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Manage modern SharePoint sites using REST

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This topic assumes that you are already familiar with the following topics:

This topic does not provide code snippets. The REST examples below assume an HTTP Accept header of application/json;odata.metadata=none.

The following REST commands are available for creating a modern SharePoint Communication site:

  • Create. Create a new SharePoint site.
  • Delete. Delete a SharePoint site.
  • Status. Get the status of a SharePoint site.

The base URL for the REST commands is _api/SPSiteManager.

Create a modern site

Using the following REST API you can create both Communication sites and Non-group associated Team Sites.

To specify which type of site to create you use the WebTemplate attribute. Use one of the following templates to select which type of site to create:

  • Communication Site: SITEPAGEPUBLISHING#0
  • Non-group associated Team Site: STS#3
url: /_api/SPSiteManager/create
accept: application/json;odata.metadata=none
odata-version: 4.0
method: POST
body:
{
  "request": {
    "Title": "Communication Site 1",
    "Url":"https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/commsite1",
    "Lcid": 1033,
    "ShareByEmailEnabled":false,
    "Classification":"Low Business Impact",
    "SensitivityLabel": "<Your sensitivity label ID>",
    "Description":"Description",
    "WebTemplate":"SITEPAGEPUBLISHING#0",
    "SiteDesignId":"6142d2a0-63a5-4ba0-aede-d9fefca2c767",
    "Owner":"owner@yourtenant.onmicrosoft.com",
    "WebTemplateExtensionId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
  }
}

Important

If you use an app-only context to create the site collection the Owner property is required. In other cases this is an optional property and if not present will default to the user calling the REST endpoint.

Note

The "Classification" parameter only sets the value visible on the site, but doesn't apply the label on the site. Use the new parameter "SensitivityLabel" to actually apply the label on your site collection.

The site design id can be retrieved by using the Get-SPOSiteDesign (Microsoft SharePoint Online Management Shell) or Get-PnPSiteDesign (PnP PowerShell) cmdlets. If you want to apply an out-of-the-box available site design, use the following values:

  • Topic: 96c933ac-3698-44c7-9f4a-5fd17d71af9e or null
  • Showcase: 6142d2a0-63a5-4ba0-aede-d9fefca2c767
  • Blank: f6cc5403-0d63-442e-96c0-285923709ffc

Important

To apply your custom site designs as retrieved with Get-SPOSiteDesign (Microsoft SharePoint Online Management Shell) or Get-PnPSiteDesign (PnP PowerShell) you will have to change the JSON as follows:

...
    "SiteDesignId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "Owner":"owner@yourtenant.onmicrosoft.com",
    "WebTemplateExtensionId":"<your site design ID>"
...

Note

PnP PowerShell is an open-source solution with active community providing support for it. There is no SLA for the open-source tool support from Microsoft.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200, OK response code and simple JSON object in the response body with the following details:

{
  "SiteId":"d11e59ca-1465-424c-be90-c847ba849af5",
  "SiteStatus":2,
  "SiteUrl":"https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/commsite1"
}

Delete a modern site

The REST API to delete a modern site is:

url: /_api/SPSiteManager/delete
method: POST
accept: application/json;odata.metadata=none
odata-version: 4.0
body:
{
  "siteId":"d11e59ca-1465-424c-be90-c847ba849af5"
}

Response

If succesfull this method returns a 200, OK response code.

Get modern site status

The REST API for getting the status of a modern SharePoint site:

url: /_api/SPSiteManager/status?url='https%3A%2F%2Fcontoso.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2Fcommsite1'
method: GET
accept: application/json;odata.metadata=none
odata-version: 4.0
body: none

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200, OK response code and simple JSON object in the response body with the following details:

If the site exists, the response returns the site status and site URL:

{
  "SiteId":"d11e59ca-1465-424c-be90-c847ba849af5",
  "SiteStatus":2,
  "SiteUrl":"https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/comm1"
}

If the site does not exist, the response returns a site status of 0 with no URL and no site id.

{
  "SiteId":,
  "SiteStatus":0,
  "SiteUrl":
}

The full set of values for SiteStatus are as follows:

  • 0 - Not Found. The site doesn't exist.
  • 1 - Provisioning. The site is currently being provisioned.
  • 2 - Ready. The site has been created.
  • 3 - Error. An error occurred while provisioning the site.
  • 4 - Site with requested URL already exist.

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