Outlook addin - how to get unique new event id

Question

Hi,

We are developing an Outlook addin, and we want to save an event id for a new Outlook event so we can associate the new event with the state of our app.

We read that the Outlook API does provide unique event id but only if the event is saved.

Can we use that since first something happens in our app that mutates our app state, and after that the user may save the event?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi @Dimitrios Gkiokas

You can try using the Graph API to get the event ID.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/events?$select=id,subject
Prefer: outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"

However, if the user moves the event to another calendar, the event ID might change. One way to solve this problem is to use an immutable ID.

Hope this helps.

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