Get attachment

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Read the properties, relationships, or raw contents of an attachment that is attached to a user event, message, or group post.

An attachment can be one of the following types:

• A file. Programmatically, this is a fileAttachment resource. See example 1.
• An Outlook item (contact, event or message). Programmatically, an item attachment is an itemAttachment resource. You can use $expand to further get the properties of that item, including any nested attachments up to 30 levels. See example 3 and example 4.
• A link to a file stored in the cloud. Programmatically, this is a referenceAttachment resource. See example 5.

All these types of attachments are derived from the attachment resource.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Get the raw contents of a file or item attachment

You can append the path segment /$value to get the raw contents of a file or item attachment.

For a file attachment, the content type is based on its original content type. See example 6.

For an item attachment that is a contact, event, or message, the raw contents returned is in MIME format.

Item attachment type	Raw contents returned
contact	vCard MIME format. See example.
event	iCal MIME format. See example.
message	MIME format. See example.

Attempting to get the $value of a reference attachment returns HTTP 405.

Note

When certain files are requested, MIME can encode the byte stream output in the response and provide a link to download the file as an email attachment.

Permissions

Depending on the resource (event, message, or post) that the attachment is attached to and the permission type (delegated or application) requested, the permission specified in the following table is the least privileged required to call this API. To learn more, including taking caution before choosing more privileged permissions, search for the following permissions in Permissions.

Supported resource	Delegated (work or school account)	Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Application
event	Calendars.Read	Calendars.Read	Calendars.Read
message	Mail.Read	Mail.Read	Mail.Read
post	Group.Read.All	Not supported	Not supported

HTTP request

This section shows the HTTP GET request syntax for each of the entities (event, message, and post) that support attachments:

• To get the properties and relationships of an attachment, specify the attachment ID to index into the attachments collection, attached to the specified event, message, or post instance.
• If the attachment is a file or Outlook item (contact, event, or message), you can further get the raw contents of the attachment by appending the path segment /$value to the request URL.

Attachments for an event in the user's default calendar.

GET /me/events/{id}/attachments/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/events/{id}/attachments/{id}

GET /me/events/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/events/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value

Attachments for an event in the specified user calendar.

GET /me/calendars/{id}/events/{id}/attachments/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendars/{id}/events/{id}/attachments/{id}

GET /me/calendars/{id}/events/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendars/{id}/events/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value

Attachments for an event in a calendar belonging to a user's calendarGroup.

GET /me/calendarGroups/{id}/calendars/{id}/events/{id}/attachments/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendarGroups/{id}/calendars/{id}/events/{id}/attachments/{id}

GET /me/calendarGroups/{id}/calendars/{id}/events/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/calendarGroups/{id}/calendars/{id}/events/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value

Attachments for a message in a user's mailbox.

GET /me/messages/{id}/attachments/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/messages/{id}/attachments/{id}

GET /me/messages/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/messages/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value

Attachments for a message contained in a top level mailFolder in a user's mailbox.

GET /me/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/attachments/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/attachments/{id}

GET /me/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value

Attachments for a message contained in a child folder of a mailFolder in a user's mailbox. The example below shows one level of nesting, but a message can be located in a child of a child and so on.

GET /me/mailFolders/{id}/childFolders/{id}/.../messages/{id}/attachments/{id}
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/childFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/attachments/{id}

GET /me/mailFolders/{id}/childFolders/{id}/.../messages/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/childFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value

Attachments for a post in a thread belonging to a conversation of a group.

GET /groups/{id}/threads/{id}/posts/{id}/attachments/{id}
GET /groups/{id}/conversations/{id}/threads/{id}/posts/{id}/attachments/{id}

GET /groups/{id}/threads/{id}/posts/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value
GET /groups/{id}/conversations/{id}/threads/{id}/posts/{id}/attachments/{id}/$value

Optional query parameters

This method supports some of the OData Query Parameters to help customize the response.

Use $expand to get the properties of an item attachment (contact, event, or message). See example 3 and example 4.

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code.

If you're getting the properties and relationships of an attachment, the response body includes an attachment object. The properties of that type of attachment are returned: fileAttachment, itemAttachment, or referenceAttachment.

If you're getting the raw contents of a file or item attachment, the response body includes the raw value of the attachment.

