calendar: getSchedule

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get the free/busy availability information for a collection of users, distributions lists, or resources (rooms or equipment) for a specified time period.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Calendars.ReadBasic	Calendars.Read, Calendars.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Calendars.ReadBasic	Calendars.Read, Calendars.ReadWrite

HTTP request

POST /me/calendar/getSchedule 
POST /users/{id|userPrincipalName}/calendar/getSchedule

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	string	Nature of the data in the body of an entity, which is application/json. 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.

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Property	Type	Description
availabilityViewInterval	Int32	Represents the duration of a time slot in an availabilityView in the response. The default is 30 minutes, minimum is 5, maximum is 1440. Optional.
endTime	dateTimeTimeZone	The date, time, and time zone that the period ends.
schedules	String collection	A collection of SMTP addresses of users, distribution lists, or resources to get availability information for.
startTime	dateTimeTimeZone	The date, time, and time zone that the period starts.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a collection of scheduleInformation objects for each object in the schedules parameter.

Note: When the user's calendar has a time slot that contains more than 1000 entries, a 5006 response code with the message "The result set contains too many calendar entries. The allowed size is 1000; the actual size is ..." will be returned. For details, see KB 2962513.

Examples

Request

The following example gets the availability information for two users for the specified date, time, and time zone.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/calendar/getSchedule 
Prefer: outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"
Content-Type: application/json

{        
    "schedules": ["adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com", "meganb@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"],
    "startTime": {
        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T09:00:00",
        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
    },
    "endTime": {
        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T18:00:00",
        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
    },
    "availabilityViewInterval": 60
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Me.Calendar.GetSchedule;
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new GetSchedulePostRequestBody
{
	Schedules = new List<string>
	{
		"adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
		"meganb@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
	},
	StartTime = new DateTimeTimeZone
	{
		DateTime = "2019-03-15T09:00:00",
		TimeZone = "Pacific Standard Time",
	},
	EndTime = new DateTimeTimeZone
	{
		DateTime = "2019-03-15T18:00:00",
		TimeZone = "Pacific Standard Time",
	},
	AvailabilityViewInterval = 60,
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.Calendar.GetSchedule.PostAsync(requestBody, (requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("Prefer", "outlook.timezone=\"Pacific Standard Time\"");
});

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

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc users calendar get-schedule post --user-id {user-id} --body '{\
    "schedules": ["adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com", "meganb@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"],\
    "startTime": {\
        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T09:00:00",\
        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"\
    },\
    "endTime": {\
        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T18:00:00",\
        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"\
    },\
    "availabilityViewInterval": 60\
}\
'

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

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/users"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("Prefer", "outlook.timezone=\"Pacific Standard Time\"")

configuration := &graphusers.ItemCalendarGetScheduleRequestBuilderPostRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
}
requestBody := graphusers.NewItemGetSchedulePostRequestBody()
schedules := []string {
	"adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
	"meganb@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
}
requestBody.SetSchedules(schedules)
startTime := graphmodels.NewDateTimeTimeZone()
dateTime := "2019-03-15T09:00:00"
startTime.SetDateTime(&dateTime) 
timeZone := "Pacific Standard Time"
startTime.SetTimeZone(&timeZone) 
requestBody.SetStartTime(startTime)
endTime := graphmodels.NewDateTimeTimeZone()
dateTime := "2019-03-15T18:00:00"
endTime.SetDateTime(&dateTime) 
timeZone := "Pacific Standard Time"
endTime.SetTimeZone(&timeZone) 
requestBody.SetEndTime(endTime)
availabilityViewInterval := int32(60)
requestBody.SetAvailabilityViewInterval(&availabilityViewInterval) 

getSchedule, err := graphClient.Me().Calendar().GetSchedule().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, configuration)

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();

LinkedList<Option> requestOptions = new LinkedList<Option>();
requestOptions.add(new HeaderOption("Prefer", "outlook.timezone=\"Pacific Standard Time\""));

LinkedList<String> schedulesList = new LinkedList<String>();
schedulesList.add("adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com");
schedulesList.add("meganb@contoso.onmicrosoft.com");

DateTimeTimeZone startTime = new DateTimeTimeZone();
startTime.dateTime = "2019-03-15T09:00:00";
startTime.timeZone = "Pacific Standard Time";

DateTimeTimeZone endTime = new DateTimeTimeZone();
endTime.dateTime = "2019-03-15T18:00:00";
endTime.timeZone = "Pacific Standard Time";

int availabilityViewInterval = 60;

graphClient.me().calendar()
	.getSchedule(CalendarGetScheduleParameterSet
		.newBuilder()
		.withSchedules(schedulesList)
		.withEndTime(endTime)
		.withStartTime(startTime)
		.withAvailabilityViewInterval(availabilityViewInterval)
		.build())
	.buildRequest( requestOptions )
	.post();

