driveitem-follow.md

author	learafa
description	Follow a driveItem.
title	Follow drive item
ms.localizationpriority	medium
ms.subservice	sharepoint
doc_type	apiPageType
ms.date	04/04/2024

Follow drive item

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Follow a driveItem.

Note: To unfollow an item, see Unfollow item.

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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.

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HTTP request

POST /drives/{drive-id}/items/{item-id}/follow
POST /groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/follow
POST /me/drive/items/{item-id}/follow
POST /sites/{site-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/follow
POST /users/{user-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/follow

Request headers

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

Request body

No request body is required.

Response

This method returns a DriveItem for the item being followed.

Example

Request

This example follows an item identified by {item-id}.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/items/{item-id}/follow

C#

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Go

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Java

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JavaScript

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PHP

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PowerShell

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Python

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Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id": "1312abc!1231",
  "name": "March Proposal.docx",
  "size": 19121,
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-12-12T10:40:59Z"
}