Examples

Example 1: Get the properties of a file attachment

Request

The following example shows a request to get a file attachment on an event.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/AAMkAGUzY5QKjAAA=/attachments/AAMkAGUzY5QKjAAABEgAQAMkpJI_X-LBFgvrv1PlZYd8=

C#

// 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.Messages["{message-id}"].Attachments["{attachment-id}"].GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc users messages attachments get --user-id {user-id} --message-id {message-id} --attachment-id {attachment-id}

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// 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
attachments, err := graphClient.Me().Messages().ByMessageId("message-id").Attachments().ByAttachmentId("attachment-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.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Attachment result = graphClient.me().messages().byMessageId("{message-id}").attachments().byAttachmentId("{attachment-id}").get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let attachment = await client.api('/me/messages/AAMkAGUzY5QKjAAA=/attachments/AAMkAGUzY5QKjAAABEgAQAMkpJI_X-LBFgvrv1PlZYd8=')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->messages()->byMessageId('message-id')->attachments()->byAttachmentId('attachment-id')->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Mail

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Get-MgUserMessageAttachment -UserId $userId -MessageId $messageId -AttachmentId $attachmentId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# 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.messages.by_message_id('message-id').attachments.by_attachment_id('attachment-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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('bb8775a4-4d8c-42cf-a1d4-4d58c2bb668f')/messages('AAMkAGUzY5QKjAAA%3D')/attachments/$entity",
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
    "id": "AAMkAGUzY5QKjAAABEgAQAMkpJI_X-LBFgvrv1PlZYd8=",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-04-02T03:41:29Z",
    "name": "Draft sales invoice template.docx",
    "contentType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
    "size": 13068,
    "isInline": false,
    "contentId": null,
    "contentLocation": null,
    "contentBytes": "UEsDBBQABgAIAAAAIQ4AAAAA"
}

Example 2: Get the properties of an item attachment

Request

The next example shows how to get an item attachment on a message. The properties of the itemAttachment are returned.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/AAMkADA1M-zAAA=/attachments/AAMkADA1M-CJKtzmnlcqVgqI=

C#

// 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.Messages["{message-id}"].Attachments["{attachment-id}"].GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc users messages attachments get --user-id {user-id} --message-id {message-id} --attachment-id {attachment-id}

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// 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
attachments, err := graphClient.Me().Messages().ByMessageId("message-id").Attachments().ByAttachmentId("attachment-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.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Attachment result = graphClient.me().messages().byMessageId("{message-id}").attachments().byAttachmentId("{attachment-id}").get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let attachment = await client.api('/me/messages/AAMkADA1M-zAAA=/attachments/AAMkADA1M-CJKtzmnlcqVgqI=')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->messages()->byMessageId('message-id')->attachments()->byAttachmentId('attachment-id')->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Mail

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Get-MgUserMessageAttachment -UserId $userId -MessageId $messageId -AttachmentId $attachmentId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# 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.messages.by_message_id('message-id').attachments.by_attachment_id('attachment-id').get()

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('d1a2fae9-db66-4cc9-8133-2184c77af1b8')/messages('AAMkADA1M-zAAA%3D')/attachments/$entity",
  "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.itemAttachment",
  "id":"AAMkADA1MCJKtzmnlcqVgqI=",
  "lastModifiedDateTime":"2017-07-21T00:20:34Z",
  "name":"Reminder - please bring laptop",
  "contentType":null,
  "size":32005,
  "isInline":false
}

Example 3: Expand and get the properties of the item attached to a message

Request

The next example shows how to use $expand to get the properties of the item (contact, event, or message) that is attached to the message. In this example, that item is a message; the properties of that attached message are also returned.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/AAMkADA1M-zAAA=/attachments/AAMkADA1M-CJKtzmnlcqVgqI=/?$expand=microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item

C#

// 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.Messages["{message-id}"].Attachments["{attachment-id}"].GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Expand = new string []{ "microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item" };
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc users messages attachments get --user-id {user-id} --message-id {message-id} --attachment-id {attachment-id} --expand "microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item"

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// 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"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/users"
	  //other-imports
)

requestParameters := &graphusers.MessagesItemAttachmentsItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Expand: [] string {"microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item"},
}
configuration := &graphusers.MessagesItemAttachmentsItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
attachments, err := graphClient.Me().Messages().ByMessageId("message-id").Attachments().ByAttachmentId("attachment-id").Get(context.Background(), configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Attachment result = graphClient.me().messages().byMessageId("{message-id}").attachments().byAttachmentId("{attachment-id}").get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.expand = new String []{"microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item"};
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

Snippet not available

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Item\Messages\Item\Attachments\Item\AttachmentItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new AttachmentItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = AttachmentItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->expand = ["microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->messages()->byMessageId('message-id')->attachments()->byAttachmentId('attachment-id')->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Mail

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Get-MgUserMessageAttachment -UserId $userId -MessageId $messageId -AttachmentId $attachmentId -ExpandProperty "microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item" 

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.item.messages.item.attachments.item.attachment_item_request_builder import AttachmentItemRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = AttachmentItemRequestBuilder.AttachmentItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		expand = ["microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item"],
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.me.messages.by_message_id('message-id').attachments.by_attachment_id('attachment-id').get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('d1a2fae9-db66-4cc9-8133-2184c77af1b8')/messages('AAMkADA1M-zAAA%3D')/attachments/$entity",
  "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.itemAttachment",
  "id":"AAMkADA1MCJKtzmnlcqVgqI=",
  "lastModifiedDateTime":"2017-07-21T00:20:34Z",
  "name":"Reminder - please bring laptop",
  "contentType":null,
  "size":32005,
  "isInline":false,
  "item":{
    "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.message",
    "id":"",
    "createdDateTime":"2017-07-21T00:20:41Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime":"2017-07-21T00:20:34Z",
    "receivedDateTime":"2017-07-21T00:19:55Z",
    "sentDateTime":"2017-07-21T00:19:52Z",
    "hasAttachments":false,
    "internetMessageId":"<BY2PR15MB05189A084C01F466709E414F9CA40@BY2PR15MB0518.namprd15.prod.outlook.com>",
    "subject":"Reminder - please bring laptop",
    "bodyPreview": "PFA\r\n\r\nThanks,\r\nRob",
    "importance":"normal",
    "conversationId":"AAQkADA1MzMyOGI4LTlkZDctNDkzYy05M2RiLTdiN2E1NDE3MTRkOQAQAMG_NSCMBqdKrLa2EmR-lO0=",
    "conversationIndex":"AQHTAbcSwb41IIwGp0qstrYSZH+U7Q==",
    "isDeliveryReceiptRequested":false,
    "isReadReceiptRequested":false,
    "isRead":false,
    "isDraft":false,
    "webLink":"https://outlook.office365.com/owa/?ItemID=AAMkADA1M3MTRkOQAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
    "internetMessageHeaders": [ ],
    "body":{
      "contentType":"html",
      "content":"<html><head>\r\n</head>\r\n<body>\r\n</body>\r\n</html>"
    },
    "sender":{
      "emailAddress":{
        "name":"Adele Vance",
        "address":"AdeleV@contoso.com"
      }
    },
    "from":{
      "emailAddress":{
        "name":"Adele Vance",
        "address":"AdeleV@contoso.com"
      }
    },
    "toRecipients":[
      {
        "emailAddress":{
          "name":"Alex Wilbur",
          "address":"AlexW@contoso.com"
        }
      }
    ],
    "ccRecipients":[
      {
        "emailAddress":{
          "name":"Adele Vance",
          "address":"AdeleV@contoso.com"
        }
      }
    ],
    "flag":{
      "flagStatus":"notFlagged"
    }
  }
}

Example 4: Expand and get the properties of an item attached to a message, including any attachment to the item

Request

The next example uses the same request as in example 3 to get the properties of an item attachment on a message by using $expand. In this case, because the attached item also has a file attachment, the response includes the properties of the file attachment as well.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/AAMkADA1M-zAAA=/attachments/AAMkADA1M-CJKtzmnlcqVgqI=/?$expand=microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item

C#

// 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.Messages["{message-id}"].Attachments["{attachment-id}"].GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Expand = new string []{ "microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item" };
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc users messages attachments get --user-id {user-id} --message-id {message-id} --attachment-id {attachment-id} --expand "microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item"

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// 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"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/users"
	  //other-imports
)

requestParameters := &graphusers.MessagesItemAttachmentsItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Expand: [] string {"microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item"},
}
configuration := &graphusers.MessagesItemAttachmentsItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
attachments, err := graphClient.Me().Messages().ByMessageId("message-id").Attachments().ByAttachmentId("attachment-id").Get(context.Background(), configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Attachment result = graphClient.me().messages().byMessageId("{message-id}").attachments().byAttachmentId("{attachment-id}").get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.expand = new String []{"microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item"};
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

Snippet not available

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Item\Messages\Item\Attachments\Item\AttachmentItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new AttachmentItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = AttachmentItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->expand = ["microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->messages()->byMessageId('message-id')->attachments()->byAttachmentId('attachment-id')->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Mail

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Get-MgUserMessageAttachment -UserId $userId -MessageId $messageId -AttachmentId $attachmentId -ExpandProperty "microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item" 

