Create calendar

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Calendars.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Calendars.ReadWrite
Application	Calendars.ReadWrite

HTTP request

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

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

The following is an example of a request.

HTTP

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

{
  "name": "Volunteer"
}

C#

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new Calendar
{
	Name = "Volunteer",
};
var result = await graphClient.Me.Calendars.PostAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const calendar = {
  name: 'Volunteer'
};

await client.api('/me/calendars')
	.post(calendar);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

Calendar calendar = new Calendar();
calendar.name = "Volunteer";

graphClient.me().calendars()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(calendar);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

//THE GO SDK IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewCalendar()
name := "Volunteer"
requestBody.SetName(&name) 

result, err := graphClient.Me().Calendars().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Calendar

$params = @{
	Name = "Volunteer"
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgUserCalendar -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);

$requestBody = new Calendar();
$requestBody->setName('Volunteer');



$requestResult = $graphServiceClient->me()->calendars()->post($requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following is an example of the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

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,
    "hexColor": "",
    "canEdit":true,
    "allowedOnlineMeetingProviders": [
                "teamsForBusiness"
            ],
    "defaultOnlineMeetingProvider": "teamsForBusiness",
    "isTallyingResponses": true,
    "isRemovable": false,
    "owner":{
        "name":"Samantha Booth",
        "address":"samanthab@adatum.onmicrosoft.com"
    }
}