List messages

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get all the messages in the specified user's mailbox, or those messages in a specified folder in the mailbox.

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

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

Optional query parameters

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 Message objects in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAFNAAA=/messages
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": [
    {
      "receivedDateTime": "2018-02-13T03:53:55Z",
      "sentDateTime": "2018-02-13T03:53:55Z",
      "hasAttachments": true,
      "subject": "MyAnalytics | Your past week",
      "body": {
        "contentType": "html",
        "content": "<html lang=\"en\">\r\n<head></head>\r\n<body> </body>\r\n</html>\r\n"
      },
      "bodyPreview": "February 4-10, 2018\r\n\r\n\r\nHi Megan Bowen,\r\n\r\nWe've got your highlights from last week\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYour time\r\n\r\n\r\nEmail hours\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n0 hrs\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMeeting hours\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n12 hrs\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFocus hours\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n30 hrs\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGoals keep you motivated. Set them"
    }
  ]
}