eventMessage resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

A message that represents a meeting request, cancellation, or response (which can be one of the following: acceptance, tentative acceptance, or decline).

The eventMessage entity is derived from message. eventMessage is the base type for eventMessageRequest and eventMessageResponse. The meetingMessageType property identifies the type of the event message.

When an organizer or app sends a meeting request, the meeting request arrives in an invitee's mailbox as an eventMessage instance with the meetingMessageType of meetingRequest. In addition, Outlook automatically creates an event instance in the invitee's calendar, with the showAs property as tentative.

To get the properties of the associated event in the invitee's mailbox, the app can use the event navigation property of the eventMessage, as shown in this get event message example. The app can also respond to the event on behalf of the invitee programmatically, by accepting, tentatively accepting, or declining the event.

Aside from a meeting request, an eventMessage instance can be found in an invitee's mailbox as the result of an event organizer cancelling a meeting, or in the organizer's mailbox as a result of an invitee responding to the meeting request. An app can act on event messages in the same way as on messages with minor differences.

Methods

Method Return Type Description
Get event message eventMessage Read properties and relationships of eventMessage object.
Update event message eventMessage Update eventMessage object.
Delete message None Delete eventMessage object.
Copy message message Copy a message to a folder.
Create draft to forward message message Create a draft of the Forward message. You can then update or send the draft.
Create draft to reply message Create a draft of the Reply message. You can then update or send the draft.
Create draft to reply-all message Create a draft of the Reply All message. You can then update or send the draft.
Forward message None Forward a message. The message is then saved in the Sent Items folder.
Move message message Move a message to a folder. This creates a new copy of the message in the destination folder.
Reply to a message None Reply to the sender of a message. The message is then saved in the Sent Items folder.
Reply-all to a message None Reply to all recipients of a message. The message is then saved in the Sent Items folder.
Send draft message None Sends a previously created message draft. The message is then saved in the Sent Items folder.
Attachments
List attachments attachment collection Get all attachments on an eventMessage.
Add attachment attachment Add a new attachment to an eventMessage by posting to the attachments collection.
Open extensions
Create open extension openTypeExtension Create an open extension and add custom properties in a new or existing instance of a resource.
Get open extension openTypeExtension collection Get an open extension object or objects identified by name or fully qualified name.
Extended properties
Create single-value property eventMessage Create one or more single-value extended properties in a new or existing eventMessage.
Get single-value property eventMessage Get eventMessages that contain a single-value extended property by using $expand or $filter.
Create multi-value property eventMessage Create one or more multi-value extended properties in a new or existing eventMessage.
Get multi-value property eventMessage Get an eventMessage that contains a multi-value extended property by using $expand.

