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title Get message
description Retrieve the properties and relationships of the message object.
author SuryaLashmiS
ms.localizationpriority medium
ms.subservice outlook
doc_type apiPageType
ms.date 06/22/2024

Get message

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Retrieve the properties and relationships of the message object.

For example, you can get a message and expand all the mention instances in the message. For an example, see Example 2.

You can use the $value parameter to get the MIME content of a message. For an example, see Example 5.

An app can get a message in another user's mail folder under two conditions:

Because the message resource supports extensions, you can also use the GET operation to get custom properties and extension data in a message instance.

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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.ReadBasic, Mail.Read
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Mail.ReadBasic, Mail.Read
Application Mail.ReadBasic.All, Mail.Read

HTTP request

To get the specified message:

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

To get the MIME content of the specified message:

GET /me/messages/{id}/$value
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/messages/{id}/$value
GET /me/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/$value
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/$value

To get a message and expand all mentions in the message:

GET /me/messages/{id}?$expand=mentions
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/messages/{id}?$expand=mentions
GET /me/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}?$expand=mentions
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}?$expand=mentions

Optional query parameters

This method supports the OData query parameters to help customize the response.

Use the $value parameter to get the MIME content of a message.

Use the $expand query parameter on the mentions navigation property to get a message with the details of each mention in the message expanded.

Request headers

Name Type Description
Authorization string Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Prefer: outlook.body-content-type string The format of the body and uniqueBody properties to be returned in. Values can be "text" or "html". A Preference-Applied header is returned as confirmation if this Prefer header is specified. If the header is not specified, the body and uniqueBody properties are returned in HTML format. Optional.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

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

Specifying the $value parameter returns the message content in MIME format, and not a message resource.

Examples

Example 1: Get a specific message

Request

The first example gets the specified message. It does not specify any header to indicate the format of the body to be returned.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/messages/AAMkAGI1AAAoZCfHAAA=

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Response

The following example shows the response. The body and uniqueBody properties are returned in the default HTML format.

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

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

{
    "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#users('cd209b0b-3f83-4c35-82d2-d88a61820480')/messages/$entity",
    "@odata.etag":"W/\"CQAAABYAAABmWdbhEgBXTophjCWt81m9AAAoZYj4\"",
    "id":"AAMkAGI1AAAoZCfHAAA=",
    "subject":"Welcome to our group!",
    "bodyPreview":"Welcome to our group, Dana! Hope you will enjoy working with us !\r\n",
    "body":{
        "contentType":"html",
        "content":"<html>\r\n<head></head><body><p>Welcome to our group, Dana! Hope you will enjoy working with us </p></body></html>\r\n"
    },
    "uniqueBody":{
        "contentType":"html",
        "content":"<html>\r\n<head></head><body><p>Welcome to our group, Dana! Hope you will enjoy working with us </p></body></html>\r\n"
    }
}

Example 2: Get all mentions in a specific message

Request

In the next example, the signed-in user is Dana Swope. The example shows getting the details of all the mentions in the specified message in Dana's mailbox.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/messages/AQMkADJmMTUAAAgVZAAAA/?$expand=mentions

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Response

The following example shows the response.

