How do you upload a .doc/.docx file to drive through the Graph API?

Question

I am looking at this documentation to upload files to drive through the Graph API: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-put-content?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http

How would you upload a .doc or .docx file? What would the headers/params/body need to look like?

Answer 1

Let me first point out that if you are uploading a file larger than 4MB, you need to use Upload large files with an upload session.. That said, the documentation you have mentioned says how uploading a file and for .docx file, Here is a curl sample that you can use with all headers and body well defined.

curl --location --request PUT 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/root:/MyWordDoc.docx:/content' \  
--header 'Content-Type: text/plain' \  
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1...' \  
--data-binary '@/C:/Path/File/Document.docx'  

You may also find this guide on Upload large files using the Microsoft Graph SDKs helpful.