Create ContactFolder

• 5/4/2019
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Create a new contactFolder under the user's default contacts folder.

You can also create a new contactfolder as a child of any specified contact folder.

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

Request headers

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/contactFolders
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 84

{
  "parentFolderId": "parentFolderId-value",
  "displayName": "displayName-value"
}

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of contactFolder 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
Content-length: 104

{
  "parentFolderId": "parentFolderId-value",
  "displayName": "displayName-value",
  "id": "id-value"
}

SDK sample code

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var contactFolder = new ContactFolder
{
	ParentFolderId = "parentFolderId-value",
	DisplayName = "displayName-value",
};

await graphClient.Me.ContactFolders
	.Request()
	.AddAsync(contactFolder);

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const contactFolder = {
  parentFolderId: "parentFolderId-value",
  displayName: "displayName-value"
};

let res = await client.api('/me/contactFolders')
	.version('beta')
	.post({contactFolder : contactFolder});

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