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Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new onenoteSection in the specified notebook.

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)	Notes.Create, Notes.ReadWrite, Notes.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Notes.Create, Notes.ReadWrite
Application	Notes.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

POST /me/onenote/notebooks/{id}/sections
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/onenote/notebooks/{id}/sections
POST /groups/{id}/onenote/notebooks/{id}/sections
POST /sites/{id}/onenote/notebooks/{id}/sections

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	string	application/json

Request body

In the request body, supply a name for the section.

Within the same hierarchy level, section names must be unique. The name cannot contain more than 50 characters or contain the following characters: ?*/:<>|&#''%~

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a onenoteSection object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/onenote/notebooks/{id}/sections
Content-type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "Section name"
}

C#

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var onenoteSection = new OnenoteSection
{
	DisplayName = "Section name"
};

await graphClient.Me.Onenote.Notebooks["{notebook-id}"].Sections
	.Request()
	.AddAsync(onenoteSection);

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

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const onenoteSection = {
  displayName: 'Section name'
};

await client.api('/me/onenote/notebooks/{id}/sections')
	.post(onenoteSection);

Read the SDK documentation for details on 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/v1.0/";
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[MSGraphBaseURL stringByAppendingString:@"/me/onenote/notebooks/{id}/sections"]]];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
[urlRequest setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];

MSGraphOnenoteSection *onenoteSection = [[MSGraphOnenoteSection alloc] init];
[onenoteSection setDisplayName:@"Section name"];

NSError *error;
NSData *onenoteSectionData = [onenoteSection getSerializedDataWithError:&error];
[urlRequest setHTTPBody:onenoteSectionData];

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

		//Request Completed

}];

[meDataTask execute];

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

Java

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

OnenoteSection onenoteSection = new OnenoteSection();
onenoteSection.displayName = "Section name";

graphClient.me().onenote().notebooks("{id}").sections()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(onenoteSection);

Read the SDK documentation for details on 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)

requestBody := msgraphsdk.NewOnenoteSection()
displayName := "Section name"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName)
notebookId := "notebook-id"
result, err := graphClient.Me().Onenote().NotebooksById(&notebookId).Sections().Post(requestBody)

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

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Notes

$params = @{
	DisplayName = "Section name"
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgUserOnenoteNotebookSection -UserId $userId -NotebookId $notebookId -BodyParameter $params

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

Response

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

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

{
  "isDefault": true,
  "pagesUrl": "pagesUrl-value",
  "displayName": "name-value",
  "createdBy": {
    "user": {
      "id": "id-value",
      "displayName": "displayName-value"
    }
  },
  "lastModifiedBy": {
    "user": {
      "id": "id-value",
      "displayName": "displayName-value"
    }
  }
}