Create Outlook category

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create an outlookCategory object in the user's master list of categories.

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/outlook/masterCategories
POST /users/{id|userPrincipalName}/outlook/masterCategories

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

The following is an example of a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/outlook/masterCategories
Content-type: application/json
Content-Length: 70

{
   "displayName": "Project expenses",
   "color": "preset9"
}

C#

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new OutlookCategory
{
	DisplayName = "Project expenses",
	Color = CategoryColor.Preset9,
};
var result = await graphClient.Me.Outlook.MasterCategories.PostAsync(requestBody);

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 outlookCategory = {
   displayName: 'Project expenses',
   color: 'preset9'
};

await client.api('/me/outlook/masterCategories')
	.post(outlookCategory);

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();

OutlookCategory outlookCategory = new OutlookCategory();
outlookCategory.displayName = "Project expenses";
outlookCategory.color = CategoryColor.PRESET9;

graphClient.me().outlook().masterCategories()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(outlookCategory);

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

Go

//THE GO SDK IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewOutlookCategory()
displayName := "Project expenses"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
color := graphmodels.PRESET9_CATEGORYCOLOR 
requestBody.SetColor(&color) 

result, err := graphClient.Me().Outlook().MasterCategories().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.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users

$params = @{
	DisplayName = "Project expenses"
	Color = "preset9"
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgUserOutlookMasterCategory -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params

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 FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);

$requestBody = new OutlookCategory();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Project expenses');

$requestBody->setColor(new CategoryColor('preset9'));



$requestResult = $graphServiceClient->me()->outlook()->masterCategories()->post($requestBody);

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

Response

The following 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

{
   "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('8ae6f565-0d7f-4ead-853e-7db94c912a1f')/outlook/masterCategories/$entity",
   "id": "bac262b7-485d-4739-b436-e31467d64fac",
   "displayName": "Project expenses",
   "color": "preset9"
}