Get distributionList

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Read the properties and relationships of a distributionList object.

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)	Contacts.Read	Contacts.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Contacts.Read	Contacts.ReadWrite
Application	Contacts.Read	Contacts.ReadWrite

HTTP request

GET /me/distributionLists/{distributionList-id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/distributionLists/{distributionList-id}

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $select and $expand OData query parameters to help customize the response. For general information, see OData query parameters.

The members property isn't returned by default. Use $select=members to include it in the response.

Use $expand=distributionListMembers to include the expanded member list in the response.

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a distributionList object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/distributionLists/AAMkAGI2THVSAAA=

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#users('user-id')/distributionLists/$entity",
  "id": "AAMkAGI2THVSAAA=",
  "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAABE",
  "createdDateTime": "2024-03-15T10:30:00Z",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-03-20T14:00:00Z",
  "categories": [],
  "displayName": "Project Team"
}