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GetItem operation (email message)

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The GetItem operation allows the user to access information about e-mail messages.

Using the GetItem Operation for Messages

The GetItem request must have the following information:

  • The ItemId element to identify the item information to return.

  • The ItemShape element to identify the item properties to return.

GetItem request example

Description

The following example of a GetItem request shows how to access information about e-mail messages.

Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
  xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetItem
      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages"
      xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
      <ItemShape>
        <t:BaseShape>Default</t:BaseShape>
        <t:IncludeMimeContent>true</t:IncludeMimeContent>
      </ItemShape>
      <ItemIds>
        <t:ItemId Id="AAAlAF" ChangeKey="CQAAAB" />
      </ItemIds>
    </GetItem>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Request elements

The following elements are used in the request:

Successful GetItem (E-mail Message) response example

Description

The following example shows a successful response to the GetItem 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>
    <GetItemResponse 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:GetItemResponseMessage ResponseClass="Success">
          <m:ResponseCode>NoError</m:ResponseCode>
          <m:Items>
            <t:Message>
              <t:MimeContent CharacterSet="UTF-8">UmVjZWl</t:MimeContent>
              <t:ItemId Id="AAAlAFVz" ChangeKey="CQAAAB" />
              <t:Subject />
              <t:Sensitivity>Normal</t:Sensitivity>
              <t:Body BodyType="HTML">
                <html dir="ltr">
                  <head>
                    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
                      <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.3790.2759" name="GENERATOR">
                        <style title="owaParaStyle">P { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } </style>
                      </head>
                  <body ocsi="x">
                    <div dir="ltr">
                      <font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2"></font>&amp;nbsp;
                    </div>
                  </body>
                </html>
              </t:Body>
              <t:Size>881</t:Size>
              <t:DateTimeSent>2006-10-28T01:37:06Z</t:DateTimeSent>
              <t:DateTimeCreated>2006-10-28T01:37:06Z</t:DateTimeCreated>
              <t:ResponseObjects>
                <t:ReplyToItem />
                <t:ReplyAllToItem />
                <t:ForwardItem />
              </t:ResponseObjects>
              <t:HasAttachments>false</t:HasAttachments>
              <t:ToRecipients>
                <t:Mailbox>
                  <t:Name>User1</t:Name>
                  <t:EmailAddress>[email protected]</t:EmailAddress>
                  <t:RoutingType>SMTP</t:RoutingType>
                </t:Mailbox>
              </t:ToRecipients>
              <t:IsReadReceiptRequested>false</t:IsReadReceiptRequested>
              <t:IsDeliveryReceiptRequested>false</t:IsDeliveryReceiptRequested>
              <t:From>
                <t:Mailbox>
                  <t:Name>User2</t:Name>
                  <t:EmailAddress>[email protected]</t:EmailAddress>
                  <t:RoutingType>SMTP</t:RoutingType>
                </t:Mailbox>
              </t:From>
              <t:IsRead>false</t:IsRead>
            </t:Message>
          </m:Items>
        </m:GetItemResponseMessage>
      </m:ResponseMessages>
    </GetItemResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Comments

The MIME content, folder, and item identifiers have been shortened to preserve readability.

Successful response elements

The following elements are used in the response:

GetItem (E-mail Message) Error response example

Description

The following example shows an error response to a GetItem request. The error was caused by an attempt to get an invalid additional property.

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>
    <GetItemResponse 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:GetItemResponseMessage ResponseClass="Error">
          <m:MessageText>Property is not valid for this object type.</m:MessageText>
          <m:ResponseCode>ErrorInvalidPropertyRequest</m:ResponseCode>
          <m:DescriptiveLinkKey>0</m:DescriptiveLinkKey>
          <m:MessageXml>
            <t:FieldURI FieldURI="meeting:AssociatedCalendarItemId" />
          </m:MessageXml>
          <m:Items />
        </m:GetItemResponseMessage>
      </m:ResponseMessages>
    </GetItemResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Error response elements

The following elements are used in the error response:

See also

GetItem operation