Cannot understand or convert Microsoft Graph API HTTP request to python request

Question

HTTP request mentioned in Microsoft Graph API's documentation found at this link

GET /reports/getMailboxUsageDetail(period='{period_value}')

I cannot understand how to incorporate the data mentioned within the round parenthesis

(period='{period_value}')

I tried adding this to query parameters, but it didn't work.

URL="https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/reports/getMailboxUsageDetail"
    
queryParams={"period":"D7"}
requests.get(URI, params=queryParams)

But, it didn't work.

it's just a sample. i added proper auth headers in my original request. i am able to get data for other requests, just not this one. — Harsh Math
– Harsh Math, Commented Apr 20, 2021 at 14:45
So you code looks like requests.get(URI,headers=headers params=queryParams)? what is the respond code you get? — Nir Elbaz
– Nir Elbaz, Commented Apr 20, 2021 at 14:49
"error": { "code": "BadRequest", "message": "Resource not found for the segment 'getMailboxUsageDetail'.", — Harsh Math
– Harsh Math, Commented Apr 26, 2021 at 14:00
I think you should use single quotes around the queryParams: {'period':'D7'}. Also there's a sample request here: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/…. Does this help? — Diana
– Diana, Commented Apr 27, 2021 at 6:15

chief dot101 · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-11 15:00:58Z

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It's actually simpler than you would think.

You just use the period parameter shown in the round brackets in the URL directly as shown in the documentation.

So, if you want to get the same report you're trying as shown in HTTP format:

GET /reports/getMailboxUsageDetail(period='{period_value}')

You will use the URL as:

reportsURI="https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/reports/getMailboxUsageDetail(period='D7')"


requests.get(reportsURI, headers=authHeaders)

This will give you a report in CSV format. If you want in JSON format, you can use query parameters to mention format

formatParams = {"format":"application/json"}
requests.get(reportsURI, headers=auth, params=formatParams)

This will give you JSON report.

answered May 11, 2021 at 15:00

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