Syskit Point API
This article explains how to get started with Syskit Point API.
Please note! To utilize Provisioning via Syskit Point API, the Governance plan or above is required. See the pricing page for more details.
In this article, you can find steps to create your first request to your Syskit Point web app. You will need to perform the following steps:
Create and set an app registration in Microsoft Entra ID
Fetch the
access_token
Send your first request to Syskit Point
Prerequisites
To complete the steps described in this article, make sure to have the following:
Syskit Point Instance - running Point Cloud or Data Center instance
Microsoft Entra/Azure Active Directory Access - you should be able to create an App registration in Microsoft Entra/Azure Active Directory
Microsoft Entra Setup
To enable Postman to get access tokens for API requests, you must create and configure an additional App registration in Microsoft Entra.
First, create the New app registration:
Navigate to Microsoft Entra > Identity > Applications > App registrations (1)
Create a new registration by clicking the New registration button (2)
Provide a Name (3) - e.g., API Demo
Click Register (4)
Second, create a new client secret:
Navigate to Manage > Certificates & Secrets (1)
Click the New client secret option (2) - a sidebar opens where you can:
Enter client secret description (3)
Define expiration (4)
Click Add (5) to finish
Please note! Once the new client secret is created, immediately copy (1) and save the client secret value to the side.
Afterward, configure API permissions:
Navigate to Manage > API Permissions (1)
Click Add a permission option (2) - a sidebar opens where you should:
Select the APIs my organization uses tab; search and find Syskit Point API (3) and click to select - sidebar shows new information
Select the displayed permission (4)
We strongly encourage applying the principle of least privilege and provide the minimum level of permissions required to accommodate your integration requirements
Click Add permissions (5)
Click the Grant admin consent option (6) - confirmation dialog opens: Click Yes to confirm
Lastly, collect the following data and save to side with the client secret value stored before:
Application (client) ID
Directory (tenant) ID
Syskit Point API Application (client) ID - find the Syskit Point API app registration and copy the Application (client) ID from the Overview screen
Permissions
There are 4 permissions providing access to different Syskit Point endpoints:
SharePoint.Read.All
Point.AsyncRequests
Point.Provisioning
Point.Admin
Find permission required for specific endpoints/requests below.
WebHooksEndpoint
Required permission: Point.Admin
POST
/v1.0/webhook/endpoints
Add an endpoint to which Syskit Point will post webhooks events. Specify a valid URL and list of event types to be notified about.
Users
Required permission: Point.AsyncRequests
POST
/v1.0/users/access/generate
Initiate a request to receive information about SharePoint access for a given user.
SharePointSites
Required permission: SharePoint.Read.All
POST
/v1.0/sites/permissions/generate
Initiate a request to receive information about permissions on a list of SharePoint sites.
GET
/v1.0/sites
Get a list of all SharePoint sites Syskit Point is tracking.
Provisioning
Required permission: Point.Provisioning
POST
/v1.0/provision/teams
Provision Microsoft Teams based on a provisioning template.
POST
/v1.0/provision/groups
Provision Microsoft 365 Groups based on a provisioning template.
POST
/v1.0/provision/sites
Provision SharePoint sites based on a provisioning template.
POST
/v1.0/provision/yammer
Provision Yammer Communities based on a provisioning template.
GET
/v1.0/provision/templates
Get all provisioning templates in Syskit Point.
GET
/v1.0/provision/requests/{requestId}
Get status for a provisioning request with specified request ID.
Please note! To automatically approve provisioning requests created via API requests, use provisioning templates with the Approval Process property set to 'Automatically Approve'.
Options
Required permission: Point.Admin
GET
/v1.0/options
Get options available for use with Syskit Point API and Webhooks.
AsyncRequests
Required permission: SharePoint.Read.All OR Point.AsyncRequests
GET
/v1.0/requests/{requestId}/status
Get the status of a request with the specified request ID.
GET
/v1.0/requests/{requestId}/result
Get the result of a request with the specified request ID.
Fetch the access_token
access_token
Here, you can find an example of how to fetch the access_token
using Postman.
Create a new POST request:
POST
https://login.microsoftonline.com/<tenant-id>/oauth2/v2.0/token
Replace the <tenant-id> in your request with your Directory (tenant) ID saved in the previous step.
Body Include the following parameters in the request body
client_id
string
Application (client) ID of the created app registration
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client_secret
string
Client secret created in the previous step
Ma8QhffkTUrO53J8XpKQWl-rnsw.4l~_AG-arJ
grant_type
string
Enter the string 'client_credentials'
client_credentials
scope
string
Combine the Application (client) ID of Syskit Point API app registration and string '/.default'
ee22be9d-e792-45c2-8955-deb8fd565aa5/.default
Click Send and wait for the response.
The provided example is shown in the image below:
Copy the access_token
property from the response to use in further requests to your Syskit Point web app.
Example Request
Using Postman, let's create the first request to your Syskit Point web app.
Create a new GET request:
GET
{{pointWebAppUrl}}/v1.0/sites
Under Authorization > Type, select Bearer Token
and paste the access_token
retrieved in the previous step.
Click Send and wait for the response.
The provided example is shown in the image below:
Syskit Point API Documentation
To find more information about the Syskit Point API, navigate to the provided Swagger documentation. You can find it on the following URL:
<YourSyskitPointWebAppURL/swagger>
For example,
contoso.syskit365demo.com/swagger
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