CreateItem operation (meeting request)

The CreateItem operation is used to respond to meeting requests.

Remarks

The CreateItem operation provides three options for responding to a meeting request: accept, tentatively accept, or decline.

Accept Meeting request example

Description

The following example shows how to accept a meeting request invitation.

Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
               xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
  <soap:Body>
    <CreateItem xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages"
                MessageDisposition="SendAndSaveCopy">
      <Items>
        <AcceptItem xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
          <ReferenceItemId Id="AAAlAFVzZ"
                           ChangeKey="CwAAABYAA"/>
        </AcceptItem>
      </Items>
    </CreateItem>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Comments

To tentatively accept or to decline the meeting request, use the TentativelyAcceptItem or DeclineItem elements in place of the AcceptItem element.

The item identifier and change key have been shortened to preserve readability.

Accepting Meeting Request Elements

The following elements are used in the request:

Successful Accept Meeting response example

Description

The following example shows a successful response to the CreateItem request.

Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" 
               xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
               xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <soap:Header>
    <t:ServerVersionInfo MajorVersion="8" MinorVersion="0" MajorBuildNumber="685" MinorBuildNumber="8" 
                         xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" />
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <CreateItemResponse xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" 
                        xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" 
                        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
      <m:ResponseMessages>
        <m:CreateItemResponseMessage ResponseClass="Success">
          <m:ResponseCode>NoError</m:ResponseCode>
          <m:Items />
        </m:CreateItemResponseMessage>
      </m:ResponseMessages>
    </CreateItemResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Successful response elements

The following elements are used in the response:

Accept Meeting Error response example

Description

The following example shows an error response to CreateItem request. The error is caused by an attempt to accept a meeting request that cannot be found in the Exchange store.

Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" 
               xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <soap:Header>
    <t:ServerVersionInfo MajorVersion="8" MinorVersion="0" MajorBuildNumber="685" MinorBuildNumber="8" 
                         xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" />
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <CreateItemResponse xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" 
                        xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" 
                        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
      <m:ResponseMessages>
        <m:CreateItemResponseMessage ResponseClass="Error">
          <m:MessageText>The specified object was not found in the store.</m:MessageText>
          <m:ResponseCode>ErrorItemNotFound</m:ResponseCode>
          <m:DescriptiveLinkKey>0</m:DescriptiveLinkKey>
          <m:Items />
        </m:CreateItemResponseMessage>
      </m:ResponseMessages>
    </CreateItemResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Error response elements

The following elements are used in the error response:

See also

CreateItem operation

CreateItem operation (calendar item)