sourceCollection: purgeData

Article
10/27/2023

Namespace: microsoft.graph.ediscovery

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.

Permanently delete Microsoft Teams messages contained in a sourceCollection.

Note: This request purges Teams data only. It does not purge other types of data such as mailbox items.

You can collect and purge the following categories of Teams content:

Teams 1:1 chats - Chat messages, posts, and attachments shared in a Teams conversation between two people. Teams 1:1 chats are also called conversations.
Teams group chats - Chat messages, posts, and attachments shared in a Teams conversation between three or more people. Also called 1:N chats or group conversations.
Teams channels - Chat messages, posts, replies, and attachments shared in a standard Teams channel.
Private channels - Message posts, replies, and attachments shared in a private Teams channel.
Shared channels - Message posts, replies, and attachments shared in a shared Teams channel.

For more information about purging Teams messages, see:

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

HTTP request

POST /compliance/ediscovery/cases/{caseId}/sourceCollections/{sourceCollectionId}/purgeData

Request headers

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

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this action returns a 202 Accepted response code.

If the purge data operation is started successfully, this action returns a 202 Accepted response code. The response will also contain a Location header, which contains the location of the Purge data operation that was created to commit the purge. To check the status of the purge data operation, make a GET request to the location URL. When the request successfully completes, the status will change to succeeded.

Examples

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/compliance/ediscovery/cases/{caseId}/sourceCollections/{sourceCollectionId}/purgeData


// 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
await graphClient.Compliance.Ediscovery.Cases["{case-id}"].SourceCollections["{sourceCollection-id}"].MicrosoftGraphEdiscoveryPurgeData.PostAsync();

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.


// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc-beta compliance ediscovery cases source-collections microsoft-graph-ediscovery-purge-data post --case-id {case-id} --source-collection-id {sourceCollection-id}

Important

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



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

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)



graphClient.Compliance().Ediscovery().Cases().ByCaseId("case-id").SourceCollections().BySourceCollectionId("sourceCollection-id").MicrosoftGraphEdiscoveryPurgeData().Post(context.Background(), nil)

Important

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


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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

graphClient.compliance().ediscovery().cases().byCaseId("{case-id}").sourceCollections().bySourceCollectionId("{sourceCollection-id}").microsoftGraphEdiscoveryPurgeData().post();

Important

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


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/compliance/ediscovery/cases/{caseId}/sourceCollections/{sourceCollectionId}/purgeData')
	.version('beta')
	.post();

Important

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


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


$graphServiceClient->compliance()->ediscovery()->cases()->byCaseId('case-id')->sourceCollections()->bySourceCollectionId('sourceCollection-id')->microsoftGraphEdiscoveryPurgeData()->post()->wait();

Important

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


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Compliance

Clear-MgBetaComplianceEdiscoveryCaseSourceCollectionData -CaseId $caseId -SourceCollectionId $sourceCollectionId

Important

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


from msgraph import GraphServiceClient

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)


await graph_client.compliance.ediscovery.cases.by_case_id('case-id').source_collections.by_source_collection_id('sourceCollection-id').microsoft_graph_ediscovery_purge_data.post()

Important

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

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

sourceCollection: purgeData

Permissions

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