Namespace: microsoft.graph
Retrieve the properties and relationships of a message folder object.
The following list shows the two existing scenarios where an app can get another user's mail folder:
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}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}
Optional query parameters
This method supports the OData Query Parameters to help customize the response.
Request body
Don't supply a request body for this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a mailFolder object in the response body.
Examples
Example 1: Get a mail folder
Request
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAFNAAA=
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.MailFolders["{mailFolder-id}"].GetAsync();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
//other-imports
)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
mailFolders, err := graphClient.Me().MailFolders().ByMailFolderId("mailFolder-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
MailFolder result = graphClient.me().mailFolders().byMailFolderId("{mailFolder-id}").get();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
let mailFolder = await client.api('/me/mailFolders/AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAFNAAA=')
.get();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->mailFolders()->byMailFolderId('mailFolder-id')->get()->wait();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Mail
# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Get-MgUserMailFolder -UserId $userId -MailFolderId $mailFolderId
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
result = await graph_client.me.mail_folders.by_mail_folder_id('mailFolder-id').get()
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
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
{
"id": "AAMkAGVmMDEzM",
"displayName": "Inbox",
"parentFolderId": "AAMkAGVmMDEzI",
"childFolderCount": 2,
"unreadItemCount": 59,
"totalItemCount": 60,
"isHidden": false
}
Example 2: Get a mail sent items folder
Request
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAEJAAA=
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.MailFolders["{mailFolder-id}"].GetAsync();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
//other-imports
)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
mailFolders, err := graphClient.Me().MailFolders().ByMailFolderId("mailFolder-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
MailFolder result = graphClient.me().mailFolders().byMailFolderId("{mailFolder-id}").get();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
let mailFolder = await client.api('/me/mailFolders/AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAEJAAA=')
.get();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->mailFolders()->byMailFolderId('mailFolder-id')->get()->wait();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Mail
# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Get-MgUserMailFolder -UserId $userId -MailFolderId $mailFolderId
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
result = await graph_client.me.mail_folders.by_mail_folder_id('mailFolder-id').get()
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
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
{
"id": "AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAEJAAA=",
"displayName": "Sent Items",
"parentFolderId": "AAMkAGVmMDEzMTM4LTZmYWUtNDdkNC1hMDZiLTU1OGY5OTZhYmY4OAAuAAAAAAAiQ8W967B7TKBjgx9rVEURAQAiIsqMbYjsT5e-T7KzowPTAAAAAAEIAAA=",
"childFolderCount": 0,
"unreadItemCount": 0,
"totalItemCount": 1,
"sizeInBytes": 53857,
"isHidden": false
}