Microsoft OneDrive DriveItems API

The DriveItems API from Microsoft OneDrive — 6 operation(s) for driveitems.

OpenAPI Specification

microsoft-onedrive-driveitems-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Microsoft OneDrive API (Microsoft Graph) DriveItems API
  description: Minimal OpenAPI definition for the OneDrive REST API exposed via Microsoft Graph for working with drives and driveItems including OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint document libraries.
  version: v1.0
  x-generated-from: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/developer/rest-api/
  x-generated-by: claude-crawl-2026-05-08
servers:
- url: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0
  description: Microsoft Graph v1.0
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: DriveItems
paths:
  /drives/{driveId}/root:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DriveId'
    get:
      tags:
      - DriveItems
      summary: Get root driveItem of a drive
      operationId: getDriveRoot
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
  /drives/{driveId}/root/children:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DriveId'
    get:
      tags:
      - DriveItems
      summary: List children of root
      operationId: listDriveRootChildren
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenericList'
  /drives/{driveId}/items/{itemId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DriveId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemId'
    get:
      tags:
      - DriveItems
      summary: Get driveItem by id
      operationId: getDriveItem
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
    patch:
      tags:
      - DriveItems
      summary: Update driveItem
      operationId: updateDriveItem
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenericObject'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
    delete:
      tags:
      - DriveItems
      summary: Delete driveItem
      operationId: deleteDriveItem
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No Content
  /drives/{driveId}/items/{itemId}/children:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DriveId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemId'
    get:
      tags:
      - DriveItems
      summary: List children of driveItem
      operationId: listDriveItemChildren
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenericList'
    post:
      tags:
      - DriveItems
      summary: Create folder in driveItem
      operationId: createFolder
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenericObject'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created
  /drives/{driveId}/items/{itemId}/content:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DriveId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemId'
    get:
      tags:
      - DriveItems
      summary: Download file content
      operationId: downloadDriveItemContent
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/octet-stream:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
    put:
      tags:
      - DriveItems
      summary: Upload file content (small file replace)
      operationId: uploadDriveItemContent
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/octet-stream:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '201':
          description: Created
  /drives/{driveId}/items/{itemId}/copy:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DriveId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ItemId'
    post:
      tags:
      - DriveItems
      summary: Copy driveItem
      operationId: copyDriveItem
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenericObject'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Accepted
components:
  schemas:
    GenericList:
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenericObject'
      additionalProperties: true
    GenericObject:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
  parameters:
    ItemId:
      in: path
      name: itemId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    DriveId:
      in: path
      name: driveId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT