Namespace: microsoft.graph
Important
APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.
Use this API to create a new mail folder in the root folder of the user's mailbox.
If you intend a new folder to be hidden, you must set the isHidden property to true on creation.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
| Global service |
US Government L4 |
US Government L5 (DOD) |
China operated by 21Vianet |
| ✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Permissions
One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.
| Permission type |
Permissions (from least to most privileged) |
| Delegated (work or school account) |
Mail.ReadWrite |
| Delegated (personal Microsoft account) |
Mail.ReadWrite |
| Application |
Mail.ReadWrite |
HTTP request
POST /me/mailFolders
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders
Request body
In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters. displayName and isHidden are the only writable property for a
mailFolder object.
| Parameter |
Type |
Description |
| displayName |
String |
The display name of the new folder. |
| isHidden |
Boolean |
Indicates whether the new folder is hidden. The default value is false. Setting the property is optional. Once set, you cannot update this property. See more information in Hidden mail folders |
Response
If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and a mailFolder object in the response body.
Example
Request
The following example shows a request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/mailFolders
Content-type: application/json
{
"displayName": "Clutter",
"isHidden": true
}
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;
var requestBody = new MailFolder
{
DisplayName = "Clutter",
IsHidden = true,
};
// 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.PostAsync(requestBody);
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
//other-imports
)
requestBody := graphmodels.NewMailFolder()
displayName := "Clutter"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName)
isHidden := true
requestBody.SetIsHidden(&isHidden)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
mailFolders, err := graphClient.Me().MailFolders().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
MailFolder mailFolder = new MailFolder();
mailFolder.setDisplayName("Clutter");
mailFolder.setIsHidden(true);
MailFolder result = graphClient.me().mailFolders().post(mailFolder);
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
const mailFolder = {
displayName: 'Clutter',
isHidden: true
};
await client.api('/me/mailFolders')
.version('beta')
.post(mailFolder);
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\MailFolder;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new MailFolder();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Clutter');
$requestBody->setIsHidden(true);
$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->mailFolders()->post($requestBody)->wait();
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Mail
$params = @{
displayName = "Clutter"
isHidden = $true
}
# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgBetaUserMailFolder -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.mail_folder import MailFolder
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = MailFolder(
display_name = "Clutter",
is_hidden = True,
)
result = await graph_client.me.mail_folders.post(request_body)
Response
The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json
{
"id": "hN2Y5OGRhNGYwODEALgAAA0DAKbvJvFhJgcT3lZpkhNQBAA1",
"displayName": "Clutter",
"parentFolderId": "AQMkADlmOGQwZmU3LWVjOWMtNDhiYgAtODcxNy1",
"childFolderCount": 99,
"unreadItemCount": 99,
"totalItemCount": 99,
"wellKnownName": null,
"isHidden": true
}