Create session

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new workbook session.

Excel APIs can be called in one of two modes:

1. Persistent session - All changes made to the workbook are persisted (saved). This is the usual mode of operation.
2. Non-persistent session - Changes made by the API are not saved to the source location. Instead, the Excel backend server keeps a temporary copy of the file that reflects the changes made during that particular API session. When the Excel session expires, the changes are lost. This mode is useful for apps that need to do analysis or obtain the results of a calculation or a chart image, but not affect the document state.

To represent the session in the API, use the workbook-session-id: {session-id} header.

Note: The session header is not required for an Excel API to work. However, we recommend that you use the session header to improve performance. If you don't use a session header, changes made during the API call are persisted to the file.

In some cases, creating a new session requires an indeterminate time to complete. Microsoft Graph also provides a long running operations pattern. This pattern provides a way to poll for creation status updates, without waiting for the creation to complete. The following are the steps:

1. A Prefer: respond-async header is added to the request to indicate that it is a long-running operation.
2. The response returns a Location header to specify the URL for polling the creation operation status. You can get the operation status by accessing the specified URL. The status will be one of the following: notStarted, running, succeeded, or failed.
3. After the operation completes, you can request the status again and the response will show either succeeded or failed.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Error handling

This request might occasionally receive a 504 HTTP error. The appropriate response to this error is to repeat the request.

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.ReadWrite	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

HTTP request

POST /me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/createSession
POST /me/drive/root:/{item-path}:/workbook/createSession

Request headers

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

Request body

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

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a workbookSessionInfo object in the response body. For a long-running operation, it returns a 202 Accepted response code and a Location header with an empty body in the response.

Examples

Example 1: Session creation with long-running operation pattern

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/drive/items/{drive-item-id}/workbook/createSession
Prefer: respond-async
Content-type: application/json

{
    "persistChanges": true
}

C#

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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Drives.Item.Items.Item.Workbook.CreateSession;

var requestBody = new CreateSessionPostRequestBody
{
	PersistChanges = true,
};

// 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}"].Workbook.CreateSession.PostAsync(requestBody, (requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("Prefer", "respond-async");
});

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

CLI

mgc-beta drives items workbook create-session post --drive-id {drive-id} --drive-item-id {driveItem-id} --body '{\
    "persistChanges": true\
}\
'

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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 $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphdrives "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/drives"
	  //other-imports
)

headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("Prefer", "respond-async")

configuration := &graphdrives.ItemItemsItemWorkbookCreateSessionRequestBuilderPostRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
}
requestBody := graphdrives.NewCreateSessionPostRequestBody()
persistChanges := true
requestBody.SetPersistChanges(&persistChanges) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
createSession, err := graphClient.Drives().ByDriveId("drive-id").Items().ByDriveItemId("driveItem-id").Workbook().CreateSession().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, configuration)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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);

com.microsoft.graph.beta.drives.item.items.item.workbook.createsession.CreateSessionPostRequestBody createSessionPostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.drives.item.items.item.workbook.createsession.CreateSessionPostRequestBody();
createSessionPostRequestBody.setPersistChanges(true);
var result = graphClient.drives().byDriveId("{drive-id}").items().byDriveItemId("{driveItem-id}").workbook().createSession().post(createSessionPostRequestBody, requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.headers.add("Prefer", "respond-async");
});

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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);

const workbookSessionInfo = {
    persistChanges: true
};

await client.api('/me/drive/items/{drive-item-id}/workbook/createSession')
	.version('beta')
	.post(workbookSessionInfo);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Drives\Item\Items\Item\Workbook\CreateSession\CreateSessionRequestBuilderPostRequestConfiguration;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Drives\Item\Items\Item\Workbook\CreateSession\CreateSessionPostRequestBody;


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

$requestBody = new CreateSessionPostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setPersistChanges(true);
$requestConfiguration = new CreateSessionRequestBuilderPostRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'Prefer' => 'respond-async',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;


$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->workbook()->createSession()->post($requestBody, $requestConfiguration)->wait();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.drives.item.items.item.workbook.create_session.create_session_request_builder import CreateSessionRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
from msgraph_beta.generated.drives.item.items.item.workbook.create_session.create_session_post_request_body import CreateSessionPostRequestBody
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = CreateSessionPostRequestBody(
	persist_changes = True,
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration()
request_configuration.headers.add("Prefer", "respond-async")


result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').workbook.create_session.post(request_body, request_configuration = request_configuration)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Location: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/items/{drive-item-id}/workbook/operations/{operation-id}
Content-type: application/json

{
}

With the 202 Accepted response, please see Work with APIs that take a long time to complete for how to retrieve the operation status and get the session creation result.

Example 2: Basic session creation

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/createSession
Content-type: application/json

{
  "persistChanges": true
}

C#

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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Drives.Item.Items.Item.Workbook.CreateSession;

var requestBody = new CreateSessionPostRequestBody
{
	PersistChanges = true,
};

// 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}"].Workbook.CreateSession.PostAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

CLI

mgc-beta drives items workbook create-session post --drive-id {drive-id} --drive-item-id {driveItem-id} --body '{\
  "persistChanges": true\
}\
'

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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 $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphdrives "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/drives"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphdrives.NewCreateSessionPostRequestBody()
persistChanges := true
requestBody.SetPersistChanges(&persistChanges) 

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

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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);

com.microsoft.graph.beta.drives.item.items.item.workbook.createsession.CreateSessionPostRequestBody createSessionPostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.drives.item.items.item.workbook.createsession.CreateSessionPostRequestBody();
createSessionPostRequestBody.setPersistChanges(true);
var result = graphClient.drives().byDriveId("{drive-id}").items().byDriveItemId("{driveItem-id}").workbook().createSession().post(createSessionPostRequestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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);

const workbookSessionInfo = {
  persistChanges: true
};

await client.api('/me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/createSession')
	.version('beta')
	.post(workbookSessionInfo);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Drives\Item\Items\Item\Workbook\CreateSession\CreateSessionPostRequestBody;


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

$requestBody = new CreateSessionPostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setPersistChanges(true);

$result = $graphServiceClient->drives()->byDriveId('drive-id')->items()->byDriveItemId('driveItem-id')->workbook()->createSession()->post($requestBody)->wait();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.drives.item.items.item.workbook.create_session.create_session_post_request_body import CreateSessionPostRequestBody
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = CreateSessionPostRequestBody(
	persist_changes = True,
)

result = await graph_client.drives.by_drive_id('drive-id').items.by_drive_item_id('driveItem-id').workbook.create_session.post(request_body)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

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

{
  "id": "id-value",
  "persistChanges": true
}