Excel REST API

Objects

  • Worksheet: The Worksheet object is a member of the Worksheets collection. The Worksheets collection contains all the Worksheet objects in a workbook.
  • Range: Range represents a cell, a row, a column, a selection of cells containing one or more contiguous blocks of cells.
  • Table: Represents collection of organized cells designed to make management of the data easy.
    • TableColumn collection: A collection of all the columns in a Table.
    • TableRow collection: A collection of all the rows in a Table.
  • Chart: Represents a chart object in a workbook, which is a visual representation of underlying data.
  • NamedItem: Represents a defined name for a range of cells or a value. Names can be primitive named objects (as seen in the type below), range object, etc.

Following sections provide important programming details related to Excel REST APIs.

Authorization and scopes

The standard OAuth2 based authorization used across mechanism applies to Excel APIs. All APIs require the Authorization: Bearer {access-token} HTTP header.
Please refer to the authorization section of the docs to learn more.

Scopes

One of the following scopes is required to execute Excel API:

  • Files.Read
  • Files.ReadWrite

The Basics

Excel REST APIs allow web and mobile applications to read and modify workbook stored on the supported storage platforms (OneDrive, SharePoint, etc.). Workbook (or Excel file) is the top level object, which consists of all other Excel objects through relationships. A workbook is addressed through drive API by identifying the location of the file in the URL. Example:

https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/
https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/me/drive/root:/{item-path}:/workbook/

A set of Excel objects (such as Table, Range, Chart, etc.) could be accessed using standard REST interfaces to perform CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operation on the workbook. For example, https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/
returns a collection of worksheet objects part of the workbook.

Excel Session and persistence

Excel APIs can be called in one of two modes:

  1. Persistent session: In this mode, all changes made to the workbook are persisted (saved). This is the usual mode of operation.
  2. Non-persistent session: In this mode, changes made by the API are not saved to the source location. Instead, Excel backend server keeps a temporary copy of the file that reflects the changes made during that particular API session. Once the excel session expires, the changes are lost. This mode is useful to apps that may need to do analysis or obtain result of calculation or a chart image, etc.; at the same time not impact the document state itself.

Session is represented in the API using workbook-session-id: {session-id} header.

Is the session header required? No. Session header is not required for an Excel API to work. However, using the session is a good practice to get better performance. If no session header is used, change made during the API call is persisted to the file.

API call to get a session.

Request

Pass a JSON object by setting the persistchanges value to true or false. 

POST /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN/workbook/createSession
content-type: Application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token}

{ "persistChanges": true }

When the value of persistChanges is set to false, a non-persistant session id is returned.

Response
HTTP code: 201, Created
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#microsoft.graph.sessionInfo",
  "id": "{session-id}",
  "persistChanges": true
}
Usage

Session Id returned from the previous call is passed as a header on subsequent API requests in
workbook-session-id HTTP header. 

GET /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN/workbook/worksheets
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

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Worksheet operations

List worksheets part of the workbook

Request 

GET /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN/workbook/worksheets
accept: Application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response

HTTP code: 200, OK
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN')/workbook/worksheets",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN')/workbook/worksheets(%27%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D%27)",
      "id": "{00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000}",
      "name": "Sheet1",
      "position": 0,
      "visibility": "Visible"
    },
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN')/workbook/worksheets(%27%7B00000000-0001-0000-0100-000000000000%7D%27)",
      "id": "{00000000-0001-0000-0100-000000000000}",
      "name": "Sheet57664",
      "position": 1,
      "visibility": "Visible"
    }
  ]
}

Add a new worksheet

POST /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN/workbook/worksheets
content-type: Application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

{ "name": "Sheet32243" }

Response 

HTTP code: 201, Created
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN')/workbook/worksheets/$entity",
  "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN')/workbook/worksheets(%27%7B75A18F35-34AA-4F44-97CC-FDC3C05D9F40%7D%27)",
  "id": "{75A18F35-34AA-4F44-97CC-FDC3C05D9F40}",
  "name": "Sheet32243",
  "position": 5,
  "visibility": "Visible"
}

Delete a worksheet

Request

DELETE /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN/workbook/worksheets('%7B75A18F35-34AA-4F44-97CC-FDC3C05D9F40%7D')
content-type: Application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response

