Restore deleted item

• 5/4/2019
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Restores a recently deleted item from deleted items.

Currently, deleted items functionality is only supported for the group and user resources. If an item was accidentally deleted, you can fully restore the item.

A recently deleted item will remain available for up to 30 days. After 30 days, the item is permanently deleted.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

• For users: User.ReadWrite.All, Directory.AccessAsUser.All
• For groups: Group.ReadWrite.All, Directory.AccessAsUser.All

HTTP request

POST /directory/deleteditems/{id}/restore

Request headers

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

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

Example

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directory/deleteditems/46cc6179-19d0-473e-97ad-6ff84347bbbb/restore

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

Response

Note: The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.

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

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#directoryObjects/$entity",
  "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.group",
  "id":"46cc6179-19d0-473e-97ad-6ff84347bbbb",
  "displayName":"SampleGroup",
  "groupTypes":["Unified"],
  "mail":"example@contoso.com",
  "mailEnabled":true,
  "mailNickname":"Example",
  "securityEnabled":false,
  "visibility":"Public"
}

SDK sample code

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

await graphClient.Directory.DeletedItems["46cc6179-19d0-473e-97ad-6ff84347bbbb"]
	.Restore()
	.Request()
	.PostAsync()

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let res = await client.api('/directory/deleteditems/46cc6179-19d0-473e-97ad-6ff84347bbbb/restore')
	.version('beta')
	.post();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.