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

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

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#me/messages/$entity",
  "@odata.id":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users('266efe5a-0fd7-4edd-877b-b2d1e561f193@ae01a323-3934-4475-a32d-af1274312bb0')/messages('AQMkADJmMTUAAAgVZAAAA')",
  "@odata.etag":"W/\"CQAAABYAAAAPFhK2FclcRbABBJhCde8iAAAAAATI\"",
  "id":"AQMkADJmMTUAAAgVZAAAA",
  "subject":"Start planning soon",
  "body":{
    "contentType":"HTML",
    "content":"<html><head></head><body><p><a href=\"mailto:danas@contoso.com\">@Dana Swope</a>,<a href=\"mailto:randiw@contoso.com\">@Randi Welch</a>, forgot to mention, I will be away&nbsp;this weekend. I can start on Monday though.</p></body></html>"
  },
  "bodyPreview":"@Dana Swope<mailto:danas@contoso.com>, @Randi Welch, forgot to mention, I will be away this weekend. I can start on Monday though.",
  "sender":{
    "emailAddress":{
      "name":"Samantha Booth",
      "address":"samanthab@contoso.com"
    }
  },
  "from":{
    "emailAddress":{
      "name":"Samantha Booth",
      "address":"samanthab@contoso.com"
    }
  },
  "toRecipients":[
    {
      "emailAddress":{
        "name":"Dana Swope",
        "address":"danas@contoso.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "emailAddress":{
        "name":"Randi Welch",
        "address":"randiw@contoso.com"
      }
    }
  ],
  "ccRecipients":[
  ],
  "bccRecipients":[
  ],
  "mentionsPreview":{
    "isMentioned":true
  },
  "mentions":[
    {
      "@odata.id":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users('266efe5a-0fd7-4edd-877b-b2d1e561f193@ae01a323-3934-4475-a32d-af1274312bb0')/messages('AQMkADJmMTUAAAgVZAAAA')/mentions('138f4c0a-1130-4776-b780-bf79d73abb3f')",
      "id":"138f4c0a-1130-4776-b780-bf79d73abb3f",
      "mentioned":{
        "name":"Dana Swope",
        "address":"danas@contoso.com"
      },
      "mentionText":null,
      "clientReference":null,
      "createdBy":{
        "name":"Samantha Booth",
        "address":"samanthab@contoso.com"
      },
      "createdDateTime":"2016-07-21T07:40:20.152Z",
      "serverCreatedDateTime":"2016-07-21T07:40:20.152Z",
      "deepLink":null,
      "application":null
    },
    {
      "@odata.id":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users('266efe5a-0fd7-4edd-877b-b2d1e561f193@ae01a323-3934-4475-a32d-af1274312bb0')/messages('AQMkADJmMTUAAAgVZAAAA')/mentions('7b94df1a-0086-482a-b0da-e62fae12f983')",
      "id":"7b94df1a-0086-482a-b0da-e62fae12f983",
      "mentioned":{
        "name":"Randi Welch",
        "address":"randiw@contoso.com"
      },
      "mentionText":null,
      "clientReference":null,
      "createdBy":{
        "name":"Samantha Booth",
        "address":"samanthab@contoso.com"
      },
      "createdDateTime":"2016-07-21T07:40:20.158Z",
      "serverCreatedDateTime":"2016-07-21T07:40:20.158Z",
      "deepLink":null,
      "application":null
    }
  ]
}

Example 3: Get message body in text format

Request

The third example shows how to use a Prefer: outlook.body-content-type="text" header to get the body and uniqueBody of the specified message in text format.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/messages/AAMkAGI1AAAoZCfHAAA=/?$select=subject,body,bodyPreview,uniqueBody
Prefer: outlook.body-content-type="text"

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Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response includes a Preference-Applied: outlook.body-content-type header to acknowledge the Prefer: outlook.body-content-type request header.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Preference-Applied: outlook.body-content-type="text"

{
    "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#users('cd209b0b-3f83-4c35-82d2-d88a61820480')/messages(subject,body,bodyPreview,uniqueBody)/$entity",
    "@odata.etag":"W/\"CQAAABYAAABmWdbhEgBXTophjCWt81m9AAAoZYj4\"",
    "id":"AAMkAGI1AAAoZCfHAAA=",
    "subject":"Welcome to our group!",
    "bodyPreview":"Welcome to our group, Dana! Hope you will enjoy working with us !\r\n\r\nWould you like to choose a day for our orientation from the available times below:\r\n\r\n\r\nDate\r\n        Time\r\n\r\nApril 14, 2017\r\n        1-3pm\r\n\r\nApril 21, 2017\r\n        10-12noon\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTh",
    "body":{
        "contentType":"text",
        "content":"Welcome to our group, Dana! Hope you will enjoy working with us [\ud83d\ude0a] [\ud83d\ude0a] [\ud83d\ude0a] [\ud83d\ude0a] [\ud83d\ude0a] !\r\n\r\nWould you like to choose a day for our orientation from the available times below:\r\n\r\n\r\nDate\r\n        Time\r\n\r\nApril 14, 2017\r\n        1-3pm\r\n\r\nApril 21, 2017\r\n        10-12noon\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThanks!\r\n\r\n"
    },
    "uniqueBody":{
        "contentType":"text",
        "content":"Welcome to our group, Dana! Hope you will enjoy working with us [\ud83d\ude0a] [\ud83d\ude0a] [\ud83d\ude0a] [\ud83d\ude0a] [\ud83d\ude0a] !\r\nWould you like to choose a day for our orientation from the available times below:\r\n\r\nDate\r\n        Time\r\n\r\nApril 14, 2017\r\n        1-3pm\r\n\r\nApril 21, 2017\r\n        10-12noon\r\n\r\n\r\nThanks!\r\n"
    }
}

Example 4: Get Internet message headers

Request

The fourth example shows how to get the Internet message headers of a specific message.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/messages/AAMkAGVmMDEz/?$select=internetMessageHeaders

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Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The number of Internet message headers in the response object has been reduced for brevity.

