How to use IBM App Connect with Microsoft OneDrive for Business

Supported product and API versions

To find out which product and API versions this connector supports, see Detailed System Requirements on the IBM Support page.

Connecting to Microsoft OneDrive for Business

Complete the connection fields that you see in the App Connect Designer Connect > Applications and APIs page or flow editor. If necessary, work with your Microsoft OneDrive for Business administrator to obtain these values.

To obtain the connection values for Microsoft OneDrive for Business, see Obtaining connection values for Microsoft OneDrive for Business.

To connect to Microsoft OneDrive for Business from the App Connect Designer Applications and APIs page for the first time, under Microsoft OneDrive for Business click Connect. When prompted, grant App Connect access to your Microsoft OneDrive for Business. This action creates an account in App Connect.

What to consider first

Before you use App Connect Designer with Microsoft OneDrive for Business, take note of the following considerations:

• The Create file action creates a file in a OneDrive folder that you select in the Parent folder ID: field when you configure the action. Before using the Create file action, make sure that a folder exists in your Microsoft OneDrive for Business.
• You can use the Parent folder ID filter available in the actions Retrieve folders and Retrieve folder items to retrieve information about the child folders inside a parent folder.
  
  Note: If you add multiple filters in the actions Retrieve folders and Retrieve folder items (for example, ID and Parent folder ID), the operation gives preference to the Parent folder ID filter.
• (General consideration) You can see lists of the trigger events and actions that are available on the Applications and APIs page of the App Connect Designer.

  For some applications, the events and actions depend on the environment and whether the connector supports configurable events and dynamic discovery of actions. If the application supports configurable events, you see a Show more configurable events link under the events list. If the application supports dynamic discovery of actions, you see a Show more link under the actions list.

• (General consideration) If you are using multiple accounts for an application, the set of fields that is displayed when you select an action for that application can vary for different accounts. In the flow editor, some applications always provide a curated set of static fields for an action. Other applications use dynamic discovery to retrieve the set of fields that are configured on the instance that you are connected to. For example, if you have two accounts for two instances of an application, the first account might use settings that are ready for immediate use. However, the second account might be configured with extra custom fields.

Events and actions

Microsoft OneDrive for Business events

These events are for changes in this application that trigger a flow to start completing the actions in the flow.

Your flow completes these actions on this application.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) support

The Microsoft OneDrive for Business connector supports MCP, and all Microsoft OneDrive for Business actions for the listed objects can be added to an MCP server as tools. For more information on how to configure an MCP server, see Creating and managing MCP servers.