Microsoft Entra ID Change Notifications API
Subscription lifecycle for Microsoft Graph change notifications - push events for created, updated and deleted directory objects over webhooks, Azure Event Hubs or Azure Event Grid.
Subscription lifecycle for Microsoft Graph change notifications - push events for created, updated and deleted directory objects over webhooks, Azure Event Hubs or Azure Event Grid.
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openapi: 3.0.4
info:
title: ChangeNotifications
version: v1.0
servers:
- url: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/
description: Core
paths:
/subscriptions:
get:
tags:
- subscriptions.subscription
summary: List subscriptions
description: 'Retrieve the properties and relationships of webhook subscriptions, based on the app ID, the user, and the user''s role with a tenant. The content of the response depends on the context in which the app is calling; for details, see the scenarios in the Permissions section.'
externalDocs:
description: Find more info here
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/subscription-list?view=graph-rest-1.0
operationId: subscription_ListSubscription
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/top'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/skip'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/search'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
- name: $orderby
in: query
description: Order items by property values
style: form
explode: false
schema:
uniqueItems: true
type: array
items:
type: string
- name: $select
in: query
description: Select properties to be returned
style: form
explode: false
schema:
uniqueItems: true
type: array
items:
type: string
- name: $expand
in: query
description: Expand related entities
style: form
explode: false
schema:
uniqueItems: true
type: array
items:
type: string
responses:
2XX:
$ref: '#/components/responses/microsoft.graph.subscriptionCollectionResponse'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/error'
x-ms-pageable:
nextLinkName: '@odata.nextLink'
operationName: listMore
x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
post:
tags:
- subscriptions.subscription
summary: Create subscription
description: 'Subscribes a listener application to receive change notifications when the requested type of changes occur to the specified resource in Microsoft Graph. To identify the resources for which you can create subscriptions and the limitations on subscriptions, see Set up notifications for changes in resource data: Supported resources. Some resources support rich notifications, that is, notifications that include resource data. For more information about these resources, see Set up change notifications that include resource data: Supported resources.'
externalDocs:
description: Find more info here
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/subscription-post-subscriptions?view=graph-rest-1.0
operationId: subscription_CreateSubscription
requestBody:
description: New entity
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.subscription'
required: true
responses:
2XX:
description: Created entity
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.subscription'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/error'
x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
'/subscriptions/{subscription-id}':
get:
tags:
- subscriptions.subscription
summary: Get subscription
description: Retrieve the properties and relationships of a subscription. See the table in the Permissions section for the list of resources that support subscribing to change notifications.
externalDocs:
description: Find more info here
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/subscription-get?view=graph-rest-1.0
operationId: subscription_GetSubscription
parameters:
- name: subscription-id
in: path
description: The unique identifier of subscription
required: true
style: simple
schema:
type: string
x-ms-docs-key-type: subscription
- name: $select
in: query
description: Select properties to be returned
style: form
explode: false
schema:
uniqueItems: true
type: array
items:
type: string
responses:
2XX:
description: Retrieved entity
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.subscription'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/error'
x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
patch:
tags:
- subscriptions.subscription
summary: Update subscription
description: 'Renew a subscription by extending its expiry time. The table in the Permissions section lists the resources that support subscribing to change notifications. Subscriptions expire after a length of time that varies by resource type. In order to avoid missing change notifications, an app should renew its subscriptions well in advance of their expiry date. See subscription for maximum length of a subscription for each resource type.'
externalDocs:
description: Find more info here
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/subscription-update?view=graph-rest-1.0
operationId: subscription_UpdateSubscription
parameters:
- name: subscription-id
in: path
description: The unique identifier of subscription
required: true
style: simple
schema:
type: string
x-ms-docs-key-type: subscription
requestBody:
description: New property values
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.subscription'
required: true
responses:
2XX:
description: Success
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.subscription'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/error'
x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
delete:
tags:
- subscriptions.subscription
summary: Delete subscription
description: 'Delete a subscription. For the list of resources that support subscribing to change notifications, see the table in the Permissions section.'
externalDocs:
description: Find more info here
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/subscription-delete?view=graph-rest-1.0
operationId: subscription_DeleteSubscription
parameters:
- name: subscription-id
in: path
description: The unique identifier of subscription
required: true
style: simple
schema:
type: string
x-ms-docs-key-type: subscription
- name: If-Match
in: header
description: ETag
style: simple
schema:
type: string
responses:
2XX:
description: Success
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/error'
x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
'/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/microsoft.graph.reauthorize':
post:
tags:
- subscriptions.subscription.Actions
summary: Invoke action reauthorize
description: Reauthorize a subscription when you receive a reauthorizationRequired challenge.
externalDocs:
description: Find more info here
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/subscription-reauthorize?view=graph-rest-1.0
operationId: subscription_reauthorize
parameters:
- name: subscription-id
in: path
description: The unique identifier of subscription
required: true
style: simple
schema:
type: string
x-ms-docs-key-type: subscription
responses:
2XX:
description: Success
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/error'
x-ms-docs-operation-type: action
components:
schemas:
microsoft.graph.subscription:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.entity'
- title: subscription
type: object
properties:
applicationId:
type: string
description: Optional. Identifier of the application used to create the subscription. Read-only.
nullable: true
changeType:
type: string
description: 'Required. Indicates the type of change in the subscribed resource that raises a change notification. The supported values are: created, updated, deleted. Multiple values can be combined using a comma-separated list. Note: Drive root item and list change notifications support only the updated changeType. User and group change notifications support updated and deleted changeType. Use updated to receive notifications when user or group is created, updated, or soft deleted. Use deleted to receive notifications when user or group is permanently deleted.'
