedUserEmailAddress := "[email protected]"
requestBody.SetInvitedUserEmailAddress(&invitedUserEmailAddress) 
inviteRedirectUrl := "https://myapp.contoso.com"
requestBody.SetInviteRedirectUrl(&inviteRedirectUrl) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
invitations, err := graphClient.Invitations().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Invitation invitation = new Invitation();
invitation.setInvitedUserEmailAddress("[email protected]");
invitation.setInviteRedirectUrl("https://myapp.contoso.com");
Invitation result = graphClient.invitations().post(invitation);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const invitation = {
  invitedUserEmailAddress: '[email protected]',
  inviteRedirectUrl: 'https://myapp.contoso.com'
};

await client.api('/invitations')
	.post(invitation);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Invitation;


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

$requestBody = new Invitation();
$requestBody->setInvitedUserEmailAddress('[email protected]');
$requestBody->setInviteRedirectUrl('https://myapp.contoso.com');

$result = $graphServiceClient->invitations()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.SignIns

$params = @{
	invitedUserEmailAddress = "[email protected]"
	inviteRedirectUrl = "https://myapp.contoso.com"
}

New-MgInvitation -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.invitation import Invitation
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Invitation(
	invited_user_email_address = "[email protected]",
	invite_redirect_url = "https://myapp.contoso.com",
)

result = await graph_client.invitations.post(request_body)

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#invitations/$entity",
    "id": "9071bfde-35e0-47d2-a582-d244ab1b4af6",
    "inviteRedeemUrl": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/redeem?rd=https%3a%2f%2finvitations.microsoft.com%2fredeem%...d%26ver%3d2.0",
    "invitedUserDisplayName": null,
    "invitedUserType": "Guest",
    "invitedUserEmailAddress": "[email protected]",
    "sendInvitationMessage": false,
    "resetRedemption": false,
    "inviteRedirectUrl": "https://myapp.contoso.com",
    "status": "PendingAcceptance",
    "invitedUserMessageInfo": {
        "messageLanguage": null,
        "customizedMessageBody": null,
        "ccRecipients": [
            {
                "emailAddress": {
                    "name": null,
                    "address": null
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "invitedUser": {
        "id": "cbb896f9-8306-49d0-b56b-b8e39cd28825"
    }
}

Example 2: Reset the redemption status of a guest user

Request

The following example shows a request to reset the redemption status of a guest user. The request changes the user's email address, but keeps their current user ID. Before running the request, you must add the new email address the otherMails property of the existing guest user object.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/invitations
Content-type: application/json

{
    "invitedUserEmailAddress": "[email protected]",
    "inviteRedirectUrl": "https://myapp.contoso.com",
    "invitedUser": {
        "id": "264e6d50-eaec-461e-b187-873b1bcf855f"
    },
    "resetRedemption": true
}


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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Invitation
{
	InvitedUserEmailAddress = "[email protected]",
	InviteRedirectUrl = "https://myapp.contoso.com",
	InvitedUser = new User
	{
		Id = "264e6d50-eaec-461e-b187-873b1bcf855f",
	},
	ResetRedemption = true,
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Invitations.PostAsync(requestBody);



mgc invitations post --body '{\
    "invitedUserEmailAddress": "[email protected]",\
    "inviteRedirectUrl": "https://myapp.contoso.com",\
    "invitedUser": {\
        "id": "264e6d50-eaec-461e-b187-873b1bcf855f"\
    },\
    "resetRedemption": true\
}\
'



// 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.NewInvitation()
invitedUserEmailAddress := "[email protected]"
requestBody.SetInvitedUserEmailAddress(&invitedUserEmailAddress) 
inviteRedirectUrl := "https://myapp.contoso.com"
requestBody.SetInviteRedirectUrl(&inviteRedirectUrl) 
invitedUser := graphmodels.NewUser()
id := "264e6d50-eaec-461e-b187-873b1bcf855f"
invitedUser.SetId(&id) 
requestBody.SetInvitedUser(invitedUser)
resetRedemption := true
requestBody.SetResetRedemption(&resetRedemption) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
invitations, err := graphClient.Invitations().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Invitation invitation = new Invitation();
invitation.setInvitedUserEmailAddress("[email protected]");
invitation.setInviteRedirectUrl("https://myapp.contoso.com");
User invitedUser = new User();
invitedUser.setId("264e6d50-eaec-461e-b187-873b1bcf855f");
invitation.setInvitedUser(invitedUser);
invitation.setResetRedemption(true);
Invitation result = graphClient.invitations().post(invitation);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const invitation = {
    invitedUserEmailAddress: '[email protected]',
    inviteRedirectUrl: 'https://myapp.contoso.com',
    invitedUser: {
        id: '264e6d50-eaec-461e-b187-873b1bcf855f'
    },
    resetRedemption: true
};

await client.api('/invitations')
	.post(invitation);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Invitation;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\User;


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

$requestBody = new Invitation();
$requestBody->setInvitedUserEmailAddress('[email protected]');
$requestBody->setInviteRedirectUrl('https://myapp.contoso.com');
$invitedUser = new User();
$invitedUser->setId('264e6d50-eaec-461e-b187-873b1bcf855f');
$requestBody->setInvitedUser($invitedUser);
$requestBody->setResetRedemption(true);

$result = $graphServiceClient->invitations()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.SignIns

$params = @{
	invitedUserEmailAddress = "[email protected]"
	inviteRedirectUrl = "https://myapp.contoso.com"
	invitedUser = @{
		id = "264e6d50-eaec-461e-b187-873b1bcf855f"
	}
	resetRedemption = $true
}

New-MgInvitation -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.invitation import Invitation
from msgraph.generated.models.user import User
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Invitation(
	invited_user_email_address = "[email protected]",
	invite_redirect_url = "https://myapp.contoso.com",
	invited_user = User(
		id = "264e6d50-eaec-461e-b187-873b1bcf855f",
	),
	reset_redemption = True,
)

result = await graph_client.invitations.post(request_body)

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#invitations/$entity",
    "id": "46d72876-dba6-4a05-b9ec-118faf16c4b7",
    "inviteRedeemUrl": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/redeem?rd=https%3a%2f%2finvitations.microsoft.com%2fredeem%2f%3fte...3d2.0",
    "invitedUserDisplayName": null,
    "invitedUserType": "Guest",
    "invitedUserEmailAddress": "[email protected]",
    "sendInvitationMessage": false,
    "resetRedemption": true,
    "inviteRedirectUrl": "https://myapp.contoso.com",
    "status": "PendingAcceptance",
    "invitedUserMessageInfo": {
        "messageLanguage": null,
        "customizedMessageBody": null,
        "ccRecipients": [
            {
                "emailAddress": {
                    "name": null,
                    "address": null
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "invitedUser": {
        "id": "264e6d50-eaec-461e-b187-873b1bcf855f"
    }
}

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Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Example

Example 1: Invite a guest user

Request

Response

Example 2: Reset the redemption status of a guest user

Request

Response

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