Create message in a mailfolder

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Use this API to create a new Message in a mailfolder.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

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

HTTP request

POST /me/mailFolders/{id}/messages
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/messages

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of Message object.

Response

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

Example

Request

Here's an example of the request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{id}/messages
Content-type: application/json

{
  "receivedDateTime": "datetime-value",
  "sentDateTime": "datetime-value",
  "hasAttachments": true,
  "subject": "subject-value",
  "body": {
    "contentType": "",
    "content": "content-value"
  },
  "bodyPreview": "bodyPreview-value"
}

C#

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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Message
{
	ReceivedDateTime = DateTimeOffset.Parse("datetime-value"),
	SentDateTime = DateTimeOffset.Parse("datetime-value"),
	HasAttachments = true,
	Subject = "subject-value",
	Body = new ItemBody
	{
		ContentType = BodyType.Text,
		Content = "content-value",
	},
	BodyPreview = "bodyPreview-value",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.MailFolders["{mailFolder-id}"].Messages.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 messages create --user-id {user-id} --mail-folder-id {mailFolder-id} --body '{\
  "receivedDateTime": "datetime-value",\
  "sentDateTime": "datetime-value",\
  "hasAttachments": true,\
  "subject": "subject-value",\
  "body": {\
    "contentType": "",\
    "content": "content-value"\
  },\
  "bodyPreview": "bodyPreview-value"\
}\
'

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

Go

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

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewMessage()
receivedDateTime , err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "datetime-value")
requestBody.SetReceivedDateTime(&receivedDateTime) 
sentDateTime , err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "datetime-value")
requestBody.SetSentDateTime(&sentDateTime) 
hasAttachments := true
requestBody.SetHasAttachments(&hasAttachments) 
subject := "subject-value"
requestBody.SetSubject(&subject) 
body := graphmodels.NewItemBody()
contentType := graphmodels.TEXT_BODYTYPE 
body.SetContentType(&contentType) 
content := "content-value"
body.SetContent(&content) 
requestBody.SetBody(body)
bodyPreview := "bodyPreview-value"
requestBody.SetBodyPreview(&bodyPreview) 

messages, err := graphClient.Me().MailFolders().ByMailFolderId("mailFolder-id").Messages().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();

Message message = new Message();
message.receivedDateTime = OffsetDateTimeSerializer.deserialize("datetime-value");
message.sentDateTime = OffsetDateTimeSerializer.deserialize("datetime-value");
message.hasAttachments = true;
message.subject = "subject-value";
ItemBody body = new ItemBody();
body.contentType = BodyType.TEXT;
body.content = "content-value";
message.body = body;
message.bodyPreview = "bodyPreview-value";

graphClient.me().mailFolders("{id}").messages()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(message);

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 message = {
  receivedDateTime: 'datetime-value',
  sentDateTime: 'datetime-value',
  hasAttachments: true,
  subject: 'subject-value',
  body: {
    contentType: '',
    content: 'content-value'
  },
  bodyPreview: 'bodyPreview-value'
};

await client.api('/me/mailFolders/{id}/messages')
	.post(message);

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 Message();
$requestBody->setReceivedDateTime(new \DateTime('datetime-value'));
$requestBody->setSentDateTime(new \DateTime('datetime-value'));
$requestBody->setHasAttachments(true);
$requestBody->setSubject('subject-value');
$body = new ItemBody();
$body->setContentType(new BodyType('text'));
$body->setContent('content-value');
$requestBody->setBody($body);
$requestBody->setBodyPreview('bodyPreview-value');

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->mailFolders()->byMailFolderId('mailFolder-id')->messages()->post($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 = @{
	receivedDateTime = [System.DateTime]::Parse("datetime-value")
	sentDateTime = [System.DateTime]::Parse("datetime-value")
	hasAttachments = $true
	subject = "subject-value"
	body = @{
		contentType = ""
		content = "content-value"
	}
	bodyPreview = "bodyPreview-value"
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgUserMailFolderMessage -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(credentials, scopes)

request_body = Message(
	received_date_time = "datetime-value",
	sent_date_time = "datetime-value",
	has_attachments = True,
	subject = "subject-value",
	body = ItemBody(
		content_type = BodyType.Text,
		content = "content-value",
	),
	body_preview = "bodyPreview-value",
)

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

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

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of message object.

Response

Here's 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

{
  "receivedDateTime": "datetime-value",
  "sentDateTime": "datetime-value",
  "hasAttachments": true,
  "subject": "subject-value",
  "body": {
    "contentType": "",
    "content": "content-value"
  },
  "bodyPreview": "bodyPreview-value"
}