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Create Group

See more Microsoft Group Examples

Create a new group as specified in the request body. You can create one of three types of groups:
  • Office 365 Group (unified group)
  • Dynamic group
  • Security group

This operation returns by default only a subset of the properties for each group. These default properties are noted in the Properties section.

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/group-post-groups?view=graph-rest-1.0 for more information.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Use your previously obtained access token as shown here:
    --    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token with Group.ReadWrite.All scope.

    DECLARE @jsonToken int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonToken OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/msGraphGroup.json'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jsonToken, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'access_token'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'AuthToken', @sTmp0

    -- Create a JSON body for the HTTP POST
    -- Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
    -- Generate Code to Create JSON

    -- {
    --   "description": "Self help community for library",
    --   "displayName": "Library Assist",
    --   "groupTypes": [
    --     "Unified"
    --   ],
    --   "mailEnabled": true,
    --   "mailNickname": "library",
    --   "securityEnabled": false
    -- }

    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'description', 'Self help community for library'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'displayName', 'Library Assist'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'groupTypes[0]', 'Unified'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateBool', @success OUT, 'mailEnabled', 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'mailNickname', 'library'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateBool', @success OUT, 'securityEnabled', 0

    -- POST the JSON to https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups

    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @resp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpJson', @success OUT, 'POST', 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups', @json, 'application/json', @resp
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Load', @success OUT, @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 201
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'Failed, response status code = ' + @iTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- A sample response:
    -- (See code for parsing this response below..)

    -- {
    --     "id": "b320ee12-b1cd-4cca-b648-a437be61c5cd",
    -- 	  "deletedDateTime": null,
    -- 	  "classification": null,
    -- 	  "createdDateTime": "2018-12-22T00:51:37Z",
    -- 	  "creationOptions": [],
    -- 	  "description": "Self help community for library",
    -- 	  "displayName": "Library Assist",
    -- 	  "groupTypes": [
    -- 	      "Unified"
    -- 	  ],
    -- 	  "mail": "library7423@contoso.com",
    -- 	  "mailEnabled": true,
    -- 	  "mailNickname": "library",
    -- 	  "onPremisesLastSyncDateTime": null,
    -- 	  "onPremisesSecurityIdentifier": null,
    -- 	  "onPremisesSyncEnabled": null,
    -- 	  "preferredDataLocation": "CAN",
    -- 	  "proxyAddresses": [
    -- 	      "SMTP:library7423@contoso.com"
    -- 	  ],
    -- 	  "renewedDateTime": "2018-12-22T00:51:37Z",
    -- 	  "resourceBehaviorOptions": [],
    -- 	  "resourceProvisioningOptions": [],
    -- 	  "securityEnabled": false,
    -- 	  "visibility": "Public",
    -- 	  "onPremisesProvisioningErrors": []
    -- }

    -- Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    -- Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    DECLARE @id nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @deletedDateTime nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @classification nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @createdDateTime nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @description nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @displayName nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @mail nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @mailEnabled int

    DECLARE @mailNickname nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @onPremisesLastSyncDateTime nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @onPremisesSecurityIdentifier nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @onPremisesSyncEnabled nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @preferredDataLocation nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @renewedDateTime nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @securityEnabled int

    DECLARE @visibility nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @i int

    DECLARE @count_i int

    DECLARE @strVal nvarchar(4000)

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @id OUT, 'id'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @deletedDateTime OUT, 'deletedDateTime'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @classification OUT, 'classification'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @createdDateTime OUT, 'createdDateTime'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @description OUT, 'description'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @displayName OUT, 'displayName'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @mail OUT, 'mail'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'BoolOf', @mailEnabled OUT, 'mailEnabled'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @mailNickname OUT, 'mailNickname'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @onPremisesLastSyncDateTime OUT, 'onPremisesLastSyncDateTime'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @onPremisesSecurityIdentifier OUT, 'onPremisesSecurityIdentifier'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @onPremisesSyncEnabled OUT, 'onPremisesSyncEnabled'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @preferredDataLocation OUT, 'preferredDataLocation'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @renewedDateTime OUT, 'renewedDateTime'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'BoolOf', @securityEnabled OUT, 'securityEnabled'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @visibility OUT, 'visibility'
    SELECT @i = 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'SizeOfArray', @count_i OUT, 'creationOptions'
    WHILE @i < @count_i
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'I', @i
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END
    SELECT @i = 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'SizeOfArray', @count_i OUT, 'groupTypes'
    WHILE @i < @count_i
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'I', @i
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @strVal OUT, 'groupTypes[i]'
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END
    SELECT @i = 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'SizeOfArray', @count_i OUT, 'proxyAddresses'
    WHILE @i < @count_i
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'I', @i
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @strVal OUT, 'proxyAddresses[i]'
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END
    SELECT @i = 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'SizeOfArray', @count_i OUT, 'resourceBehaviorOptions'
    WHILE @i < @count_i
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'I', @i
        -- ...
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END
    SELECT @i = 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'SizeOfArray', @count_i OUT, 'resourceProvisioningOptions'
    WHILE @i < @count_i
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'I', @i
        -- ...
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END
    SELECT @i = 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'SizeOfArray', @count_i OUT, 'onPremisesProvisioningErrors'
    WHILE @i < @count_i
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'I', @i
        -- ...
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END


    PRINT 'Success.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp


END
GO