Properties

Property Type Description
bccRecipients recipient collection The Bcc: recipients for the message.
body itemBody The body of the message. It can be in HTML or text format.
bodyPreview String The first 255 characters of the message body. It is in text format.
categories String collection The categories associated with the message.
ccRecipients recipient collection The Cc: recipients for the message.
changeKey String The version of the message.
conversationId String The ID of the conversation the email belongs to.
conversationIndex Edm.Binary Indicates the position of the message within the conversation.
createdDateTime DateTimeOffset The date and time the message was created.
flag followupFlag The flag value that indicates the status, start date, due date, or completion date for the message.
from recipient The owner of the mailbox from which the message is sent. In most cases, this value is the same as the sender property, except for sharing or delegation scenarios. The value must correspond to the actual mailbox used. Find out more about setting the from and sender properties of a message.
hasAttachments Boolean Indicates whether the message has attachments.
id String Unique identifier for the event message. By default, this value changes when the item is moved from one container (such as a folder or calendar) to another. To change this behavior, use the Prefer: IdType="ImmutableId" header. See Get immutable identifiers for Outlook resources for more information. Read-only.
importance String The importance of the message: low, normal, high.
inferenceClassification String The possible values are: focused, other.
internetMessageHeaders internetMessageHeader collection The collection of message headers, defined by RFC5322, that provide details of the network path taken by a message from the sender to the recipient. Read-only.
internetMessageId String The message ID in the format specified by RFC2822.
isDelegated Boolean True if this meeting request is accessible to a delegate, false otherwise. Default is false.
isDeliveryReceiptRequested Boolean Indicates whether a read receipt is requested for the message.
isDraft Boolean Indicates whether the message is a draft. A message is a draft if it hasn't been sent yet.
isRead Boolean Indicates whether the message has been read.
isReadReceiptRequested Boolean Indicates whether a read receipt is requested for the message.
lastModifiedDateTime DateTimeOffset The date and time the message was last changed.
meetingMessageType meetingMessageType The type of event message: none, meetingRequest, meetingCancelled, meetingAccepted, meetingTenativelyAccepted, meetingDeclined.
parentFolderId String The unique identifier for the message's parent mailFolder.
receivedDateTime DateTimeOffset The date and time the message was received.
replyTo recipient collection The email addresses to use when replying.
sender recipient The account that is actually used to generate the message. In most cases, this value is the same as the from property. You can set this property to a different value when sending a message from a shared mailbox, for a shared calendar, or as a delegate. In any case, the value must correspond to the actual mailbox used. Find out more about setting the from and sender properties of a message.
sentDateTime DateTimeOffset The date and time the message was sent.
subject String The subject of the message.
toRecipients recipient collection The To: recipients for the message.
uniqueBody itemBody The part of the body of the message that is unique to the current message.
webLink String The URL to open the message in Outlook on the web.

You can append an ispopout argument to the end of the URL to change how the message is displayed. If ispopout is not present or if it is set to 1, then the message is shown in a popout window. If ispopout is set to 0, then the browser will show the message in the Outlook on the web review pane.

The message will open in the browser if you are logged in to your mailbox via Outlook on the web. You will be prompted to login if you are not already logged in with the browser.

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Relationships

Relationship Type Description
attachments attachment collection Read-only. Nullable.
event event The event associated with the event message. The assumption for attendees or room resources is that the Calendar Attendant is set to automatically update the calendar with an event when meeting request event messages arrive. Navigation property. Read-only.
extensions extension collection The collection of open extensions defined for the eventMessage. Read-only. Nullable.
multiValueExtendedProperties multiValueLegacyExtendedProperty collection The collection of multi-value extended properties defined for the eventMessage. Read-only. Nullable.
singleValueExtendedProperties singleValueLegacyExtendedProperty collection The collection of single-value extended properties defined for the eventMessage. Read-only. Nullable.

JSON representation

The following JSON representation shows the resource type.

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  "body": {"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.itemBody"},
  "bodyPreview": "string",
  "categories": ["string"],
  "ccRecipients": [{"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.recipient"}],
  "changeKey": "string",
  "conversationId": "string",
  "conversationIndex": "String (binary)",
  "createdDateTime": "DateTimeOffset",
  "event": { "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.event" },
  "flag": {"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.followupFlag"},
  "from": {"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.recipient"},
  "hasAttachments": true,
  "id": "string (identifier)",
  "importance": "String",
  "inferenceClassification": "String",
  "internetMessageHeaders": [{"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.internetMessageHeader"}],
  "internetMessageId": "String",
  "isDelegated": true,
  "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": true,
  "isDraft": true,
  "isRead": true,
  "isReadReceiptRequested": true,
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "DateTimeOffset",
  "meetingMessageType": "String",
  "parentFolderId": "string",
  "receivedDateTime": "DateTimeOffset",
  "replyTo": [{"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.recipient"}],
  "sender": {"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.recipient"},
  "sentDateTime": "DateTimeOffset",
  "subject": "string",
  "toRecipients": [{"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.recipient"}],
  "uniqueBody": {"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.itemBody"},
  "webLink": "string"
}