GetItem Operation

Last modified: September 13, 2011

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 | Exchange Server 2010

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Using the GetItem Operation
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The GetItem operation gets items from the Exchange store.

Using the GetItem Operation

The GetItem operation returns many item properties. The properties that are returned in a GetItem response vary based on the requested shape, requested additional properties, and the type of item returned.

Message elements represent e-mail messages and all other items that are not strongly typed by the Exchange Web Services (EWS) schema. Items such as IPM.Sharing and IPM.InfoPath are returned as Message elements. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 does not return the base Item element in responses.

The GetItem operation does not return attachments. It does return metadata about an attached item or file. Use the GetAttachment Operation to return an attachment.

SOAP Headers

The GetItem operation can use the SOAP headers that are listed and described in the following table.

Header

Element

Description

DateTimePrecision

DateTimePrecision

Specifies the resolution of data/time values in responses from the server, either in seconds or in milliseconds.

Impersonation

ExchangeImpersonation

Identifies the user whom the client application is impersonating.

MailboxCulture

MailboxCulture

Identifies the RFC3066 culture to be used to access the mailbox.

RequestVersion

RequestServerVersion

Identifies the schema version for the operation request.

ServerVersion

ServerVersionInfo

Identifies the version of the server that responded to the request.

TimeZoneContext

TimeZoneContext

Identifies the time zone to be used for all responses from the server.

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