Microsoft Graph SDK for Python

Get started with the Microsoft Graph SDK for Python by integrating the Microsoft Graph API into your Python application.

Note:

• This SDK allows you to build applications using the v1.0 of Microsoft Graph. If you want to try the latest Microsoft Graph APIs, try the beta SDK.

• The Microsoft Graph Python SDK is currently in community preview. During this period we're expecting breaking changes to happen to the SDK as we make updates based on feedback. Don't use this SDK in production environments. For details see SDKs in preview or GA status.

1. Installation

pip install msgraph-sdk

2. Getting started with Microsoft Graph

2.1 Register your application

Register your application by following the steps at Register your app with the Microsoft Identity Platform.

2.2 Create an AuthenticationProvider object

An instance of the GraphServiceClient class handles building client. To create a new instance of this class, you need to provide an instance of AuthenticationProvider, which can authenticate requests to Microsoft Graph.

Note: For authentication we support both sync and async credential classes from azure.identity. Please see the azure identity docs for more information.

# Example using async credentials.
from azure.identity.aio import DefaultAzureCredential
from kiota_authentication_azure.azure_identity_authentication_provider import AzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider

credential=DefaultAzureCredential()
auth_provider = AzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider(credential)

The above example uses default scopes for app-only access. If using delegated access you can provide custom scopes:

scopes = ['User.Read', 'Mail.Read']
credential=DeviceCodeCredential()
auth_provider = AzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider(credential, scopes=scopes)

2.3 Initialise a GraphRequestAdapter object

The SDK uses an adapter object that handles the HTTP concerns. This HTTP adapter object is used to build the Graph client for making requests.

To initialise one using the authentication provider created in the previous step:

from msgraph import GraphRequestAdapter

adapter = GraphRequestAdapter(auth_provider)

We currently use HTTPX as our HTTP client. You can pass your custom configured httpx.AsyncClient using:

import httpx
from msgraph import GraphRequestAdapter
from msgraph_core import GraphClientFactory

http_client = GraphClientFactory.create_with_default_middleware(client=httpx.AsyncClient())
request_adapter = GraphRequestAdapter(auth_provider, http_client)

2.3 Get a GraphServiceClient object

You must get a GraphServiceClient object to make requests against the service.

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient

client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

3. Make requests against the service

After you have a GraphServiceClient that is authenticated, you can begin making calls against the service. The requests against the service look like our REST API.

Note: This SDK offers an asynchronous API by default. Async is a concurrency model that is far more efficient than multi-threading, and can provide significant performance benefits and enable the use of long-lived network connections such as WebSockets. We support popular python async envronments such as asyncio, anyio or trio.

The following is a complete example that shows how to fetch a user from Microsoft Graph.

import asyncio
from azure.identity.aio import ClientSecretCredential
from kiota_authentication_azure.azure_identity_authentication_provider import AzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider
from msgraph import GraphRequestAdapter
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient

credential = ClientSecretCredential(
    'tenant_id',
    'client_id',
    'client_secret'
)
scopes = ['User.Read']
auth_provider = AzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider(credential, scopes=scopes)
request_adapter = GraphRequestAdapter(auth_provider)
client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

async def get_user():
    user = await client.users_by_id('userPrincipalName').get()
    print(user.display_name)

asyncio.run(get_user())

Note that to calling me requires a signed-in user and therefore delegated permissions. See Authenticating Users) for more:

import asyncio
from azure.identity import InteractiveBrowserCredential
from kiota_authentication_azure.azure_identity_authentication_provider import AzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider
from msgraph import GraphRequestAdapter
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient

credential = InteractiveBrowserCredential()
scopes=['User.Read']
auth_provider = AzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider(credential, scopes=scopes)
request_adapter = GraphRequestAdapter(auth_provider)
client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

async def me():
    me = await client.me.get()
    print(me.display_name)

asyncio.run(me())

3.1 Error Handling

Failed requests raise APIError exceptions. You can handle these exceptions using try catch statements.

async def get_user():
    try:
        user = await client.users_by_id('userID').get()
        print(user.user_principal_name, user.display_name, user.id)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f'Error: {e.error.message}')

asyncio.run(get_user())

Documentation and resources

• Overview

• Microsoft Graph website

Upgrading

For detailed information on breaking changes, bug fixes and new functionality introduced during major upgrades, check out our Upgrade Guide

Issues

View or log issues on the Issues tab in the repo.

Contribute

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Copyright and license

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the MIT license.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

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