HTTP code: 204, No Content

Update worksheet properties

Request 

PATCH /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN/workbook/worksheets('%7B00000000-0001-0000-0100-000000000000%7D')
content-type: Application/Json 
accept: application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

{ "name": "SheetA", "position": 3 }

Response

HTTP code: 200, OK
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN')/workbook/worksheets/$entity",
  "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN')/workbook/worksheets(%27%7B00000000-0001-0000-0100-000000000000%7D%27)",
  "id": "{00000000-0001-0000-0100-000000000000}",
  "name": "SheetA",
  "position": 3,
  "visibility": "Visible"
}

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Chart operations

List charts that are part of the worksheet

Request

GET /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJB6K563VVUU2ZC2FJBAHLSZZQXL/workbook/worksheets('%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D')/charts
accept: Application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response

HTTP code: 200, OK
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJB6K563VVUU2ZC2FJBAHLSZZQXL')/workbook/worksheets('%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D')/charts",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJB6K563VVUU2ZC2FJBAHLSZZQXL')/workbook/worksheets(%27%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D%27)/charts(%27%7B00000000-0008-0000-0100-000003000000%7D%27)",
      "height": 235.5,
      "id": "{00000000-0008-0000-0100-000003000000}",
      "left": 276.0,
      "name": "Chart 2",
      "top": 0.0,
      "width": 401.25
   }
  ]
}

Get chart image

Request 

GET /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJB6K563VVUU2ZC2FJBAHLSZZQXL/workbook/worksheets('%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D')/charts('%7B00000000-0008-0000-0100-000003000000%7D')/Image(width=0,height=0,fittingMode='fit')
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response

HTTP code: 200, OK
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#Edm.String",
  "value": "{base-64-string}"
}

Add a chart

Request

POST /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJB6K563VVUU2ZC2FJBAHLSZZQXL/workbook/worksheets('%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D')/charts/Add
content-type: Application/Json 
accept: application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 

{ "type": "ColumnClustered", "sourcedata": "A1:C4", "seriesby": "Auto" }

Response 

HTTP code: 201, Created
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#chart",
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.chart",
  "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJB6K563VVUU2ZC2FJBAHLSZZQXL')/workbook/worksheets(%27%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D%27)/charts(%27%7B2D421098-FA19-41F7-8528-EE7B00E4BB42%7D%27)",
  "height": 216.0,
  "id": "{2D421098-FA19-41F7-8528-EE7B00E4BB42}",
  "left": 0.0,
  "name": "Chart 2",
  "top": 0.0,
  "width": 360.0
}

Update a chart

`

PATCH /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJB6K563VVUU2ZC2FJBAHLSZZQXL/workbook/worksheets('%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D')/charts('%7B2D421098-FA19-41F7-8528-EE7B00E4BB42%7D')
content-type: Application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

{ "height": 216.0, "left": 0, "name": "NewName", "top": 0, "width": 360.0 }

Response 

HTTP code: 200, OK
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJB6K563VVUU2ZC2FJBAHLSZZQXL')/workbook/worksheets('%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D')/charts/$entity",
  "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJB6K563VVUU2ZC2FJBAHLSZZQXL')/workbook/worksheets(%27%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D%27)/charts(%27%7B2D421098-FA19-41F7-8528-EE7B00E4BB42%7D%27)",
  "height": 216.0,
  "id": "{2D421098-FA19-41F7-8528-EE7B00E4BB42}",
  "left": 0.0,
  "name": "NewName",
  "top": 0.0,
  "width": 360.0
}

Update chart source data

Request

POST /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJB6K563VVUU2ZC2FJBAHLSZZQXL/workbook/worksheets('%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D')/charts('%7B2D421098-FA19-41F7-8528-EE7B00E4BB42%7D')/setData
content-type: Application/Json 
accept: application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

{ "sourceData": "A1:C4", "seriesBy": "Auto" }

Response

HTTP code: 204, No Content

Table operations

Get list of tables

Request 

GET /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJB6K563VVUU2ZC2FJBAHLSZZQXL/workbook/worksheets('%7B00000000-0001-0000-0000-000000000000%7D')/tables
accept: Application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response

HTTP code: 200, OK
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata

Update table

Request 

PATCH /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4/workbook/tables('2')
content-type: Application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

