In this post I will share you the steps to add user/users to SharePoint (online) group using REST API.
Prerequisites
You need the below to follow the tutorial/steps
- To call REST API I have used Power Automate. You can use Postman or VS code or anything else as per your choice.
- SharePoint Online Management Shell for SPO PowerShell
Implementation
To add a user in SharePoint you need to send a HTTP POST request to the SharePoint user collection library. The request looks as below
As you can see in the above screenshot we are sending a POST request with user login details in the body. For SharePoint online the login name should be in the below format.
LoginName > i:0#.f|membership|user@email.com
However it depends upon your organization settings, so make sure you are providing the correct LoginName parameter value.
Rest of the details are explained below
Request Parameters
Site Address : The SharePoint site URL where you want to add the user using the REST API call
Method : As this is a item creation request, POST is used.
Uri: The endpoint for adding the user to SharePoint.
For this example I have used _api/web/sitegroups(<group id>)/users , this is helpful to add user to any particular group. However if you wish to add user directly and not through any group then you can use the following endpoint as well; _api/web/siteusers
Headers: Just to provide more information about the request body. However if you are using any other application to call the REST end point then you need to pass authentication information as well.
Body:
{
'__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.User' },
'LoginName': 'i:0#.f|membership|user@email.com'
}That’s all for the request, if you call the API successfully then the users will add in the SharePoint site group as expected.
Well that’s all I have on how add users to SharePoint using REST API. I hope you now have some idea on how to proceed. However if you want to learn more, check this Microsoft document
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