List childFolders

9/6/2019
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Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported.

Get the folder collection under the specified folder. You can use the .../me/mailFolders shortcut to get the top-level folder collection and navigate to another 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)	Mail.ReadBasic, Mail.Read, Mail.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Mail.ReadBasic, Mail.Read, Mail.ReadWrite
Application	Mail.ReadBasic.All, Mail.Read, Mail.ReadWrite

HTTP request

GET /me/mailFolders/{id}/childFolders
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/childFolders

Optional query parameters

This method supports the OData Query Parameters to help customize the response.

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and collection of mailFolder objects in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: List mail folders

Request

The following is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/mailFolders/AAMkAGVmMDEzM/childFolders


GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var childFolders = await graphClient.Me.MailFolders["AAMkAGVmMDEzM"].ChildFolders
	.Request()
	.GetAsync();

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


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let res = await client.api('/me/mailFolders/AAMkAGVmMDEzM/childFolders')
	.version('beta')
	.get();

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


MSHTTPClient *httpClient = [MSClientFactory createHTTPClientWithAuthenticationProvider:authenticationProvider];

NSString *MSGraphBaseURL = @"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/";
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[MSGraphBaseURL stringByAppendingString:@"/me/mailFolders/AAMkAGVmMDEzM/childFolders"]]];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];

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

		NSError *jsonError = nil;
		NSDictionary *jsonFinal = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:&jsonError];
		NSMutableArray *mailFolderList = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
		mailFolderList = [jsonFinal valueForKey:@"value"];
		MSGraphMailFolder *mailFolder = [[MSGraphMailFolder alloc] initWithDictionary:[mailFolderList objectAtIndex: 0] error:&nserror];

}];

[meDataTask execute];

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

Response

The following is an example of the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability. All the properties will be returned from an actual call.

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

{
  "value": [
    {
      "id": "AAMkAGVmMDEzA",
      "displayName": "Internal Screens",
      "parentFolderId": "AAMkAGVmMDEzM",
      "childFolderCount": 0,
      "unreadItemCount": 2,
      "totalItemCount": 2,
      "wellKnownName": null
    },
    {
      "id": "AAMkAGVmMDEzB",
      "displayName": "Project Falcon",
      "parentFolderId": "AAMkAGVmMDEzM",
      "childFolderCount": 0,
      "unreadItemCount": 5,
      "totalItemCount": 5,
      "wellKnownName": null
    },
    {
      "id": "AAMkAGVmMDEzMA",
      "displayName": "Finder",
      "parentFolderId": "AAMkAGVmMDEzM",
      "childFolderCount": 4,
      "unreadItemCount": 0,
      "totalItemCount": 0,
      "wellKnownName": "searchfolders"
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: List mail search folders

Request

The following is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/mailFolders/searchfolders/childFolders


GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var childFolders = await graphClient.Me.MailFolders["searchfolders"].ChildFolders
	.Request()
	.GetAsync();

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


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let res = await client.api('/me/mailFolders/searchfolders/childFolders')
	.version('beta')
	.get();

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


MSHTTPClient *httpClient = [MSClientFactory createHTTPClientWithAuthenticationProvider:authenticationProvider];

NSString *MSGraphBaseURL = @"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/";
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[MSGraphBaseURL stringByAppendingString:@"/me/mailFolders/searchfolders/childFolders"]]];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];

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

		NSError *jsonError = nil;
		NSDictionary *jsonFinal = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:&jsonError];
		NSMutableArray *mailFolderList = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
		mailFolderList = [jsonFinal valueForKey:@"value"];
		MSGraphMailFolder *mailFolder = [[MSGraphMailFolder alloc] initWithDictionary:[mailFolderList objectAtIndex: 0] error:&nserror];

}];

[meDataTask execute];

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

Response

The following is an example of the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability. All the properties will be returned from an actual call.

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

{
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailSearchFolder",
      "id": "AAMkAGE1NWMz",
      "displayName": "Get MyAnalytics",
      "parentFolderId": "AAMkAGE1NWMx",
      "childFolderCount": 0,
      "unreadItemCount": 6,
      "totalItemCount": 6,
      "wellKnownName": null,
      "isSupported": true,
      "filterQuery": "contains(subject, 'MyAnalytics')"
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailSearchFolder",
      "id": "AAMkAGE1NWMy",
      "displayName": "Action Required",
      "parentFolderId": "AAMkAGE1NWMx",
      "childFolderCount": 0,
      "unreadItemCount": 2,
      "totalItemCount": 4,
      "wellKnownName": null,
      "isSupported": true,
      "filterQuery": "contains(subject, 'ACTION REQUIRED')"
    }
  ]
}

List childFolders

Permissions

HTTP request

Optional query parameters

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: List mail folders

Request

Response

Example 2: List mail search folders

Request

Response

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