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Microsoft Outlook Mail Folders API

Operations on mail folders in a user mailbox

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Microsoft Outlook Mail Folders API is one of 4 APIs that Microsoft Outlook publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Mail Folders. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, an API reference, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 11 operations across 6 paths, and defines 12 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.

11 operations 6 paths 12 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET1 PATCH5 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
Contact
Microsoft Graph Support
License
Microsoft API Terms of Use
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Microsoft Outlook Mail Folders API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 6 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — Microsoft identity platform OAuth 2.0 authorization. Supports delegated (user) and application permissions.

Paths & Operations 11

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 PATCH, 5 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Mail Folders 11

Operations on mail folders in a user mailbox

GET
/me/mailFolders
Microsoft Outlook List Mail Folders
listMailFolders 5 params → 200401429
POST
/me/mailFolders
Microsoft Outlook Create Mail Folder
createMailFolder body → 201400401429
GET
/me/mailFolders/{mailFolder-id}
Microsoft Outlook Get Mail Folder
getMailFolder 2 params → 200401404429
PATCH
/me/mailFolders/{mailFolder-id}
Microsoft Outlook Update Mail Folder
updateMailFolder 1 param body → 200400401404429
DELETE
/me/mailFolders/{mailFolder-id}
Microsoft Outlook Delete Mail Folder
deleteMailFolder 1 param → 204401404429
GET
/me/mailFolders/{mailFolder-id}/childFolders
Microsoft Outlook List Child Folders
listChildFolders 3 params → 200401404429
POST
/me/mailFolders/{mailFolder-id}/childFolders
Microsoft Outlook Create Child Folder
createChildFolder 1 param body → 201400401404429
GET
/me/mailFolders/{mailFolder-id}/messages
Microsoft Outlook List Messages in Folder
listMessagesInFolder 6 params → 200401404429
POST
/me/mailFolders/{mailFolder-id}/messages
Microsoft Outlook Create Message in Folder
createMessageInFolder 1 param body → 201400401404429
POST
/me/mailFolders/{mailFolder-id}/copy
Microsoft Outlook Copy Mail Folder
copyMailFolder 1 param body → 200401404429
POST
/me/mailFolders/{mailFolder-id}/move
Microsoft Outlook Move Mail Folder
moveMailFolder 1 param body → 200401404429

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Message (32 properties), Attachment (10 properties), MailFolder (7 properties), MessageCollectionResponse (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Recipient
object
Represents information about a user or contact in a message.
1 property
MessageCollectionResponse
object
Collection of message resources with optional pagination link.
4 properties
Message
object
A message in a mailFolder.
32 properties
InternetMessageHeader
object
A key-value pair representing an Internet message header as defined by RFC 5322.
2 properties
FollowupFlag
object
Represents the follow-up flag status on a message.
4 properties
ODataError
object
OData error response from Microsoft Graph.
1 property
MailFolder
object
A mail folder in a user's mailbox, such as Inbox and Drafts. Mail folders can contain messages, other Outlook items, and child mail folders.
7 properties
Attachment
object
Base resource for file, item, and reference attachments. Use the @odata.type property to specify the derived type.
10 properties
ItemBody
object
Represents the body content of a message.
2 properties
DateTimeTimeZone
object
A date-time value with a time zone designation.
2 properties
EmailAddress
object
Represents an email address entity.
2 properties
MailFolderCollectionResponse
object
Collection of mail folder resources with optional pagination link.
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

microsoft-outlook-mail-folders-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Microsoft Outlook publishes across the network.

Outlook Add-ins API
AE Profile APIs.io
Microsoft Outlook Attachments API
AE Profile APIs.io
Microsoft Outlook Messages API
AE Profile APIs.io
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API Details
ID
microsoft-outlook:microsoft-outlook-mail-folders-api
Base URL
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0
Docs
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/mail-api-overview?view=graph-rest-1.0
Provider
Microsoft Outlook
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