How To Create SharePoint Online Site Group Using Azure Function

Introduction

Azure Functions is used for executing a small piece of code or “function” in a cloud and you pay only for the time your code executes. You can use any development language of choice, such as C#, F#, PHP, Java etc. Some of the key features of Functions are Choice of language, Pay-per-use pricing model, bring your own dependencies, integrated security, simplified integration, flexible development, and open-source. Please refer Azure Functions for more details. Refer my previous articles below,

 

• How to create a simple Azure Function App using C#
• How to create Azure Function app to delete SharePoint Online list using CSOM
• How to call Azure Function in Logic Apps
• How to create a custom SharePoint Online list using Azure Functions

 

In this blog, you will see how to create SharePoint Online site group using Azure Functions.

Schedule an Azure function

Log in to the Azure Portal.

Click New-> Compute -> Function App.

Enter all the required details and click Enter.

The Functions app will be provisioned within a few minutes.

Click Functions Apps->AzureFunctionsExamples (which you have created) -> Functions -> “+” to create new function.

Click Custom Function.

Select HTTP Trigger -> C#.

Enter the name of the new function and click the "Create" button.

Refer to my previous article to add CSOM dependencies. Replace the code in run.csx with the following code.

#r "Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
#r "Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"

using System.Net;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;

public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Run(HttpRequestMessage req, TraceWriter log)
{
    string siteURL="https://c986.sharepoint.com/sites/Vijai/Subsite";
    string userName="[email protected]";
    string password="********";

    log.Info("C# HTTP trigger function processed a request.");

    // parse query parameter
    string title = req.GetQueryNameValuePairs()
        .FirstOrDefault(q => string.Compare(q.Key, "title", true) == 0)
        .Value;

    string description = req.GetQueryNameValuePairs()
        .FirstOrDefault(q => string.Compare(q.Key, "description", true) == 0)
        .Value;

    // Get request body
    dynamic data = await req.Content.ReadAsAsync<object>();

    // Set name to query string or body data
    title = title ?? data?.name.title;
    description = description ?? data?.name.description;

    System.Security.SecureString secureString=new System.Security.SecureString();
    foreach(char ch in password)
    {
        secureString.AppendChar(ch);
    }

    SharePointOnlineCredentials creds=new SharePointOnlineCredentials(userName, secureString);

    using(var ctx=new ClientContext(siteURL))
    {
        ctx.Credentials=creds;
        // Get the SharePoint web
        Web web = ctx.Web;

        // Get all the site groups
        GroupCollection groupColl = web.SiteGroups;

        // Create a new site group
        GroupCreationInformation creationInfo = new GroupCreationInformation();
        creationInfo.Title = title;
        creationInfo.Description = description;
        Group newGroup = groupColl.Add(creationInfo);
        ctx.Load(newGroup);

        // Execute the query to the server
        ctx.ExecuteQuery();

        return data.name == null
            ? req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Please pass a name on the query string or in the request body")
            : req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, "Site group created successfully. Group Name: " + title+" Description: "+description);
    }
}

Test the function

Update the request body. Save and Run the function.

You could check the logs to verify the Azure Functions execution. A new SharePoint Online site group is created successfully.

Result

Thus, in this blog, you saw how to create a SharePoint Online site group using Azure Functions.