Get a DriveItemVersion resource

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Retrieve the metadata for a specific version of a DriveItem.

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)	Files.Read	Files.Read.All, Files.ReadWrite, Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.Read.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Files.Read	Files.Read.All, Files.ReadWrite, Files.ReadWrite.All
Application	Files.Read.All	Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.Read.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

GET /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}
GET /groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}
GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}
GET /sites/{site-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}
GET /users/{user-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a DriveItemVersion object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get specified version of a file

This example retrieves a version of a file in the current user's drive.

Request

HTTP

GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}

C#

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

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Drives["{drive-id}"].Items["{driveItem-id}"].Versions["{driveItemVersion-id}"].GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc drives items versions get --drive-id {drive-id} --drive-item-id {driveItem-id} --drive-item-version-id {driveItemVersion-id}

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// 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"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
versions, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Versions().ByDriveItemVersionId("driveItemVersion-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

DriveItemVersion result = graphClient.drives().byDriveId("{drive-id}").items().byDriveItemId("{driveItem-id}").versions().byDriveItemVersionId("{driveItemVersion-id}").get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let driveItemVersion = await client.api('/me/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/{version-id}')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->versions()->byDriveItemVersionId('driveItemVersion-id')->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Files

Get-MgDriveItemVersion -DriveId $driveId -DriveItemId $driveItemId -DriveItemVersionId $driveItemVersionId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').versions.by_drive_item_version_id('driveItemVersion-id').get()

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

This returns a version:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "id": "D4990684-58CE-4FAB-9B87-D6C49E74F298",
    "lastModifiedBy": {
    "user": {
        "id": "CE251278-EF9E-4FE5-833C-1D89EEAE68E0",
        "displayName": "Iheanetu Olamma"
    }
    },
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-09-14T12:34:53.912Z",
    "size": 123
}

Example 2: Get current version of a file

This example retrieves the current version of a file in the current user's drive.

Request

HTTP

GET /me/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/current

C#

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

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Drives["{drive-id}"].Items["{driveItem-id}"].Versions["{driveItemVersion-id}"].GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc drives items versions get --drive-id {drive-id} --drive-item-id {driveItem-id} --drive-item-version-id {driveItemVersion-id}

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// 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"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
versions, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Versions().ByDriveItemVersionId("driveItemVersion-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

DriveItemVersion result = graphClient.drives().byDriveId("{drive-id}").items().byDriveItemId("{driveItem-id}").versions().byDriveItemVersionId("{driveItemVersion-id}").get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let driveItemVersion = await client.api('/me/drive/items/{item-id}/versions/current')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->versions()->byDriveItemVersionId('driveItemVersion-id')->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Files

Get-MgDriveItemVersion -DriveId $driveId -DriveItemId $driveItemId -DriveItemVersionId $driveItemVersionId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').versions.by_drive_item_version_id('driveItemVersion-id').get()

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

This returns a version:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "id": "D4990684-58CE-4FAB-9B87-D6C49E74F298",
    "lastModifiedBy": {
    "user": {
        "id": "CE251278-EF9E-4FE5-833C-1D89EEAE68E0",
        "displayName": "Iheanetu Olamma"
    }
    },
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-09-14T12:34:53.912Z",
    "size": 123
}

Remarks

OneDrive does not preserve the complete metadata for previous versions of a file.

When your app retrieves the list of available versions for a file, a DriveItemVersion resource is returned that provides the available information about the specific version.