{ "name": "NewTableName", "showHeaders": true, "showTotals": false, "style": "TableStyleMedium4" }

Response 

HTTP code: 200, OK
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables/$entity",
  "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%272%27)",
  "id": "2",
  "name": "NewTableName",
  "showHeaders": true,
  "showTotals": false,
  "style": "TableStyleMedium4"
}

Get list of table rows

Request 

GET /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4/workbook/tables('4')/Rows
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response

HTTP code: 200, OK
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables('4')/rows",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%274%27)/rows/itemAt(0)",
      "index": 0,
      "values": [
        [
          42019,
          53,
          34
       ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%274%27)/rows/itemAt(1)",
      "index": 1,
      "values": [
        [
          42020,
          45,
          39
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%274%27)/rows/itemAt(2)",
      "index": 2,
      "values": [
        [
          42021,
          50,
          31
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%274%27)/rows/itemAt(3)",
      "index": 3,
      "values": [
        [
          42022,
          43,
          39
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%274%27)/rows/itemAt(4)",
      "index": 4,
      "values": [
        [
          42023,
          45,
          41
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%274%27)/rows/itemAt(5)",
      "index": 5,
      "values": [
        [
          42024,
          52,
          40
        ]
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Get list of table columns

Request

GET /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4/workbook/tables('4')/Columns
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response 

HTTP code: 200, OK 
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables('4')/columns",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%274%27)/columns(%271%27)",
      "id": "1",
      "index": 0,
      "name": "Date",
      "values": [
        [
          "Date"
        ],
        [
          42019
       ],
        [
          42020
        ],
        [
          42021
        ],
        [
          42022
        ],
        [
          42023
        ],
        [
          42024
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%274%27)/columns(%272%27)",
      "id": "2",
      "index": 1,
      "name": "High (F)",
      "values": [
        [
          "High (F)"
        ],
        [
          53
        ],
        [
          45
        ],
        [
          50
        ],
        [
          43
        ],
        [
          45
        ],
        [
          52
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%274%27)/columns(%273%27)",
      "id": "3",
      "index": 2,
      "name": "Low (F)",
      "values": [
        [
          "Low (F)"
        ],
        [
          34
        ],
        [
          39
        ],
        [
          31
        ],
        [
          39
        ],
        [
          41
        ],
        [
          40
        ]
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Add a table row

Request

POST /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4/workbook/tables('4')/Rows
content-type: Application/Json 
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

{ "values": [ [ "Jan-15-2016", "49", "37" ] ], "index": null }

Response 

HTTP code: 201, Created
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables('4')/rows/$entity",
  "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%274%27)/rows(null)",
  "index": 6,
  "values": [
    [
      "Jan-15-2016",
      49,
      37
    ]
  ]
}

Add a table column

Request 

POST /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4/workbook/tables('2')/Columns
content-type: Application/Json 
accept: application/Json 


{ "values": [ [ "Status" ], [ "Open" ], [ "Closed" ] ], "index": 2 }

Response 

HTTP code: 201, Created
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables('2')/columns/$entity",
  "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/tables(%272%27)/columns(%274%27)",
  "id": "4",
  "index": 2,
  "name": "Status",
  "values": [
    [
      "Status"
    ],
    [
      "Open"
    ],
    [
      "Closed"
    ]
  ]
}

Delete table row

Request 

DELETE /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4/workbook/tables('4')/Rows/$/ItemAt(index=6)
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response 

HTTP code: 204, No Content

delete table column

Request

DELETE /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4/workbook/tables('4')/Columns('3')
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response 

HTTP code: 204, No Content

convert table to range

Request

POST /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4/workbook/tables('1')/convertToRange
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response

HTTP code: 200, OK 
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata

Table sort

Request

POST /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN/workbook/worksheets('Sheet15799')/tables('table2')/sort/apply
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

{
"fields" : [
  { "key": 0,
   "ascending": true
  }
]
}

Response

HTTP code: 204, No Content

Table filter

Request

POST /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN/workbook/worksheets('Sheet15799')/tables('table2')/columns(id='2')/filter/apply
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

{
"criteria" : 
  { "filterOn": "custom",
   "criterion1": ">15",
   "operator": "and",
   "criterion2": "<50"
   
