class InviteParticipantsOperation
Represents the status of a long-running participant invitation operation triggered by a call to the participant-invite API in Microsoft Graph Communications.
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Purpose
This class tracks and provides access to the status of asynchronous participant invitation operations in Microsoft Teams/Skype calls. It extends CommsOperation to provide specific functionality for monitoring invitation operations, allowing developers to check the status of participant invitations and retrieve information about the participants being invited. The class is part of the Office365 Communications API wrapper and is typically instantiated as a result of calling participant invitation endpoints.
Source Code
class InviteParticipantsOperation(CommsOperation):
"""Represents the status of a long-running participant invitation operation,
triggered by a call to the participant-invite API."""
@property
def participants(self):
"""
The participants to invite.
"""
return self.properties.get(
"participants", ClientValueCollection(InvitationParticipantInfo)
)
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
bases |
CommsOperation | - |
Parameter Details
__init__: Inherits constructor from CommsOperation base class. The exact parameters are not visible in this code snippet but typically include operation metadata such as operation ID, status, and related properties from the parent CommsOperation class.
Return Value
Instantiation returns an InviteParticipantsOperation object that tracks the invitation operation. The 'participants' property returns a ClientValueCollection of InvitationParticipantInfo objects representing the participants being invited, or an empty collection if no participants are set.
Class Interface
Methods
@property participants(self) -> ClientValueCollection[InvitationParticipantInfo]
property
Purpose: Retrieves the collection of participants being invited in this operation
Returns: A ClientValueCollection containing InvitationParticipantInfo objects representing the participants to invite. Returns an empty collection if no participants are set.
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
properties |
dict | Inherited from parent class. Dictionary containing operation properties including the 'participants' key which stores the participant collection | instance |
Dependencies
office365
Required Imports
from office365.communications.calls.invitation_participant_info import InvitationParticipantInfo
from office365.communications.operations.comms import CommsOperation
from office365.runtime.client_value_collection import ClientValueCollection
Usage Example
# Assuming you have a GraphClient instance and a call object
from office365.communications.operations.invite_participants import InviteParticipantsOperation
from office365.communications.calls.invitation_participant_info import InvitationParticipantInfo
# Typically obtained from an API call result
# operation = call.invite_participants(participants_list).execute_query()
# Access the operation object (usually returned from invite API)
operation = InviteParticipantsOperation()
# Get the list of participants being invited
participants = operation.participants
# Iterate through participants
for participant in participants:
print(f"Inviting participant: {participant.identity}")
# Check operation status (inherited from CommsOperation)
if hasattr(operation, 'status'):
print(f"Operation status: {operation.status}")
Best Practices
- This class is typically not instantiated directly by users but returned as a result of calling participant invitation APIs
- Always check the operation status (inherited from CommsOperation) before accessing participants to ensure the operation has completed
- The participants property returns a collection that may be empty if the operation hasn't been initialized or if no participants were specified
- Use this class in conjunction with polling mechanisms to monitor long-running invitation operations
- Handle cases where the properties dictionary may not contain 'participants' key - the property safely returns an empty ClientValueCollection in such cases
- This class inherits from CommsOperation, so all parent class methods and properties are available for checking operation status, errors, and completion
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