Create ContactFolder

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Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new contactFolder as a child of a specified folder.

You can also create a new contactFolder under the user's default contact folder.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Contacts.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Contacts.ReadWrite
Application	Contacts.ReadWrite

HTTP request

POST /me/contactFolders/{id}/childFolders
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/contactFolders/{id}/childFolders

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of ContactFolder object.

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and ContactFolder object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contactFolders/{id}/childFolders
Content-type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "Family"
}

C#

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var contactFolder = new ContactFolder
{
	DisplayName = "Family"
};

await graphClient.Me.ContactFolders["{contactFolder-id}"].ChildFolders
	.Request()
	.AddAsync(contactFolder);

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const contactFolder = {
  displayName: 'Family'
};

await client.api('/me/contactFolders/{id}/childFolders')
	.post(contactFolder);

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Objective-C

MSHTTPClient *httpClient = [MSClientFactory createHTTPClientWithAuthenticationProvider:authenticationProvider];

NSString *MSGraphBaseURL = @"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/";
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[MSGraphBaseURL stringByAppendingString:@"/me/contactFolders/{id}/childFolders"]]];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
[urlRequest setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];

MSGraphContactFolder *contactFolder = [[MSGraphContactFolder alloc] init];
[contactFolder setDisplayName:@"Family"];

NSError *error;
NSData *contactFolderData = [contactFolder getSerializedDataWithError:&error];
[urlRequest setHTTPBody:contactFolderData];

MSURLSessionDataTask *meDataTask = [httpClient dataTaskWithRequest:urlRequest 
	completionHandler: ^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *nserror) {

		//Request Completed

}];

[meDataTask execute];

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

ContactFolder contactFolder = new ContactFolder();
contactFolder.displayName = "Family";

graphClient.me().contactFolders("{id}").childFolders()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(contactFolder);

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Go

//THE GO SDK IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClient(requestAdapter)

requestBody := msgraphsdk.NewContactFolder()
displayName := "Family"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName)
contactFolderId := "contactFolder-id"
result, err := graphClient.Me().ContactFoldersById(&contactFolderId).ChildFolders().Post(requestBody)

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.PersonalContacts

$params = @{
	DisplayName = "Family"
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgUserContactFolderChildFolder -UserId $userId -ContactFolderId $contactFolderId -BodyParameter $params

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of contactFolder object.

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADIxYjJiYgEzLTFmNjYALTRjYTMtODA1NC0wZDkxZGNmOTcxNTQALgAAA8RJzXYaLKZPlmn0ge0edZkBADa3qi2IMXRNg6RwQSHe_F8AAAIBDgAAAA==",
  "displayName": "Family",
  "id": "AAMkADIxYjJiYmIzLTFmNjYtNGNhMy04MDU0LTBkOTFkY2Y5NzE1NAAuAAAAAADESc12GiymT5Zp9IHtHnWZAQA2t6otiDF0TYOkcEEh3vhfAAAGgUC1AAA="
}