Sharepoint access public folder via REST API without authentication

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Is it possible to access a folder, which I made publicly accessible via link, from the SharePoint REST API (without beeing authenticated)?

Currently when I try to access: https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<site>/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('Freigegebene%20Dokumente')/Folders I get a UnauthorizedAccessException

However when I navigate to the shared link once (without beeing authenticated). It seems like some cookies get set and then the REST request works as well!

How can I assure the REST request works, without the need to first access the shared link?

MadLuca · Accepted Answer · 2023-12-12 15:25:02Z

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It seems like it is not possible to access public folders/files via the REST API.

To access the files and folders I solved this by registering an application with the Microsoft Identity platform and using the Microsoft Graph API to access the files and folders in the SharePoint site.

answered Dec 12, 2023 at 15:25

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