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 scheduleInformation = {
    schedules: ['adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com', 'meganb@contoso.onmicrosoft.com'],
    startTime: {
        dateTime: '2019-03-15T09:00:00',
        timeZone: 'Pacific Standard Time'
    },
    endTime: {
        dateTime: '2019-03-15T18:00:00',
        timeZone: 'Pacific Standard Time'
    },
    availabilityViewInterval: 60
};

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

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 VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new GetSchedulePostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setSchedules(['adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com', 'meganb@contoso.onmicrosoft.com', 	]);
$startTime = new DateTimeTimeZone();
$startTime->setDateTime('2019-03-15T09:00:00');
$startTime->setTimeZone('Pacific Standard Time');
$requestBody->setStartTime($startTime);
$endTime = new DateTimeTimeZone();
$endTime->setDateTime('2019-03-15T18:00:00');
$endTime->setTimeZone('Pacific Standard Time');
$requestBody->setEndTime($endTime);
$requestBody->setAvailabilityViewInterval(60);
$requestConfiguration = new GetScheduleRequestBuilderPostRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'Prefer' => 'outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;


$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->calendar()->getSchedule()->post($requestBody, $requestConfiguration)->wait();

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.Users.Actions

$params = @{
	schedules = @(
		"adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
		"meganb@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
	)
	startTime = @{
		dateTime = "2019-03-15T09:00:00"
		timeZone = "Pacific Standard Time"
	}
	endTime = @{
		dateTime = "2019-03-15T18:00:00"
		timeZone = "Pacific Standard Time"
	}
	availabilityViewInterval = 60
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Get-MgUserDefaultCalendarSchedule -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params

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

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = GetSchedulePostRequestBody(
	schedules = [
		"adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
		"meganb@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
	],
	start_time = DateTimeTimeZone(
		date_time = "2019-03-15T09:00:00",
		time_zone = "Pacific Standard Time",
	),
	end_time = DateTimeTimeZone(
		date_time = "2019-03-15T18:00:00",
		time_zone = "Pacific Standard Time",
	),
	availability_view_interval = 60,
)

request_configuration = GetScheduleRequestBuilder.GetScheduleRequestBuilderPostRequestConfiguration()
request_configuration.headers.add("Prefer", "outlook.timezone=\"Pacific Standard Time\"")


result = await graph_client.me.calendar.get_schedule.post(request_body, request_configuration = request_configuration)

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

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#Collection(microsoft.graph.scheduleInformation)",
    "value": [
        {
            "scheduleId": "adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
            "availabilityView": "000220000",
            "scheduleItems": [
                {
                    "isPrivate": false,
                    "status": "busy",
                    "subject": "Let's go for lunch",
                    "location": "Harry's Bar",
                    "start": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T12:00:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    },
                    "end": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T14:00:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "workingHours": {
                "daysOfWeek": [
                    "monday",
                    "tuesday",
                    "wednesday",
                    "thursday",
                    "friday"
                ],
                "startTime": "08:00:00.0000000",
                "endTime": "17:00:00.0000000",
                "timeZone": {
                    "name": "Pacific Standard Time"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "scheduleId": "meganb@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
            "availabilityView": "200220010",
            "scheduleItems": [
                {
                    "status": "busy",
                    "start": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T08:30:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    },
                    "end": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T09:30:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "status": "busy",
                    "start": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T12:00:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    },
                    "end": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T14:00:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "status": "tentative",
                    "start": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T12:00:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    },
                    "end": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T13:00:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "status": "busy",
                    "start": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T13:00:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    },
                    "end": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T14:00:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "status": "tentative",
                    "start": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T16:00:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    },
                    "end": {
                        "dateTime": "2019-03-15T17:00:00.0000000",
                        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "workingHours": {
                "daysOfWeek": [
                    "monday",
                    "tuesday",
                    "wednesday",
                    "thursday",
                    "friday"
                ],
                "startTime": "08:00:00.0000000",
                "endTime": "17:00:00.0000000",
                "timeZone": {
                    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.customTimeZone",
                    "bias": 480,
                    "name": "Customized Time Zone",
                    "standardOffset": {
                        "time": "02:00:00.0000000",
                        "dayOccurrence": 1,
                        "dayOfWeek": "sunday",
                        "month": 11,
                        "year": 0
                    },
                    "daylightOffset": {
                        "daylightBias": -60,
                        "time": "02:00:00.0000000",
                        "dayOccurrence": 2,
                        "dayOfWeek": "sunday",
                        "month": 3,
                        "year": 0
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}