Create Message

• 5/4/2019
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Use this API to create a new Message in a mailfolder.

Permissions

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

HTTP request

POST /me/mailFolders/{id}/messages
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/messages

Request headers

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{id}/messages
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 248

{
  "receivedDateTime": "datetime-value",
  "sentDateTime": "datetime-value",
  "hasAttachments": true,
  "subject": "subject-value",
  "body": {
    "contentType": "",
    "content": "content-value"
  },
  "bodyPreview": "bodyPreview-value"
}

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

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 248

{
  "receivedDateTime": "datetime-value",
  "sentDateTime": "datetime-value",
  "hasAttachments": true,
  "subject": "subject-value",
  "body": {
    "contentType": "",
    "content": "content-value"
  },
  "bodyPreview": "bodyPreview-value"
}

SDK sample code

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var message = new Message
{
	ReceivedDateTime = "datetime-value",
	SentDateTime = "datetime-value",
	HasAttachments = true,
	Subject = "subject-value",
	Body = new ItemBody
	{
		ContentType = BodyType.Text,
		Content = "content-value"
	},
	BodyPreview = "bodyPreview-value"
};

await graphClient.Me.MailFolders["{id}"].Messages
	.Request()
	.AddAsync(message);

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const message = {
  receivedDateTime: "datetime-value",
  sentDateTime: "datetime-value",
  hasAttachments: true,
  subject: "subject-value",
  body: {
    contentType: "",
    content: "content-value"
  },
  bodyPreview: "bodyPreview-value"
};

let res = await client.api('/me/mailFolders/{id}/messages')
	.post({message : message});

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