  }
}

Response

HTTP code: 204, No Content

Clear filter

Request

POST /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN/workbook/worksheets('Sheet15799')/tables('table2')/columns(id='2')/filter/clear
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response

HTTP code: 204, No Content

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Range operations

Get Range

Request

GET /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4/workbook/worksheets('test')/range(address='A1:B2')
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response 

HTTP code: 200, OK
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata 

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#range",
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.range",
  "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/worksheets(%27%7B00000000-0001-0000-0300-000000000000%7D%27)/range(address=%27A1:B2%27)",
  "address": "test!A1:B2",
  "addressLocal": "test!A1:B2",
  "cellCount": 4,
  "columnCount": 2,
  "columnHidden": false,
  "columnIndex": 0,
  "formulas": [
    [
      "",
      ""
    ],
    [
      "",
      ""
    ]
  ],
  "formulasLocal": [
    [
      "",
      ""
    ],
    [
      "",
      ""
    ]
  ],
  "formulasR1C1": [
    [
      "",
      ""
    ],
    [
      "",
      ""
    ]
  ],
  "hidden": false,
  "numberFormat": [
    [
      "General",
      "General"
    ],
    [
      "General",
      "General"
    ]
  ],
  "rowCount": 2,
  "rowHidden": false,
  "rowIndex": 0,
  "text": [
    [
      "",
      ""
    ],
    [
      "",
      ""
    ]
  ],
  "values": [
    [
      "",
      ""
    ],
    [
      "",
      ""
    ]
  ],
  "valueTypes": [
    [
      "Empty",
      "Empty"
    ],
    [
      "Empty",
      "Empty"
    ]
  ]
}

Range update

PATCH /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4/workbook/worksheets('test')/range(address='test!A1:B2')
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

{ "values": [ [ "Test", "Value" ], [ "For", "Update" ] ] }

HTTP code: 200, OK
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#range",
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.range",
  "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/worksheets(%27%7B00000000-0001-0000-0300-000000000000%7D%27)/range(address=%27test!A1:B2%27)",
  "address": "test!A1:B2",
  "addressLocal": "test!A1:B2",
  "cellCount": 4,
  "columnCount": 2,
  "columnHidden": false,
  "columnIndex": 0,
  "formulas": [
    [
      "Test",
      "Value"
    ],
    [
      "For",
      "Update"
    ]
  ],
  "formulasLocal": [
    [
      "Test",
      "Value"
    ],
    [
      "For",
      "Update"
    ]
  ],
  "formulasR1C1": [
    [
      "Test",
      "Value"
    ],
    [
      "For",
      "Update"
    ]
  ],
  "hidden": false,
  "numberFormat": [
    [
      "General",
      "General"
    ],
    [
      "General",
      "General"
    ]
  ],
  "rowCount": 2,
  "rowHidden": false,
  "rowIndex": 0,
  "text": [
    [
      "Test",
      "Value"
    ],
    [
      "For",
      "Update"
    ]
  ],
  "values": [
    [
      "Test",
      "Value"
    ],
    [
      "For",
      "Update"
    ]
  ],
  "valueTypes": [
    [
      "String",
      "String"
    ],
    [
      "String",
      "String"
    ]
  ]
}

Range sort

Request

POST /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJGUJ7JHBSZDFZFL25KSZGQTVAUN/workbook/worksheets('Sheet15799')/usedRange/sort/apply
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

{
"fields" : [
  { "key": 0,
   "ascending": true
  }
]
}

Response

HTTP code: 204, No Content

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Named items

Request

GET /{version}/me/drive/items/01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4/workbook/names
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

Response 

HTTP code: 200, OK
content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/{version}/$metadata#users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/names",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/names(%27data%27)",
      "name": "data",
      "type": "Range",
      "value": "Range!$A$1:$D$3",
      "visible": true
    },
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/names(%27myrange%27)",
      "name": "myrange",
      "type": "Range",
      "value": "Range!$E$1:$F$7",
      "visible": true
    },
    {
      "@odata.id": "/users('f6d92604-4b76-4b70-9a4c-93dfbcc054d5')/drive/items('01CYZLFJDYBLIGAE7G5FE3I4VO2XP7BLU4')/workbook/names(%27range1%27)",
      "name": "range1",
      "type": "Range",
      "value": "Range!$I$1:$M$11",
      "visible": true
    }
  ]
}

Understanding nulls in Excel API

null input in 2-D Array

null input inside two-dimensional array (for values, number-format, formula) is ignored in the range/table-row/table-column update APIs. No update will take place to the intended target (cell) when null input is sent in values or number-format or formula grid of values.

