List events
Namespace: microsoft.graph
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version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.
Get a list of event objects from the user's default calendar or from a specified calendar. The list contains single instance meetings and series masters.
To get expanded event instances, you can get the calendar view, or get the instances of an event.
There are two scenarios where an app can get events in another user's calendar:
- If the app has application permissions, or,
- If the app has the appropriate delegated permissions from one user, and another user has shared a calendar with that user, or, has given delegated access to that user. See details and an example.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
Global service | US Government L4 | US Government L5 (DOD) | China operated by 21Vianet |
---|---|---|---|
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Support various time zones
For all GET operations that return events, you can use the Prefer: outlook.timezone
header to specify the time zone for the event start and end times in the response.
For example, the following Prefer: outlook.timezone
header sets the start and end times in the response to Eastern Standard Time.
Prefer: outlook.timezone="Eastern Standard Time"
If the event was created in a different time zone, the start and end times will be adjusted to the time zone specified in that Prefer
header.
See this list for the supported time zone names. If the Prefer: outlook.timezone
header is not specified, the start and end
times are returned in UTC.
You can use the OriginalStartTimeZone and OriginalEndTimeZone properties on the event resource to find out the time zone used when the event was created.
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) | Calendars.ReadBasic, Calendars.Read, Calendars.ReadWrite |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Calendars.ReadBasic, Calendars.Read, Calendars.ReadWrite |
Application | Calendars.ReadBasic, Calendars.Read, Calendars.ReadWrite |
HTTP request
GET /me/events
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/events
GET /me/calendar/events
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendar/events
GET /me/calendars/{id}/events
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendars/{id}/events
GET /me/calendarGroups/{id}/calendars/{id}/events
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendarGroups/{id}/calendars/{id}/events
Optional query parameters
This method supports the OData query parameters to help customize the response.
Note
You can't use the $filter
parameter to filter on the recurrence property.
Request headers
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Authorization | string | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Prefer: outlook.timezone | string | Use this to specify the time zone for start and end times in the response. If not specified, those time values are returned in UTC. Optional. |
Prefer: outlook.body-content-type | string | The format of the body property to be returned in. Values can be "text" or "html". A Preference-Applied header is returned as confirmation if this Prefer header is specified. If the header is not specified, the body property is returned in HTML format. Optional. |
Request body
Don't supply a request body for this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK
response code and collection of event objects in the response body.
Examples
Example 1: Get all user's events
The first example gets all the user's events. It specifies the following:
- A
Prefer: outlook.timezone
header to get date time values returned in Pacific Standard Time. - A
$select
query parameter to return specific properties. Without a$select
parameter, all of the event properties will be returned.
The request does not specify any Prefer: outlook.body-content-type
header to indicate a specific format for the returned event body.
Request
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/events?$select=subject,body,bodyPreview,organizer,attendees,start,end,location
Prefer: outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"
Response
The following example shows the response. Because no Prefer: outlook.body-content-type
header was specified, the body property is returned in the default HTML format.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Preference-Applied: outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"
{
"@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#users('cd209b0b-3f83-4c35-82d2-d88a61820480')/events(subject,body,bodyPreview,organizer,attendees,start,end,location)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"ZlnW4RIAV06KYYwlrfNZvQAAKGWwbw==\"",
"id":"AAMkAGIAAAoZDOFAAA=",
"subject":"Orientation ",
"bodyPreview":"Dana, this is the time you selected for our orientation. Please bring the notes I sent you.",
"body":{
"contentType":"html",
"content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Dana, this is the time you selected for our orientation. Please bring the notes I sent you.</p></body></html>"
},
"start":{
"dateTime":"2017-04-21T10:00:00.0000000",
"timeZone":"Pacific Standard Time"
},
"end":{
"dateTime":"2017-04-21T12:00:00.0000000",
"timeZone":"Pacific Standard Time"
},
"location": {
"displayName": "Assembly Hall",
"locationType": "default",
"uniqueId": "Assembly Hall",
"uniqueIdType": "private"
},
"locations": [
{
"displayName": "Assembly Hall",
"locationType": "default",
"uniqueIdType": "unknown"
}
],
"attendees":[
{
"type":"required",
"status":{
"response":"none",
"time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
},
"emailAddress":{
"name":"Samantha Booth",
"address":"samanthab@contoso.com"
}
},
{
"type":"required",
"status":{
"response":"none",
"time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
},
"emailAddress":{
"name":"Dana Swope",
"address":"danas@contoso.com"
}
}
],
"organizer":{
"emailAddress":{
"name":"Samantha Booth",
"address":"samanthab@contoso.com"
}
}
}
]
}
Example 2: Get the body propery of the message
The following example shows how to use a Prefer: outlook.body-content-type="text"
header to get the body property of the specified message in text format.
The request also uses a $select
query parameter to return specific properties. Without a $select
parameter, all of the event properties will be returned.
Request
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/events?$select=subject,body,bodyPreview
Prefer: outlook.body-content-type="text"
Response
The following example shows the response. The body property is returned in text format.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Preference-Applied: outlook.body-content-type="text"
{
"@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#users('cd209b0b-3f83-4c35-82d2-d88a61820480')/events(subject,body,bodyPreview)",
"value":[
{
"@odata.etag":"W/\"ZlnW4RIAV06KYYwlrfNZvQAAKGWwbw==\"",
"id":"AAMkAGIAAAoZDOFAAA=",
"subject":"Orientation ",
"bodyPreview":"Dana, this is the time you selected for our orientation. Please bring the notes I sent you.",
"body":{
"contentType":"text",
"content":"Dana, this is the time you selected for our orientation. Please bring the notes I sent you.\r\n"
}
}
]
}