Get Outlook category

• 5/4/2019
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Get the properties and relationships of the specified outlookCategory object.

Permissions

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

HTTP request

GET /me/outlook/masterCategories/{id}
GET /users/{id|userPrincipalName}/outlook/masterCategories/{id}

Optional query parameters

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

Request headers

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and outlookCategory object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/outlook/masterCategories/de912e4d-c790-4da9-949c-ccd933aaa0f7

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: 249

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('8ae6f565-0d7f-4ead-853e-7db94c912a1f')/outlook/masterCategories/$entity",
  "id":"de912e4d-c790-4da9-949c-ccd933aaa0f7",
  "displayName":"Yellow category",
  "color":"preset3"
}

SDK sample code

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var outlookCategory = await graphClient.Me.Outlook.MasterCategories["de912e4d-c790-4da9-949c-ccd933aaa0f7"]
	.Request()
	.GetAsync();

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let res = await client.api('/me/outlook/masterCategories/de912e4d-c790-4da9-949c-ccd933aaa0f7')
	.get();

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