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title message: createReply
description Create a draft to reply to the sender of a message in either JSON or MIME format.
author SuryaLashmiS
ms.localizationpriority medium
ms.subservice outlook
doc_type apiPageType
ms.date 06/22/2024

message: createReply

Namespace: microsoft.graph

[!INCLUDE beta-disclaimer]

Create a draft to reply to the sender of a message in either JSON or MIME format.

When using JSON format:

  • Specify either a comment or the body property of the message parameter. Specifying both will return an HTTP 400 Bad Request error.
  • If replyTo is specified in the original message, per Internet Message Format (RFC 2822), you should send the reply to the recipients in replyTo, and not the recipients in from.
  • You can update the draft later to add reply content to the body or change other message properties.

When using MIME format:

  • Provide the applicable Internet message headers and the MIME content, all encoded in base64 format in the request body.
  • Add any attachments and S/MIME properties to the MIME content.

Send the draft message in a subsequent operation.

Alternatively, reply to a message in a single operation.

[!INCLUDE national-cloud-support]

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.

[!INCLUDE permissions-table]

HTTP request

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

Request headers

Name Type Description
Authorization string Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type string Nature of the data in the body of an entity. Required.
Use application/json for a JSON object and text/plain for MIME content.
Prefer: outlook.timezone string Sets the time zone for the Sent field of the reply draft message in HTML that this API creates based on the request body. The value can be any of the supportedTimeZones configured for the user. If not specified, that Sent field is in UTC.

Use this header only if you're specifying the Content-Type: application/json header to create the reply draft message in HTML. If you use the Content-Type: text/plain header, this Prefer header does not have any effect. Optional.

Request body

When using JSON format, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter Type Description
comment String A comment to include. Can be an empty string.
message message Any writeable properties to update in the reply message.

When specifying the body in MIME format, provide the MIME content with the applicable Internet message headers, all encoded in base64 format in the request body.

Response

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

If the request body includes malformed MIME content, this method returns 400 Bad request and the following error message: "Invalid base64 string for MIME content".

Examples

Example 1: Create a draft in JSON format to reply to an existing message

The following example creates a reply draft, adds a comment and a recipient in the request body.

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/messages/AAMkADA1MTAAAAqldOAAA=/createReply
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "message":{
    "toRecipients":[
      {
        "emailAddress": {
          "address":"samanthab@contoso.com",
          "name":"Samantha Booth"
        }
      },
      {
        "emailAddress":{
          "address":"randiw@contoso.com",
          "name":"Randi Welch"
        }
      }
     ]
  },
  "comment": "Samantha, Randi, would you name the group if the project is approved, please?"
}

C#

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Go

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Java

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JavaScript

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PHP

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PowerShell

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Python

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Response

The following example shows 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/beta/$metadata#Me/messages/$entity",
  "@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users('86b6ceaf-57f7-4278-97c4-4da0a97f6cdb@70559e59-b378-49ea-8e53-07a3a3d27f5b')/messages('AAMkADA1MTAAAH5JKoAAA=')",
  "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADX8oL1Wa7jQbcPAHouCzswAAAH5/DO\"",
  "id": "AAMkADA1MTAAAH5JKoAAA=",
  "subject": "RE: Let's start a group",
  "Body": {
    "contentType": "HTML",
    "content": "<html>\r\n<body>Samantha, Randi, would you name the group if the project is approved, please?\r\n<b>From:</b> Samantha Booth<br>\r\n<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 4, 2016 12:23:35 AM<br>\r\n<b>To:</b> Admin<br>\r\n<b>Subject:</b> Re: Let's start a group</font>\r\n<p>That's a great idea!<br>\r\n</body>\r\n</html>"
  },
  "sender": {
    "emailAddress": {
      "name": "Admin",
      "address": "admin@contoso.com"
    }
  },
  "from": null,
  "toRecipients": [
    {
      "emailAddress": {
        "name": "Samantha Booth",
        "address": "samanthab@contoso.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "emailAddress": {
        "name": "Randi Welch",
        "address": "randiw@contoso.com"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: Create a draft message in MIME format to reply to an existing message

Request
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/AAMkADA1MTAAAAqldOAAA=/createReply
Content-type: text/plain

RnJvbTogQWxleCBXaWxiZXIgPEFsZXhXQGNvbnRvc28uY29tPgpUbzogTWVnYW4gQm93ZW4gPE1l
Z2FuQkBjb250b3NvLmNvbT4KU3ViamVjdDogSW50ZXJuYWwgUmVzdW1lIFN1Ym1pc3Npb246IFNh
bGVzIEFzc29jaWF0ZQpUaHJlYWQtVG9waWM6IEludGVybmFsIFJlc3VtZSBTdWJtaXNzaW9uOiBT
YWxlcyBBc3NvY2lhdGUKVGhyZWFkLUluZGV4OiBjb2RlY29kZWNvZGVoZXJlaGVyZWhlcmUKRGF0
ZTogU3VuLCAyOCBGZWIgMjAyMSAwNzoxNTowMCA
Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('0aaa0aa0-0000-0a00-a00a-0000009000a0')/messages/$entity",
    "@odata.etag": "W/\"AAAAAAAAAAAa00AAAa0aAaAa0a0AAAaAAAAaAa0a\"",
    "id": "AAMkADA1MTAAAAqldOAAA=",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-04-23T18:13:44Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-04-23T18:13:44Z",
    "changeKey": "AAAAAAAAAAAA00aaaa000aaA",
    "categories": [],
    "receivedDateTime": "2021-04-23T18:13:44Z",
    "sentDateTime": "2021-02-28T07:15:00Z",
    "hasAttachments": false,
    "internetMessageId": "<AAAAAAAAAA@AAAAAAA0001AA0000.codcod00.prod.outlook.com>",
    "subject": "Internal Resume Submission: Sales Associate",
    "bodyPreview": "Hi, Megan.I have an interest in the Sales Associate position. Please consider my resume, which you can access here...",
    "importance": "normal",
    "parentFolderId": "LKJDSKJHkjhfakKJHFKWKKJHKJdhkjHDK==",
    "conversationId": "SDSFSmFSDGI5LWZhYjc4fsdfsd=",
    "conversationIndex": "Adfsdfsdfsdfw==",
    "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
    "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
    "isRead": true,
    "isDraft": true,
    "webLink": "https://outlook.office365.com/owa/?ItemID=AAMkAGNhOWAvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
    "inferenceClassification": "focused",
    "body": {
        "contentType": "text",
        "content": "Hi, Megan.I have an interest in the Sales Associate position. Please consider my resume, which you can access here... Regards,Alex"
    },
    "sender": {
        "emailAddress": {
            "name": "Alex Wilber",
            "address": "AlexW@contoso.com"
        }
    },
    "from": {
        "emailAddress": {
            "name": "Alex Wilber",
            "address": "AlexW@contoso.com"
        }
    },
    "toRecipients": [
        {
            "emailAddress": {
                "name": "Megan Bowen",
                "address": "MeganB@contoso.com"
            }
        }
    ],
    "ccRecipients": [],
    "bccRecipients": [],
    "replyTo": [],
    "flag": {
        "flagStatus": "notFlagged"
    }
}

If the request body includes malformed MIME content, this method returns the following error message.

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-type: application/json

{
    "error": {
        "code": "ErrorMimeContentInvalidBase64String",
        "message": "Invalid base64 string for MIME content."
    }
}