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Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Warning

This endpoint requires TLS 1.2 to function normally. Microsoft announced the deprecation of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 for Office 365 and Azure AD services. Although Microsoft Graph still supports these two protocols, you might experience transport-level errors. For more information about the TLS 1.0 and 1.1 deprecation, see Enable support for TLS 1.2 in your environment.

Use this API to retrieve the contents of an item in a specific format. Not all files can be converted into all formats.

To download the item in its original format, see download an item's contents.

Permissions

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

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Files.Read, Files.ReadWrite, Files.Read.All, Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.Read.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Files.Read, Files.ReadWrite, Files.Read.All, Files.ReadWrite.All
Application	Files.Read.All, Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.Read.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

GET /drive/items/{item-id}/content?format={format}
GET /drive/root:/{path and filename}:/content?format={format}

Query parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
format	string	Specify the format the item's content should be downloaded as.

The following values are valid for the format parameter:

Value	Description	Supported source extensions
glb	Converts the item into GLB format	cool, fbx, obj, ply, stl, 3mf
html	Converts the item into HTML format	eml, md, msg
jpg	Converts the item into JPG format	3g2, 3gp, 3gp2, 3gpp, 3mf, ai, arw, asf, avi, bas, bash, bat, bmp, c, cbl, cmd, cool, cpp, cr2, crw, cs, css, csv, cur, dcm, dcm30, dic, dicm, dicom, dng, doc, docx, dwg, eml, epi, eps, epsf, epsi, epub, erf, fbx, fppx, gif, glb, h, hcp, heic, heif, htm, html, ico, icon, java, jfif, jpeg, jpg, js, json, key, log, m2ts, m4a, m4v, markdown, md, mef, mov, movie, mp3, mp4, mp4v, mrw, msg, mts, nef, nrw, numbers, obj, odp, odt, ogg, orf, pages, pano, pdf, pef, php, pict, pl, ply, png, pot, potm, potx, pps, ppsx, ppsxm, ppt, pptm, pptx, ps, ps1, psb, psd, py, raw, rb, rtf, rw1, rw2, sh, sketch, sql, sr2, stl, tif, tiff, ts, txt, vb, webm, wma, wmv, xaml, xbm, xcf, xd, xml, xpm, yaml, yml
pdf	Converts the item into PDF format	doc, docx, epub, eml, htm, html, md, msg, odp, ods, odt, pps, ppsx, ppt, pptx, rtf, tif, tiff, xls, xlsm, xlsx

Optional request headers

Name	Value	Description
if-none-match	String	If this request header is included and the eTag (or cTag) provided matches the current tag on the file, an HTTP 304 Not Modified response is returned.

Example

HTTP

GET /drive/items/{item-id}/content?format={format}

C#

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var queryOptions = new List<QueryOption>()
{
	new QueryOption("format", "{format}")
};

var stream = await graphClient.Drive.Items["{driveItem-id}"].Content
	.Request( queryOptions )
	.GetAsync();

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.

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

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let stream = await client.api('/drive/items/{item-id}/content?format=%7Bformat%7D')
	.version('beta')
	.get();

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.

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

Objective-C

MSHTTPClient *httpClient = [MSClientFactory createHTTPClientWithAuthenticationProvider:authenticationProvider];

NSString *MSGraphBaseURL = @"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/";
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[MSGraphBaseURL stringByAppendingString:@"/drive/items/{item-id}/content?format=%7Bformat%7D"]]];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];

MSURLSessionDataTask *meDataTask = [httpClient dataTaskWithRequest:urlRequest 
	completionHandler: ^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *nserror) {

		MSGraphStream *stream = [[MSGraphStream alloc] initWithData:data error:&nserror];

}];

[meDataTask execute];

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.

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

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

LinkedList<Option> requestOptions = new LinkedList<Option>();
requestOptions.add(new QueryOption("format", "{format}"));

InputStream stream = graphClient.customRequest("/drive/items/{item-id}/content", InputStream.class)
	.buildRequest( requestOptions )
	.get();

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.

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

Go

//THE GO SDK IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClient(requestAdapter)

requestParameters := &msgraphsdk.ContentRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Format: "%7Bformat%7D",
}
options := &msgraphsdk.ContentRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}
driveItemId := "driveItem-id"
graphClient.Drive().ItemsById(&driveItemId).Content().GetWithRequestConfigurationAndResponseHandler(options, 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.

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

Response

Returns a 302 Found response redirecting to a pre-authenticated download URL for the converted file.

To download the converted file, your app must follow the Location header in the response.

Pre-authenticated URLs are only valid for a short period of time (a few minutes) and do not require an Authorization header to access.

HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Location: https://b0mpua-by3301.files.1drv.com/y23vmagahszhxzlcvhasdhasghasodfi

Error responses

See Error Responses for more information about how errors are returned.