Create Calendar

• 5/4/2019
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Use this API to create a new calendar for a user.

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/calendars
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendars

Request headers

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/calendars
Content-type: application/json

{
  "name": "Volunteer"
}

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of calendar 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/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#me/calendars/$entity",
    "@odata.id":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('266efe5a-0fd7-4edd-877b-b2d1e561f193@ae01a323-3934-4475-a32d-af1274312bb0')/calendars('AAMkADJmMVAAA=')",
    "id":"AAMkADJmMVAAA=",
    "name":"Volunteer",
    "color":"auto",
    "changeKey":"DxYSthXJXEWwAQSYQnXvIgAAIxGttg==",
    "canShare":true,
    "canViewPrivateItems":true,
    "canEdit":true,
    "owner":{
        "name":"Samantha Booth",
        "address":"samanthab@adatum.onmicrosoft.com"
    }
}

SDK sample code

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var calendar = new Calendar
{
	Name = "Volunteer",
};

await graphClient.Me.Calendars
	.Request()
	.AddAsync(calendar);

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const calendar = {
  name: "Volunteer"
};

let res = await client.api('/me/calendars')
	.post({calendar : calendar});

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