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Microsoft Exchange Contact Folders API

Operations for managing contact folders

Microsoft Exchange Contact Folders API is one of 20 APIs that Microsoft Exchange publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Contact Folders. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, a changelog, and an API reference.

This API exposes 9 operations across 4 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0.

9 operations 4 paths 7 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET1 PATCH3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Microsoft Exchange Contact Folders API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 4 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 authorization with Microsoft identity platform

Paths & Operations 9

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Contact Folders 9

Operations for managing contact folders

GET
/me/contactFolders
Microsoft Exchange List contact folders
listContactFolders 3 params → 200401
POST
/me/contactFolders
Microsoft Exchange Create contact folder
createContactFolder body → 201400401
GET
/me/contactFolders/{contactFolder-id}
Microsoft Exchange Get contact folder
getContactFolder 2 params → 200401404
PATCH
/me/contactFolders/{contactFolder-id}
Microsoft Exchange Update contact folder
updateContactFolder 1 param body → 200400401404
DELETE
/me/contactFolders/{contactFolder-id}
Microsoft Exchange Delete contact folder
deleteContactFolder 1 param → 204401404
GET
/me/contactFolders/{contactFolder-id}/contacts
Microsoft Exchange List contacts in folder
listContactsInFolder 6 params → 200401404
POST
/me/contactFolders/{contactFolder-id}/contacts
Microsoft Exchange Create contact in folder
createContactInFolder 1 param body → 201400401
GET
/me/contactFolders/{contactFolder-id}/childFolders
Microsoft Exchange List child contact folders
listContactChildFolders 3 params → 200401404
POST
/me/contactFolders/{contactFolder-id}/childFolders
Microsoft Exchange Create child contact folder
createContactChildFolder 1 param body → 201400401

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Contact (38 properties), PhysicalAddress (5 properties), ContactCollectionResponse (3 properties), ContactFolder (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Contact
object
A contact is an item in Outlook where you can organize and save information about people and organizations you communicate with. Contacts are contained in cont…
38 properties
ODataError
object
OData error response
1 property
ContactFolderCollectionResponse
object
Collection of contact folders
3 properties
ContactFolder
object
A folder that contains contacts
3 properties
EmailAddress
object
Email address of a contact
2 properties
ContactCollectionResponse
object
Collection of contacts
3 properties
PhysicalAddress
object
Physical street address
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

microsoft-exchange-contact-folders-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Microsoft Exchange publishes across the network.

Exchange Web Services (EWS)
Exchange Online PowerShell API
Exchange Autodiscover API
Microsoft Exchange Accepted Domains API
Microsoft Exchange Attachments API
Microsoft Exchange Calendars API
Microsoft Exchange Contacts API
Microsoft Exchange Distribution Groups API
Microsoft Exchange Events API
Microsoft Exchange Mail Folders API
Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Discovery API
Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Export API
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