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

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#users('48d31887-5fad-4d73-a9f5-3c356e68a038')/messages(internetMessageHeaders)/$entity",
  "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.eventMessageRequest",
  "@odata.etag":"W/\"CwAAABYAAAAiIsqMbYjsT5e/T7KzowPTAAAa/qUB\"",
  "id":"AAMkAGVmMDEz",
  "internetMessageHeaders":[
    {
      "name":"Content-Type",
      "value":"application/ms-tnef"
    },
    {
      "name":"Content-Transfer-Encoding",
      "value":"binary"
    },
    {
      "name":"Subject",
      "value":"Cloud and Mobile Working Group"
    },
    {
      "name":"x-custom-header-group-name",
      "value":"Washington"
    },
    {
      "name":"x-custom-header-group-id",
      "value":"WA001"
    }
  ]
}

Example 5: Get MIME content

Request

The fifth example gets the MIME content of a message in the signed-in user's mailbox.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/messages/4aade2547798441eab5188a7a2436bc1/$value

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Response

The following example shows the response. The MIME content begins with the MIME-Version header.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/plain

Received: from contoso.com (10.194.241.197) by
contoso.com (10.194.241.197) with Microsoft
SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2,
cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384_P256) id 15.1.1374.0 via Mailbox
Transport; Mon, 4 Sep 2017 03:00:08 -0700
Received: from contoso.com (10.194.241.197) by
contoso.com (10.194.241.197) with Microsoft
SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2,
cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384_P256) id 15.1.1374.0; Mon, 4 Sep
2017 03:00:07 -0700
Received: from contoso.com
(fe80::5bf:5059:4ca0:5017) by contoso.com
(fe80::5bf:5059:4ca0:5017%12) with mapi id 15.01.1374.000; Mon, 4 Sep 2017
03:00:01 -0700
From: Administrator <admin@contoso.com>
To: Administrator <admin@contoso.com>
Subject: This email has attachment.
Thread-Topic: This email has attachment.
Thread-Index: AQHTJWSHSywMzSz8o0OJud48nG50GQ==
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 10:00:00 +0000
Message-ID:
                <4aade2547798441eab5188a7a2436bc1@contoso.com>
Accept-Language: en-US
Content-Language: en-US
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthAs: Internal
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthMechanism: 04
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthSource:
                contoso.com
X-MS-Has-Attach: yes
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-Network-Message-Id:
                0ffdb402-ec03-42c8-5d32-08d4f37bb517
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-SCL: -1
X-MS-TNEF-Correlator:
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-RecordReviewCfmType: 0

MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
                boundary="_004_4aade2547798441eab5188a7a2436bc1contoso_"

--_004_4aade2547798441eab5188a7a2436bc1contoso_
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
                boundary="_000_4aade2547798441eab5188a7a2436bc1contoso_"

--_000_4aade2547798441eab5188a7a2436bc1contoso_
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The attachment is an email.

--_000_4aade2547798441eab5188a7a2436bc1contoso_
Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-=
1">
<style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margi=
n-bottom:0;} --></style>
</head>
<body dir=3D"ltr">
<div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font=
-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir=3D"ltr">
<p>The attachment is an email.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

--_000_4aade2547798441eab5188a7a2436bc1contoso_--

--_004_4aade2547798441eab5188a7a2436bc1contoso_
Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Attachment email.eml"
Content-Description: Attachment email.eml
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Attachment email.eml"; size=408;
                creation-date="Mon, 04 Sep 2017 09:59:43 GMT";
                modification-date="Mon, 04 Sep 2017 09:59:43 GMT"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

RnJvbToJQWRtaW5pc3RyYXRvciA8YWRtaW5AdGVuYW50LUVYSEItMTQ3MS5jb20+DQpTZW50OglN
b25kYXksIFNlcHRlbWJlciA0LCAyMDE3IDM6MjYgUE0NClRvOglTcml2YXJkaGFuIEhlYmJhcg0K
U3ViamVjdDoJQXR0YWNobWVudCBlbWFpbA0KDQpJIHdpbGwgYXR0YWNoIHRoaXMgZW1haWwgdG8g
YW5vdGhlciBtYWlsLg0K

--_004_4aade2547798441eab5188a7a2436bc1contoso_--

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