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Subscribe To Webhook

Subscribes a webhook URL to a specific type of change notification.

Each type of resource subscription has a different expiration time, which can be found in the reference. It is recommended that you use this action in a scheduled automation to refresh your webhook subscription.

This action can be used across most Microsoft products. For a full list of options, visit the Microsoft reference.

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The provided connection must have access to the resource in order a create a webhook subscription.

Some types of resources require an OAuth connection (delegated) or a application connection.

Refer to the Microsoft documentation for a list of allowed permission types.

Basic Parameters

ParameterDescription
Change TypeIndicates the type of change in the subscribed resource that will raise a change notification.

The supported values are: created, updated, deleted.

Note:
Drive root item and list change notifications support only the updated changeType.
User and group change notifications support updated and deleted changeType. Use updated to receive notifications when user or group is created, updated or soft deleted.
Use deleted to receive notifications when user or group is permanently deleted.
ExpirationSpecifies the date and time when the webhook subscription expires.

The time is in UTC, and can be an amount of time from subscription creation that varies for the resource subscribed to.

For the maximum supported subscription length of time, see the table on the Microsoft reference.
ResourceSpecifies the resource that will be monitored for changes.
Do not include the base URL https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/.

See the possible resource path values for each supported resource.
Webhook URLThe URL of the endpoint that will receive the change notifications.
This URL must make use of the HTTPS protocol.

Any query string parameter included in the notificationUrl property will be included in the HTTP POST request when Microsoft Graph sends the change notifications.

Advanced Parameters

ParameterDescription
Client StateSpecifies the value of the clientState property sent by the service in each change notification.

The maximum length is 128 characters.

The client can check that the change notification came from the service by comparing the value of the clientState property sent with the subscription with the value of the clientState property received with each change notification.

Example Output

{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#subscriptions/$entity",
"id": "5522bd62-7c96-4530-85b0-00b916f6151a",
"resource": "users/622eaaff-0683-4862-9de4-f2ec83c2bd98/messages",
"applicationId": "507c3b9a-67b8-463d-88a2-15a8cefb2111",
"changeType": "created",
"clientState": "secretClientState",
"notificationUrl": "https://webhook.azurewebsites.net/api/send/myNotifyClient",
"notificationQueryOptions": null,
"notificationContentType": null,
"lifecycleNotificationUrl": null,
"expirationDateTime": "2022-01-01T21:42:18.2257768Z",
"creatorId": "a4c7bd34-4f3b-46b7-a25d-b63c1e2a2842",
"includeResourceData": null,
"latestSupportedTlsVersion": "v1_2",
"encryptionCertificate": null,
"encryptionCertificateId": null,
"notificationUrlAppId": null
}

Workflow Library Example

Subscribe to Webhook with Microsoft Outlook and Send Results Via Email

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