educationSubmission: excuse

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Excuse a submission. Excused submissions aren't included in average grade calculations. Grading rubrics and feedback are deleted. Only teachers can perform this action.

If the Prefer: include-unknown-enum-members request header is provided, the excused submission shows the excused status. Otherwise, the submission status retains the returned status. For more information about how to use this header, see the Examples section.

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

HTTP request

POST /education/classes/{classId}/assignments/{assignmentId}/submissions/{submissionId}/excuse

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Prefer	include-unknown-enum-members. Optional.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

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

Examples

Example 1: Request with optional Prefer header

Request

The following example shows a request that uses the Prefer: include-unknown-enum-members header to retain the excused status.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/education/classes/37d99af7-cfc5-4e3b-8566-f7d40e4a2070/assignments/28992cce-fac0-4950-a836-5a524ded8599/submissions/02859156-c3c7-876d-7a5c-915bf4f61380/excuse
Prefer: include-unknown-enum-members

C#

// 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
var result = await graphClient.Education.Classes["{educationClass-id}"].Assignments["{educationAssignment-id}"].Submissions["{educationSubmission-id}"].Excuse.PostAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("Prefer", "include-unknown-enum-members");
});

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

CLI

mgc education classes assignments submissions excuse post --education-class-id {educationClass-id} --education-assignment-id {educationAssignment-id} --education-submission-id {educationSubmission-id}

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

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  grapheducation "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/education"
	  //other-imports
)

headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("Prefer", "include-unknown-enum-members")

configuration := &grapheducation.EducationClasseItemAssignmentItemSubmissionItemExcuseRequestBuilderPostRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
excuse, err := graphClient.Education().Classes().ByEducationClassId("educationClass-id").Assignments().ByEducationAssignmentId("educationAssignment-id").Submissions().ByEducationSubmissionId("educationSubmission-id").Excuse().Post(context.Background(), configuration)

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

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var result = graphClient.education().classes().byEducationClassId("{educationClass-id}").assignments().byEducationAssignmentId("{educationAssignment-id}").submissions().byEducationSubmissionId("{educationSubmission-id}").excuse().post(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.headers.add("Prefer", "include-unknown-enum-members");
});

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

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/education/classes/37d99af7-cfc5-4e3b-8566-f7d40e4a2070/assignments/28992cce-fac0-4950-a836-5a524ded8599/submissions/02859156-c3c7-876d-7a5c-915bf4f61380/excuse')
	.post();

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

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Education\Classes\Item\Assignments\Item\Submissions\Item\Excuse\ExcuseRequestBuilderPostRequestConfiguration;


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

$requestConfiguration = new ExcuseRequestBuilderPostRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'Prefer' => 'include-unknown-enum-members',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;


$result = $graphServiceClient->education()->classes()->byEducationClassId('educationClass-id')->assignments()->byEducationAssignmentId('educationAssignment-id')->submissions()->byEducationSubmissionId('educationSubmission-id')->excuse()->post($requestConfiguration)->wait();

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

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.education.classes.item.assignments.item.submissions.item.excuse.excuse_request_builder import ExcuseRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)


request_configuration = RequestConfiguration()
request_configuration.headers.add("Prefer", "include-unknown-enum-members")


result = await graph_client.education.classes.by_education_class_id('educationClass-id').assignments.by_education_assignment_id('educationAssignment-id').submissions.by_education_submission_id('educationSubmission-id').excuse.post(request_configuration = request_configuration)

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

Response

The following example shows the response when the Prefer: include-unknown-enum-members header is provided in the request.

HTTP/1.1 200 Ok

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#microsoft.graph.educationSubmission",
    "status": "excused",
    "submittedDateTime": "2023-07-19T15:17:37.9961504Z",
    "unsubmittedDateTime": null,
    "returnedDateTime": "2023-07-19T15:17:08.7988272Z",
    "reassignedDateTime": null,
    "excusedDateTime": "2024-04-25T11:50:36.7972162Z",
    "resourcesFolderUrl": null,
    "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/entity/66aeee93-507d-479a-a3ef-8f494af43945/classroom?context=%7B%22subEntityId%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22version%5C%22%3A%5C%221.0%5C%22,%5C%22config%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22classes%5C%22%3A%5B%7B%5C%22id%5C%22%3A%5C%2237d99af7-cfc5-4e3b-8566-f7d40e4a2070%5C%22,%5C%22assignmentIds%5C%22%3A%5B%5C%2228992cce-fac0-4950-a836-5a524ded8599%5C%22%5D,%5C%22submissionId%5C%22%3A%5C%2202859156-c3c7-876d-7a5c-915bf4f61380%5C%22%7D%5D%7D,%5C%22action%5C%22%3A%5C%22navigate%5C%22,%5C%22view%5C%22%3A%5C%22speed-grader%5C%22,%5C%22appId%5C%22%3A%5C%22de8bc8b5-d9f9-48b1-a8ad-b748da725064%5C%22%7D%22,%22channelId%22%3Anull%7D",
    "id": "02859156-c3c7-876d-7a5c-915bf4f61380",
    "recipient": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.educationSubmissionIndividualRecipient",
        "userId": "61243ddb-6f39-499d-b232-9fa8cef26b3a"
    },
    "submittedBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": "fffafb29-e8bc-4de3-8106-be76ed2ad499",
            "displayName": null
        }
    },
    "unsubmittedBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": null,
            "displayName": null
        }
    },
    "returnedBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": "fffafb29-e8bc-4de3-8106-be76ed2ad499",
            "displayName": null
        }
    },
    "reassignedBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": null,
            "displayName": null
        }
    },
    "excusedBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": "fffafb29-e8bc-4de3-8106-be76ed2ad499",
            "displayName": null
        }
    }
}

