Get event

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get the properties and relationships of the specified event object.

Currently, this operation returns event bodies in only HTML format.

There are two scenarios where an app can get an event 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.

Since the event resource supports extensions, you can also use the GET operation to get custom properties and extension data in an event instance.

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
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Calendars.ReadBasic, Calendars.Read
Application Calendars.ReadBasic, Calendars.Read

HTTP request

GET /me/events/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/events/{id}
GET /groups/{id}/events/{id}

GET /me/calendar/events/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendar/events/{id}
GET /groups/{id}/calendar/events/{id}

GET /me/calendars/{id}/events/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendars/{id}/events/{id}

GET /me/calendarGroups/{id}/calendars/{id}/events/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendarGroups/{id}/calendars/{id}/events/{id}

Optional query parameters

This method supports the OData Query Parameters to help customize the response.

Request headers

Name Type Description
Authorization string Bearer {token}. Required.
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 event object in the response body.

Example

Request 1

The first example gets the specified event. 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 $select parameter, all of the event properties will be returned.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/events/AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OABGAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURBwAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAENAAAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAa_WKzAAA=?$select=subject,body,bodyPreview,organizer,attendees,start,end,location,hideAttendees
Prefer: outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"
Response 1

The following example shows the response. The body property is returned in the default format of HTML.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Preference-Applied: outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('48d31887-5fad-4d73-a9f5-3c356e68a038')/events(subject,body,bodyPreview,organizer,attendees,start,end,location,hideAttendees)/$entity",
    "@odata.etag": "W/\"IiLKjG2I7E+Xv0+ys6MD0wAEd5/kNQ==\"",
    "id": "AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OABGAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURBwAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAENAAAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAa_WKzAAA=",
    "subject": "New Product Regulations Touchpoint",
    "bodyPreview": "New Product Regulations Strategy Online Touchpoint MeetingYou're receiving this message because you're a member of the Engineering group. If you don't want to receive any messages or events from this group, stop following it in your inbox.View g",
    "hideAttendees": false,
    "body": {
        "contentType": "html",
        "content": "<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\"></head><body>New Product Regulations Strategy Online Touchpoint Meeting<div id=\"a59ada49-a492-4f1d-ac57-74be3a4194fc\" style=\"display:inline-block\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"table-layout:fixed; width:50px; border:0 none black\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"height:18px; padding:0; border-width:0 0 1px 0; border-style:none none solid none; border-color:#EAEAEA\">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"table-layout:fixed; width:90%; line-height:17px; border:0 none black\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"height:17px; padding:0; border:0 none black\">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:0; border:0 none black; color:#666666; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\">You're receiving this message because you're a member of the <a href=\"https://outlook.office365.com/owa/engineering@contoso.com/groupsubscription.ashx?realm=contoso.com&amp;source=EscalatedMessage&amp;action=conversations\" style=\"color:#0072C6; text-decoration:none; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI Semibold','Segoe WP Semibold','Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\">Engineering</a> group. If you don't want to receive any messages or events from this group,<a href=\"https://outlook.office365.com/owa/engineering@contoso.com/groupsubscription.ashx?realm=contoso.com&amp;source=EscalatedMessage&amp;action=unsubscribe\" id=\"BD5134C6-8D33-4ABA-A0C4-08581FDF89DB\" style=\"color:#0072C6; text-decoration:none; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI Semibold','Segoe WP Semibold','Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\">stop following it in your inbox</a>.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"height:17px; padding:0; border:0 none black\">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:0; border:0 none black; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\"><span style=\"display:inline-block\"><a href=\"https://outlook.office365.com/owa/engineering@contoso.com/groupsubscription.ashx?realm=contoso.com&amp;source=EscalatedMessage&amp;action=conversations\" style=\"color:#666666; text-decoration:none; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\">View group conversations</a></span><span style=\"color:#C8C8C8\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style=\"display:inline-block\"><a href=\"https://outlook.office365.com/owa/engineering@contoso.com/groupsubscription.ashx?realm=contoso.com&amp;source=EscalatedMessage&amp;action=files\" style=\"color:#666666; text-decoration:none; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\">View group files</a></span></td></tr><tr><td style=\"height:17px; padding:0; border:0 none black\">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></div></body></html>"
    },
    "start": {
        "dateTime": "2014-11-03T17:00:00.0000000",
        "timeZone": "UTC"
    },
    "end": {
        "dateTime": "2014-11-03T17:30:00.0000000",
        "timeZone": "UTC"
    },
    "location": {
        "displayName": "Conf Room Rainier",
        "locationType": "default",
        "uniqueId": "Conf Room Rainier",
        "uniqueIdType": "private"
    },
    "attendees": [
        {
            "type": "required",
            "status": {
                "response": "none",
                "time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
            },
            "emailAddress": {
                "name": "Engineering",
                "address": "engineering@contoso.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "required",
            "status": {
                "response": "none",
                "time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
            },
            "emailAddress": {
                "name": "Irvin Sayers",
                "address": "IrvinS@contoso.com"
            }
        }
    ],
    "organizer": {
        "emailAddress": {
            "name": "Engineering",
            "address": "engineering@contoso.com"
        }
    },
    "calendar@odata.associationLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('48d31887-5fad-4d73-a9f5-3c356e68a038')/calendars('AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAENAAA=')/$ref",
    "calendar@odata.navigationLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('48d31887-5fad-4d73-a9f5-3c356e68a038')/calendars('AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAENAAA=')"
}
Request 2

The second example shows getting an event that specifies more than one location. The request specifies a $select query parameter to return specific properties.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/events/AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OABGAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURBwAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAENAAAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAa_WKzAAA=?$select=subject,body,bodyPreview,organizer,attendees,start,end,location,locations
Response 2

The following example shows the response. The locations property includes details for the 3 locations that the event is organized for.

