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Read/write OneNote pages via Microsoft Graph or COM

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OneNote

Access, create, and update OneNote notebooks, sections, and pages using PowerShell COM or Microsoft Graph API — capture meeting notes, append to journals, and query your knowledge base.

When to Use

  • User wants to capture meeting notes or action items into OneNote
  • User asks to read a specific OneNote page or section
  • User wants to create a new page or append content to an existing one
  • User needs to list available notebooks and sections
  • User wants to search across OneNote pages

How to Use

List notebooks (Graph API)

$headers = @{ Authorization = "Bearer $env:GRAPH_TOKEN" }
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/onenote/notebooks" -Headers $headers |
  Select-Object -ExpandProperty value |
  Select-Object id, displayName, lastModifiedDateTime

List sections in a notebook

$notebookId = "YOUR_NOTEBOOK_ID"
$headers = @{ Authorization = "Bearer $env:GRAPH_TOKEN" }
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/onenote/notebooks/$notebookId/sections" -Headers $headers |
  Select-Object -ExpandProperty value |
  Select-Object id, displayName

Get pages in a section

$sectionId = "YOUR_SECTION_ID"
$headers = @{ Authorization = "Bearer $env:GRAPH_TOKEN" }
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/onenote/sections/$sectionId/pages" -Headers $headers |
  Select-Object -ExpandProperty value |
  Select-Object id, title, createdDateTime

Create a new page in a section

$sectionId = "YOUR_SECTION_ID"
$headers = @{
  Authorization  = "Bearer $env:GRAPH_TOKEN"
  "Content-Type" = "application/xhtml+xml"
}
$html = @"
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head><title>Meeting Notes — $(Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd')</title></head>
<body>
  <h1>Meeting Notes</h1>
  <p>Action items:</p>
  <ul><li>Follow up with team</li></ul>
</body></html>
"@
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/onenote/sections/$sectionId/pages" `
  -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $html

Read page content (HTML)

$pageId = "YOUR_PAGE_ID"
$headers = @{ Authorization = "Bearer $env:GRAPH_TOKEN" }
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/onenote/pages/$pageId/content" -Headers $headers

Search pages by keyword

$headers = @{ Authorization = "Bearer $env:GRAPH_TOKEN" }
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/onenote/pages?`$search=meeting" -Headers $headers |
  Select-Object -ExpandProperty value |
  Select-Object title, createdDateTime

Examples

"Create a page in my Daily Notes section with today's date as the title" → POST HTML page to the Daily Notes section ID with <title> set to $(Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd').

"List all my notebooks" → GET /me/onenote/notebooks and display displayName + lastModifiedDateTime.

"Search my notes for action items" → GET /me/onenote/pages?$search=action+items and list matching page titles.

Cautions

  • Graph API requires Notes.ReadWrite scope — obtain token via az login or OAuth device flow
  • Page content is returned as HTML; parse with PowerShell XML or pass to an HTML renderer
  • OneNote COM automation (via onenote.exe) is less reliable than Graph API for programmatic access
  • Large notebooks with many pages may require $top and $skip pagination parameters