Create rule

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a messageRule object by specifying a set of conditions and actions.

Outlook carries out those actions if an incoming message in the user's Inbox meets the specified conditions.

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)	MailboxSettings.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	MailboxSettings.ReadWrite
Application	MailboxSettings.ReadWrite

HTTP request

POST /me/mailFolders/inbox/messageRules
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/inbox/messageRules

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply the parameters that are applicable to your rule. The following are body parameters that are typically used when creating rules. You can specify any other writable messageRule properties as appropriate in the request body.

Name	Type	Description
actions	messageRuleActions	Actions to be taken on a message when the corresponding conditions, if any, are fulfilled. Required.
conditions	messageRulePredicates	Conditions that when fulfilled, will trigger the corresponding actions for that rule. Optional.
displayName	String	The display name of the rule. Required.
exceptions	messageRulePredicates	Represents exception conditions for the rule. Optional.
isEnabled	Boolean	Indicates whether the rule is enabled to be applied to messages. Optional.
sequence	Int32	Indicates the order in which the rule is executed, among other rules. Required.

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

HTTP

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

{
    "displayName": "From partner",
    "sequence": 2,
    "isEnabled": true,
    "conditions": {
        "senderContains": [
          "adele"
        ]
     },
     "actions": {
        "forwardTo": [
          {
             "emailAddress": {
                "name": "Alex Wilbur",
                "address": "AlexW@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
              }
           }
        ],
        "stopProcessingRules": true
     }
}

C#

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

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new MessageRule
{
	DisplayName = "From partner",
	Sequence = 2,
	IsEnabled = true,
	Conditions = new MessageRulePredicates
	{
		SenderContains = new List<string>
		{
			"adele",
		},
	},
	Actions = new MessageRuleActions
	{
		ForwardTo = new List<Recipient>
		{
			new Recipient
			{
				EmailAddress = new EmailAddress
				{
					Name = "Alex Wilbur",
					Address = "AlexW@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
				},
			},
		},
		StopProcessingRules = true,
	},
};
var result = await graphClient.Me.MailFolders["{mailFolder-id}"].MessageRules.PostAsync(requestBody);

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 mail-folders message-rules create --user-id {user-id} --mail-folder-id {mailFolder-id} --body '{\
    "displayName": "From partner",\
    "sequence": 2,\
    "isEnabled": true,\
    "conditions": {\
        "senderContains": [\
          "adele"\
        ]\
     },\
     "actions": {\
        "forwardTo": [\
          {\
             "emailAddress": {\
                "name": "Alex Wilbur",\
                "address": "AlexW@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"\
              }\
           }\
        ],\
        "stopProcessingRules": true\
     }\
}\
\
'

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

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewMessageRule()
displayName := "From partner"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
sequence := int32(2)
requestBody.SetSequence(&sequence) 
isEnabled := true
requestBody.SetIsEnabled(&isEnabled) 
conditions := graphmodels.NewMessageRulePredicates()
senderContains := []string {
	"adele",
}
conditions.SetSenderContains(senderContains)
requestBody.SetConditions(conditions)
actions := graphmodels.NewMessageRuleActions()


recipient := graphmodels.NewRecipient()
emailAddress := graphmodels.NewEmailAddress()
name := "Alex Wilbur"
emailAddress.SetName(&name) 
address := "AlexW@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
emailAddress.SetAddress(&address) 
recipient.SetEmailAddress(emailAddress)

forwardTo := []graphmodels.Recipientable {
	recipient,
}
actions.SetForwardTo(forwardTo)
stopProcessingRules := true
actions.SetStopProcessingRules(&stopProcessingRules) 
requestBody.SetActions(actions)

messageRules, err := graphClient.Me().MailFolders().ByMailFolderId("mailFolder-id").MessageRules().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.

