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List childFolders

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get the folder collection under the specified folder. You can use the .../me/mailFolders shortcut to get the top-level folder collection and navigate to another folder.

By default, this operation does not return hidden folders. Use a query parameter includeHiddenFolders to include them in the response.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Mail.ReadBasic Mail.ReadWrite, Mail.Read
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Mail.ReadBasic Mail.ReadWrite, Mail.Read
Application Mail.ReadBasic.All Mail.ReadWrite, Mail.Read

HTTP request

To get all the child folders under the specified folder, excluding those that are hidden:

GET /me/mailFolders/{id}/childFolders
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/childFolders

To include hidden child folders in the response:

GET /me/mailFolders/{id}/childFolders?includeHiddenFolders=true
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/childFolders?includeHiddenFolders=true

Optional query parameters

To return a list of all childFolders including those that are hidden (their isHidden property is true), in the request URL, specify the includeHiddenFolders query parameter as true, as shown in the HTTP request section.

This method supports the OData Query Parameters to help customize the response.

Request headers

Name Type Description
Authorization string Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and collection of mailFolder objects in the response body.

Example

Example 1: List mail folders

The following example shows a request.

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAFNAAA=/childFolders
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

{
  "value": [
    {
      "id": "id-value",
      "displayName": "displayName-value",
      "parentFolderId": "parentFolderId-value",
      "childFolderCount": 99,
      "unreadItemCount": 99,
      "totalItemCount": 99,
      "isHidden": false
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: Include hidden child folders under a specified mail folder

The next example uses the includeHiddenFolders query parameter to get a list of child folders under a specified mail folder including hidden mail folders. The response includes the "Clutters" folder that has the isHidden set to true.

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAFNAAA=/childFolders?includeHiddenFolders=true
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

{
  "value": [
    {
      "id": "AAMkAGVmMDEzA",
      "displayName": "Internal Screens",
      "parentFolderId": "AAMkAGVmMDEzM",
      "childFolderCount": 0,
      "unreadItemCount": 2,
      "totalItemCount": 2,
      "isHidden": false
    },
    {
      "id": "AAMkAGVmMDEzB",
      "displayName": "Clutters",
      "parentFolderId": "AAMkAGVmMDEzM",
      "childFolderCount": 0,
      "unreadItemCount": 5,
      "totalItemCount": 5,
      "isHidden": true
    }
  ]
}