Example: In order to only update specific parts of the Range, such as some cell's Number Format, and to retain the existing number-format on other parts of the Range, set desired Number Format where needed and send null for the other cells.

In the set request below, only some parts of the Range Number Format are set while retaining the existing Number Format on the remaining part (by passing nulls).

{
  "values" : [["Eurasia", "29.96", "0.25", "15-Feb" ]],
  "numberFormat" : [[null, null, null, "m/d/yyyy;@"]]
}

null input for a property

null is not a valid single input for the entire property. For example, the following is not valid as the entire values cannot be set to null or ignored.

{
"values":  null
}

The following is not valid either as null is not a valid color value.

{
"color" :  null
}

Null-Response

Representation of formatting properties that consists of non-uniform values would result in the return of a null value in the response.

Example: A Range can consist of one of more cells. In cases where the individual cells contained in the Range specified don't have uniform formatting values, the range level representation will be undefined.

{
  "size: : null,
  "color" : null
}

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Blank Input and Output

Blank values in update requests are treated as instruction to clear or reset the respective property. Blank value is represented by two double quotation marks with no space in-between. ""

Example:

  • For values, the range value is cleared out. This is the same as clearing the contents in the application.

  • For numberFormat, the number format is set to General.

  • For formula and formulaLocale, the formula values are cleared.

For read operations, expect to receive blank values if the contents of the cells are blanks. If the cell contains no data or value, then the API returns a blank value. Blank value is represented by two double quotation marks with no space in-between. "".

{
  "values" : [["", "some", "data", "in", "other", "cells", ""]]
}

{
  "formula" : [["", "", "=Rand()"]]
}

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Unbounded Range

Read

Unbounded range address contains only column or row identifiers and unspecified row identifier or column identifiers (respectively), such as:

  • C:C, A:F, A:XFD (contains unspecified rows)
  • 2:2, 1:4, 1:1048546 (contains unspecified columns)

When the API makes a request to retrieve an unbounded Range (e.g., getRange('C:C'), the response returned contains null for cell level properties such as values, text, numberFormat, formula, etc.. Other Range properties such as address, cellCount, etc. will reflect the unbounded range.

Write

Setting cell level properties (such as values, numberFormat, etc.) on unbounded Range is not allowed as the input request might be too large to handle.

Example: The following is not a valid update request because the requested range is unbounded.

PATCH /workbook/worksheets('Sheet1')/range(address="A:B")

{
  "values" : "Due Date"
}

When an update operation is attempted on such a Range, the API will return an error.

Large Range

Large Range implies a Range whose size is too large for a single API call. Many factors such as number of cells, values, numberFormat, formulas, etc. contained in the range can make the response so large that it becomes unsuitable for API interaction. The API makes a best attempt to return or write to the requested data. However, the large size involved might result in an API error condition because of the large resource utilization.

To avoid such a condition, using read or write for large Range in multiple smaller range sizes is recommended.

Single Input Copy

To support updating a range with the same values or number-format or applying same formula across a range, the following convention is used in the set API. In Excel, this behavior is similar to inputting values or formulas to a range in the CTRL+Enter mode.

The API will look for a single cell value and, if the target range dimension doesn't match the input range dimension, it will apply the update to the entire range in the CTRL+Enter model with the value or formula provided in the request.

Examples

The following request updates the selected range with the text of "Sample text". Note that Range has 200 cells, whereas the provided input only has 1 cell value.

PATCH /workbook/worksheets('Sheet1')/range(address="A1:B00")

{
  "values" : "Sample text"
}

Error information

Errors are returned with HTTP error code along with an error object. An error code and message are returned that provides explaination of the reason. An example is shown below:

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "error": {
    "code": "ItemAlreadyExists",
    "message": "A resource with the same name or identifier already exists.",
    "innerError": {
      "request-id": "214ca7ea-9ea4-442e-9c67-71fdda0a559c",
      "date": "2016-07-28T03:56:09"
    }
  }
}

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