Java

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

MessageRule messageRule = new MessageRule();
messageRule.displayName = "From partner";
messageRule.sequence = 2;
messageRule.isEnabled = true;
MessageRulePredicates conditions = new MessageRulePredicates();
LinkedList<String> senderContainsList = new LinkedList<String>();
senderContainsList.add("adele");
conditions.senderContains = senderContainsList;
messageRule.conditions = conditions;
MessageRuleActions actions = new MessageRuleActions();
LinkedList<Recipient> forwardToList = new LinkedList<Recipient>();
Recipient forwardTo = new Recipient();
EmailAddress emailAddress = new EmailAddress();
emailAddress.name = "Alex Wilbur";
emailAddress.address = "AlexW@contoso.onmicrosoft.com";
forwardTo.emailAddress = emailAddress;
forwardToList.add(forwardTo);
actions.forwardTo = forwardToList;
actions.stopProcessingRules = true;
messageRule.actions = actions;

graphClient.me().mailFolders("inbox").messageRules()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(messageRule);

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 messageRule = {
    displayName: 'From partner',
    sequence: 2,
    isEnabled: true,
    conditions: {
        senderContains: [
          'adele'
        ]
     },
     actions: {
        forwardTo: [
          {
             emailAddress: {
                name: 'Alex Wilbur',
                address: 'AlexW@contoso.onmicrosoft.com'
              }
           }
        ],
        stopProcessingRules: true
     }
};

await client.api('/me/mailFolders/inbox/messageRules')
	.post(messageRule);

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 MessageRule();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('From partner');
$requestBody->setSequence(2);
$requestBody->setIsEnabled(true);
$conditions = new MessageRulePredicates();
$conditions->setSenderContains(['adele', 	]);
$requestBody->setConditions($conditions);
$actions = new MessageRuleActions();
$forwardToRecipient1 = new Recipient();
$forwardToRecipient1EmailAddress = new EmailAddress();
$forwardToRecipient1EmailAddress->setName('Alex Wilbur');
$forwardToRecipient1EmailAddress->setAddress('AlexW@contoso.onmicrosoft.com');
$forwardToRecipient1->setEmailAddress($forwardToRecipient1EmailAddress);
$forwardToArray []= $forwardToRecipient1;
$actions->setForwardTo($forwardToArray);

$actions->setStopProcessingRules(true);
$requestBody->setActions($actions);

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->mailFolders()->byMailFolderId('mailFolder-id')->messageRules()->post($requestBody)->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.Mail

$params = @{
	displayName = "From partner"
	sequence = 2
	isEnabled = $true
	conditions = @{
		senderContains = @(
			"adele"
		)
	}
	actions = @{
		forwardTo = @(
			@{
				emailAddress = @{
					name = "Alex Wilbur"
					address = "AlexW@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
				}
			}
		)
		stopProcessingRules = $true
	}
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgUserMailFolderMessageRule -UserId $userId -MailFolderId $mailFolderId -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(request_adapter)

request_body = MessageRule(
	display_name = "From partner",
	sequence = 2,
	is_enabled = True,
	conditions = MessageRulePredicates(
		sender_contains = [
			"adele",
		]
	),
	actions = MessageRuleActions(
		forward_to = [
			Recipient(
				email_address = EmailAddress(
					name = "Alex Wilbur",
					address = "AlexW@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
				),
			),
		]
		stop_processing_rules = True,
	),
)

result = await graph_client.me.mail_folders.by_mail_folder_id('mailFolder-id').message_rules.post(body = request_body)

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/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id":"AQAAAJ5dZqA=",
  "displayName":"From partner",
  "sequence":2,
  "isEnabled":true,
  "hasError":false,
  "isReadOnly":false,
  "conditions":{
    "senderContains":[
      "ADELE"
    ]
  },
  "actions":{
      "stopProcessingRules":true,
      "forwardTo":[
        {
          "emailAddress":{
            "name":"Alex Wilbur",
            "address":"AlexW@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
          }
        }
      ]
  }
}