Because the request does not specify any Prefer: outlook.timezone header, the start and end properties are displayed in the default UTC time zone.

The event body is in the default HTML format.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('48d31887-5fad-4d73-a9f5-3c356e68a038')/events(subject,body,bodyPreview,organizer,attendees,start,end,location,locations)/$entity",
    "@odata.etag": "W/\"IiLKjG2I7E+Xv0+ys6MD0wAEd5/kNQ==\"",
    "id": "AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OABGAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURBwAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAENAAAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAa_WKzAAA=",
    "subject": "New Product Regulations Touchpoint",
    "bodyPreview": "New Product Regulations Strategy Online Touchpoint MeetingYou're receiving this message because you're a member of the Engineering group. If you don't want to receive any messages or events from this group, stop following it in your inbox.View g",
    "body": {
        "contentType": "html",
        "content": "<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\"></head><body>New Product Regulations Strategy Online Touchpoint Meeting<div id=\"a59ada49-a492-4f1d-ac57-74be3a4194fc\" style=\"display:inline-block\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"table-layout:fixed; width:50px; border:0 none black\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"height:18px; padding:0; border-width:0 0 1px 0; border-style:none none solid none; border-color:#EAEAEA\">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"table-layout:fixed; width:90%; line-height:17px; border:0 none black\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"height:17px; padding:0; border:0 none black\">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:0; border:0 none black; color:#666666; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\">You're receiving this message because you're a member of the <a href=\"https://outlook.office365.com/owa/engineering@contoso.com/groupsubscription.ashx?realm=contoso.com&amp;source=EscalatedMessage&amp;action=conversations\" style=\"color:#0072C6; text-decoration:none; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI Semibold','Segoe WP Semibold','Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\">Engineering</a> group. If you don't want to receive any messages or events from this group,<a href=\"https://outlook.office365.com/owa/engineering@contoso.com/groupsubscription.ashx?realm=contoso.com&amp;source=EscalatedMessage&amp;action=unsubscribe\" id=\"BD5134C6-8D33-4ABA-A0C4-08581FDF89DB\" style=\"color:#0072C6; text-decoration:none; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI Semibold','Segoe WP Semibold','Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\">stop following it in your inbox</a>.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"height:17px; padding:0; border:0 none black\">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:0; border:0 none black; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\"><span style=\"display:inline-block\"><a href=\"https://outlook.office365.com/owa/engineering@contoso.com/groupsubscription.ashx?realm=contoso.com&amp;source=EscalatedMessage&amp;action=conversations\" style=\"color:#666666; text-decoration:none; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\">View group conversations</a></span><span style=\"color:#C8C8C8\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style=\"display:inline-block\"><a href=\"https://outlook.office365.com/owa/engineering@contoso.com/groupsubscription.ashx?realm=contoso.com&amp;source=EscalatedMessage&amp;action=files\" style=\"color:#666666; text-decoration:none; font-size:12px; font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',sans-serif\">View group files</a></span></td></tr><tr><td style=\"height:17px; padding:0; border:0 none black\">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></div></body></html>"
    },
    "start": {
        "dateTime": "2014-11-03T17:00:00.0000000",
        "timeZone": "UTC"
    },
    "end": {
        "dateTime": "2014-11-03T17:30:00.0000000",
        "timeZone": "UTC"
    },
    "location": {
        "displayName": "Conf Room Rainier",
        "locationType": "default",
        "uniqueId": "Conf Room Rainier",
        "uniqueIdType": "private"
    },
    "locations": [
        {
            "displayName": "Conf Room Rainier",
            "locationType": "default",
            "uniqueId": "",
            "uniqueIdType": "unknown"
        }
    ],
    "attendees": [
        {
            "type": "required",
            "status": {
                "response": "none",
                "time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
            },
            "emailAddress": {
                "name": "Engineering",
                "address": "engineering@contoso.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "required",
            "status": {
                "response": "none",
                "time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
            },
            "emailAddress": {
                "name": "Irvin Sayers",
                "address": "IrvinS@contoso.com"
            }
        }
    ],
    "organizer": {
        "emailAddress": {
            "name": "Engineering",
            "address": "engineering@contoso.com"
        }
    },
    "calendar@odata.associationLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('48d31887-5fad-4d73-a9f5-3c356e68a038')/calendars('AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAENAAA=')/$ref",
    "calendar@odata.navigationLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('48d31887-5fad-4d73-a9f5-3c356e68a038')/calendars('AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAENAAA=')"
}