Sharing items in OneDrive and SharePoint
OneDrive Personal, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint provide two different primary ways to share items with other users:
- Sharing links make it easy to share files with anyone who has the link. The link includes the authentication required to access the file and allows either read or read-write access to the shared item.
- Permissions on the item allow it to be shared with specific users who must be signed in to access the files.
OneDrive API supports creating both sharing links and item permissions.
Tasks for sharing items
| Task | HTTP method |
|---|---|
| Create a sharing link | POST /drive/items/{item-id}/createLink |
| Add permissions | POST /drive/items/{item-id}/invite |
| Read permissions | GET /drive/items/{item-id}/permissions |
| Remove permissions | DELETE /drive/items/{item-id}/permissions/{id} |
| Update permissions | PATCH /drive/items/{item-id}/permissions/{id} |
| Send sharing invitation | POST /drive/items/{item-id}/invite |