How to query emails by recipient's email address?

Question

I am using the Graph REST API. Below is my URL.

https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders('SentItems')/messages?$filter=sentDateTime ge 2024-04-27T16:00:00Z and sentDateTime le 2024-05-04T15:59:59Z and toRecipients/any(a:a/emailAddress/address eq '******@gmail.com')"

I got error ErrorInvalidUrlQueryFilter, the message is The query filter contains one or more invalid nodes.

How can I fix this or is there any other way to achieve my goal?

Answer 1

Hello @Shaun Yang (Medalsoft) ,

Thanks for reaching Microsoft!

I am able to replicate your issue. I would like to suggest a workaround. You can try using the $search query parameter with the Microsoft Graph API.

For example, you can use the following query to filter by the "to" field:

https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/SentItems/messages?$search="to:{searchphrase}"

Document reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/search-query-parameter?tabs=http

Hope this helps.

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