Update mailSearchFolder

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Update the writable properties of a mailSearchFolder object.

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

PATCH /me/mailFolders/{id}
PATCH /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintain their previous values or are recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance, don't include existing values that haven't changed.

Property Type Description
displayName String The display name of the mailFolder.
includeNestedFolders Boolean How the mailbox folder hierarchy should be traversed. true means that a deep search should be done while false means a shallow search should be done instead.
sourceFolderIds String collection The mailbox folders that should be mined.
filterQuery String The OData query to filter the messages.

Response

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

Example

Request

The following is an example request that updates the filterQuery property of the search folder.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/mailFolders/AAMkAGVmMDEzM
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.mailSearchFolder",
  "filterQuery": "contains(subject, 'Analytics')"
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

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

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailSearchFolder",
  "id": "AAMkAGVmMDEzMx",
  "displayName": "Get MyAnalytics",
  "parentFolderId": "AAMkAGVmMDEzMy",
  "childFolderCount": 0,
  "unreadItemCount": 0,
  "totalItemCount": 0,
  "wellKnownName": null,
  "isSupported": true,
  "includeNestedFolders": true,
  "sourceFolderIds": [
      "AAMkAGVmMDEzMi"
  ],
  "filterQuery": "contains(subject, 'Analytics')"
}