clientState:
type: string
description: Optional. Specifies the value of the clientState property sent by the service in each change notification. The maximum length is 128 characters. The client can check that the change notification came from the service by comparing the value of the clientState property sent with the subscription with the value of the clientState property received with each change notification.
nullable: true
creatorId:
type: string
description: 'Optional. Identifier of the user or service principal that created the subscription. If the app used delegated permissions to create the subscription, this field contains the ID of the signed-in user the app called on behalf of. If the app used application permissions, this field contains the ID of the service principal corresponding to the app. Read-only.'
nullable: true
encryptionCertificate:
type: string
description: Optional. A base64-encoded representation of a certificate with a public key used to encrypt resource data in change notifications. Optional but required when includeResourceData is true.
nullable: true
encryptionCertificateId:
type: string
description: Optional. A custom app-provided identifier to help identify the certificate needed to decrypt resource data.
nullable: true
expirationDateTime:
pattern: '^[0-9]{4,}-(0[1-9]|1[012])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])T([01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]([.][0-9]{1,12})?(Z|[+-][0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9])$'
type: string
description: 'Required. Specifies the date and time when the webhook subscription expires. The time is in UTC, and can be an amount of time from subscription creation that varies for the resource subscribed to. Any value under 45 minutes after the time of the request is automatically set to 45 minutes after the request time. For the maximum supported subscription length of time, see Subscription lifetime.'
format: date-time
includeResourceData:
type: boolean
description: 'Optional. When set to true, change notifications include resource data (such as content of a chat message).'
nullable: true
latestSupportedTlsVersion:
type: string
description: 'Optional. Specifies the latest version of Transport Layer Security (TLS) that the notification endpoint, specified by notificationUrl, supports. The possible values are: v10, v11, v12, v13. For subscribers whose notification endpoint supports a version lower than the currently recommended version (TLS 1.2), specifying this property by a set timeline allows them to temporarily use their deprecated version of TLS before completing their upgrade to TLS 1.2. For these subscribers, not setting this property per the timeline would result in subscription operations failing. For subscribers whose notification endpoint already supports TLS 1.2, setting this property is optional. In such cases, Microsoft Graph defaults the property to v1_2.'
nullable: true
lifecycleNotificationUrl:
type: string
description: 'Required for Teams resources if the expirationDateTime value is more than 1 hour from now; optional otherwise. The URL of the endpoint that receives lifecycle notifications, including subscriptionRemoved, reauthorizationRequired, and missed notifications. This URL must make use of the HTTPS protocol. For more information, see Reduce missing subscriptions and change notifications.'
nullable: true
notificationQueryOptions:
type: string
description: 'Optional. OData query options for specifying value for the targeting resource. Clients receive notifications when resource reaches the state matching the query options provided here. With this new property in the subscription creation payload along with all existing properties, Webhooks deliver notifications whenever a resource reaches the desired state mentioned in the notificationQueryOptions property. For example, when the print job is completed or when a print job resource isFetchable property value becomes true etc. Supported only for Universal Print Service. For more information, see Subscribe to change notifications from cloud printing APIs using Microsoft Graph.'
nullable: true
notificationUrl:
type: string
description: Required. The URL of the endpoint that receives the change notifications. This URL must make use of the HTTPS protocol. Any query string parameter included in the notificationUrl property is included in the HTTP POST request when Microsoft Graph sends the change notifications.
notificationUrlAppId:
type: string
description: Optional. The app ID that the subscription service can use to generate the validation token. The value allows the client to validate the authenticity of the notification received.
nullable: true
resource:
type: string
description: Required. Specifies the resource that is monitored for changes. Don't include the base URL (https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/). See the possible resource path values for each supported resource.
additionalProperties:
type: object
microsoft.graph.entity:
title: entity
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: The unique identifier for an entity. Read-only.
additionalProperties:
type: object
microsoft.graph.subscriptionCollectionResponse:
title: Collection of subscription
type: object
properties:
value:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.subscription'
'@odata.nextLink':
type: string
nullable: true
additionalProperties:
type: object
microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ODataError:
required:
- error
type: object
properties:
error:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.MainError'
additionalProperties:
type: object
microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.MainError:
required:
- code
- message
type: object
properties:
code:
type: string
message:
type: string
x-ms-primary-error-message: true
target:
type: string
nullable: true
details:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ErrorDetails'
innerError:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.InnerError'
additionalProperties:
type: object
microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ErrorDetails:
required:
- code
- message
type: object
properties:
code:
type: string
message:
type: string
target:
type: string
nullable: true
additionalProperties:
type: object
microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.InnerError:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: object
description: The structure of this object is service-specific
responses:
microsoft.graph.subscriptionCollectionResponse:
description: Retrieved collection
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.subscriptionCollectionResponse'
error:
description: error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ODataError'
parameters:
top:
name: $top
in: query
description: Show only the first n items
style: form
explode: false
schema:
minimum: 0
type: integer
example: 50
skip:
name: $skip
in: query
description: Skip the first n items
style: form
explode: false
schema:
minimum: 0
type: integer
search:
name: $search
in: query
description: Search items by search phrases
style: form
explode: false
schema:
type: string
filter:
name: $filter
in: query
description: Filter items by property values
style: form
explode: false
schema:
type: string
count:
name: $count
in: query
description: Include count of items
style: form
explode: false
schema:
type: boolean
securitySchemes:
azureaadv2:
type: oauth2
flows:
authorizationCode:
authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token
scopes: { }
security:
- azureaadv2: [ ]