List Outlook categories
Get all the categories that have been defined for the user.
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) | MailboxSettings.Read |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | MailboxSettings.Read |
Application | MailboxSettings.Read |
HTTP request
GET /me/outlook/masterCategories
GET /users/{id|userPrincipalName}/outlook/masterCategories
Optional query parameters
This method supports the OData Query Parameters to help customize the response.
Request headers
Name | Description |
---|---|
Authorization | 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 outlookCategory objects in the response body.
Example
Request
Here is an example of the request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/outlook/masterCategories
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: 727
{
"@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('8ae6f565-0d7f-4ead-853e-7db94c912a1f')/outlook/masterCategories",
"value":[
{
"id":"5a9a6aa8-b65f-4357-b1f9-60c6bf6330d8",
"displayName":"Red category",
"color":"preset0"
},
{
"id":"4b1c2495-54c9-4a5e-90a2-0ab0b31987d8",
"displayName":"Orange category",
"color":"preset1"
},
{
"id":"de912e4d-c790-4da9-949c-ccd933aaa0f7",
"displayName":"Yellow category",
"color":"preset3"
},
{
"id":"79c8d8f8-9db1-49ec-99ce-ae25793e7232",
"displayName":"Green category",
"color":"preset4"
},
{
"id":"626e696c-6a10-48b8-89b9-12de3160cfb9",
"displayName":"Blue category",
"color":"preset7"
},
{
"id":"453d06d0-447d-41f7-91cd-aa0f6b190b5b",
"displayName":"Purple category",
"color":"preset8"
}
]
}
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