Example 2: Request without the Prefer request header

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/education/classes/37d99af7-cfc5-4e3b-8566-f7d40e4a2070/assignments/28992cce-fac0-4950-a836-5a524ded8599/submissions/02859156-c3c7-876d-7a5c-915bf4f61380/excuse

C#

// 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
var result = await graphClient.Education.Classes["{educationClass-id}"].Assignments["{educationAssignment-id}"].Submissions["{educationSubmission-id}"].Excuse.PostAsync();

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

CLI

mgc education classes assignments submissions excuse post --education-class-id {educationClass-id} --education-assignment-id {educationAssignment-id} --education-submission-id {educationSubmission-id}

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

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

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


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
excuse, err := graphClient.Education().Classes().ByEducationClassId("educationClass-id").Assignments().ByEducationAssignmentId("educationAssignment-id").Submissions().ByEducationSubmissionId("educationSubmission-id").Excuse().Post(context.Background(), nil)

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

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var result = graphClient.education().classes().byEducationClassId("{educationClass-id}").assignments().byEducationAssignmentId("{educationAssignment-id}").submissions().byEducationSubmissionId("{educationSubmission-id}").excuse().post();

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

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/education/classes/37d99af7-cfc5-4e3b-8566-f7d40e4a2070/assignments/28992cce-fac0-4950-a836-5a524ded8599/submissions/02859156-c3c7-876d-7a5c-915bf4f61380/excuse')
	.post();

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

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


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


$result = $graphServiceClient->education()->classes()->byEducationClassId('educationClass-id')->assignments()->byEducationAssignmentId('educationAssignment-id')->submissions()->byEducationSubmissionId('educationSubmission-id')->excuse()->post()->wait();

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

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)


result = await graph_client.education.classes.by_education_class_id('educationClass-id').assignments.by_education_assignment_id('educationAssignment-id').submissions.by_education_submission_id('educationSubmission-id').excuse.post()

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

Response

The following example shows the response when the Prefer: include-unknown-enum-members header isn't included in the request, and the submission hasn't been excused before.

HTTP/1.1 200 Ok

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#microsoft.graph.educationSubmission",
    "status": "returned",
    "submittedDateTime": "2023-07-19T15:17:37.9961504Z",
    "unsubmittedDateTime": null,
    "returnedDateTime": "2024-04-19T12:52:57.4362614Z",
    "reassignedDateTime": null,
    "excusedDateTime": "2024-04-19T12:52:57.4362614Z",
    "resourcesFolderUrl": null,
    "webUrl": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/entity/66aeee93-507d-479a-a3ef-8f494af43945/classroom?context=%7B%22subEntityId%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22version%5C%22%3A%5C%221.0%5C%22,%5C%22config%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22classes%5C%22%3A%5B%7B%5C%22id%5C%22%3A%5C%2237d99af7-cfc5-4e3b-8566-f7d40e4a2070%5C%22,%5C%22assignmentIds%5C%22%3A%5B%5C%2228992cce-fac0-4950-a836-5a524ded8599%5C%22%5D,%5C%22submissionId%5C%22%3A%5C%2202859156-c3c7-876d-7a5c-915bf4f61380%5C%22%7D%5D%7D,%5C%22action%5C%22%3A%5C%22navigate%5C%22,%5C%22view%5C%22%3A%5C%22speed-grader%5C%22,%5C%22appId%5C%22%3A%5C%22de8bc8b5-d9f9-48b1-a8ad-b748da725064%5C%22%7D%22,%22channelId%22%3Anull%7D",
    "id": "02859156-c3c7-876d-7a5c-915bf4f61380",
    "recipient": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.educationSubmissionIndividualRecipient",
        "userId": "61243ddb-6f39-499d-b232-9fa8cef26b3a"
    },
    "submittedBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": "fffafb29-e8bc-4de3-8106-be76ed2ad499",
            "displayName": null
        }
    },
    "unsubmittedBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": null,
            "displayName": null
        }
    },
    "returnedBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": "fffafb29-e8bc-4de3-8106-be76ed2ad499",
            "displayName": null
        }
    },
    "reassignedBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": null,
            "displayName": null
        }
    },
    "excusedBy": {
        "application": null,
        "device": null,
        "user": {
            "id": "fffafb29-e8bc-4de3-8106-be76ed2ad499",
            "displayName": null
        }
    }
}

See also

• Status, transitions, and limitations for assignments and submissions