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.item.messages.item.attachments.item.attachment_item_request_builder import AttachmentItemRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = AttachmentItemRequestBuilder.AttachmentItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		expand = ["microsoft.graph.itemattachment/item"],
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.me.messages.by_message_id('message-id').attachments.by_attachment_id('attachment-id').get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#users('d1a2fae9-db66-4cc9-8133-2184c77af1b8')/messages('AAMkADA1M-zAAA%3D')/attachments(microsoft.graph.itemAttachment/item())/$entity",
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.itemAttachment",
    "id": "AAMkADA1MCJKtzmnlcqVgqI=",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-01-06T13:28:11Z",
    "name": "Nested Message With Attachment",
    "contentType": null,
    "size": 465916,
    "isInline": false,
    "item": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
        "id": "",
        "createdDateTime": "2021-01-06T13:28:30Z",
        "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-01-06T13:27:40Z",
        "receivedDateTime": "2021-01-06T13:27:25Z",
        "sentDateTime": "2021-01-06T13:27:04Z",
        "hasAttachments": true,
        "internetMessageId": "<BY2PR15MB05189A084C01F466709E414F9CA40@BY2PR15MB0518.namprd15.prod.outlook.com>",
        "subject": "Nested Message With Attachment",
        "bodyPreview": "PFAThanks,Adele",
        "importance": "normal",
        "conversationId": "AAQkADg3NTY5MDg4LWMzYmQtNDQzNi05OTgwLWQyZjg2YWQwMTNkZAAQAO6hkp84oMdGm6ZBsSH72sE=",
        "conversationIndex": "AQHW5C+U7qGSnzigx0abpkGxIfvawQ==",
        "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": false,
        "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
        "isRead": true,
        "isDraft": false,
        "webLink": "https://outlook.office365.com/owa/?ItemID=AAMkADA1M3MTRkOQAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ItemAttachment",
        "internetMessageHeaders": [],
        "body": {
            "contentType": "html",
            "content": "<html><head>\r\n</head>\r\n<body>\r\n</body>\r\n</html>"
        },
        "sender": {
            "emailAddress": {
                "name": "Adele Vance",
                "address": "Adele.Vance@microsoft.com"
            }
        },
        "from": {
            "emailAddress": {
                "name": "Adele Vance",
                "address": "Adele.Vance@microsoft.com"
            }
        },
        "toRecipients": [
            {
                "emailAddress": {
                    "name": "Adele Vance",
                    "address": "Adele.Vance@microsoft.com"
                }
            }
        ],
        "flag": {
            "flagStatus": "notFlagged"
        },
        "attachments": [
            {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
                "@odata.mediaContentType": "application/pdf",
                "id": "AAMkADg3NTYULmbsDYNg==",
                "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-01-21T14:56:18Z",
                "name": "Info.pdf",
                "contentType": "application/pdf",
                "size": 417351,
                "isInline": false,
                "contentId": null,
                "contentLocation": null,
                "contentBytes": "JVBERi0xLjUNCiW1tbW1DQoxIDAgb2JqDQo8PC9UeXBlL0NhdGFsb2cvUGFnZXMgMiAwIFIvTGFuZyhlbi1JTikgL1N0cnVjdFRyZWVSb29"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Example 5: Get the properties of a reference attachment

Request

The following example shows a request to get a reference attachment on a message.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/AAMkAGUzY5QKgAAA=/attachments/AAMkAGUzY5QKgAAABEgAQAISJOe1FEqdNsMEQmpZjRW8=

C#

// 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.Messages["{message-id}"].Attachments["{attachment-id}"].GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc users messages attachments get --user-id {user-id} --message-id {message-id} --attachment-id {attachment-id}

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// 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
attachments, err := graphClient.Me().Messages().ByMessageId("message-id").Attachments().ByAttachmentId("attachment-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.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Attachment result = graphClient.me().messages().byMessageId("{message-id}").attachments().byAttachmentId("{attachment-id}").get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let attachment = await client.api('/me/messages/AAMkAGUzY5QKgAAA=/attachments/AAMkAGUzY5QKgAAABEgAQAISJOe1FEqdNsMEQmpZjRW8=')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->messages()->byMessageId('message-id')->attachments()->byAttachmentId('attachment-id')->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Mail

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Get-MgUserMessageAttachment -UserId $userId -MessageId $messageId -AttachmentId $attachmentId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# 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.messages.by_message_id('message-id').attachments.by_attachment_id('attachment-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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('bb8775a4-4d8c-42cf-a1d4-4d58c2bb668f')/messages('AAMkAGUzY5QKgAAA%3D')/attachments/$entity",
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.referenceAttachment",
    "id": "AAMkAGUzY5QKgAAABEgAQAISJOe1FEqdNsMEQmpZjRW8=",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-04-02T02:58:11Z",
    "name": "Sales Invoice Template.docx",
    "contentType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
    "size": 1060,
    "isInline": true
}

Example 6: Get the raw contents of a file attachment on a message

Request

The following example shows a request to get the raw contents of a Word file that has been attached to a message.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/AAMkAGUzY5QKjAAA=/attachments/AAMkAGUzY5QKjAAABEgAQAMkpJI_X-LBFgvrv1PlZYd8=/$value

Response

The following example shows the response. The actual response body includes the raw bytes of the file attachment, which are abbreviated here for brevity.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{Raw bytes of the file}

Example 7: Get the MIME raw contents of a contact attachment on a message

Request

The following example shows a request to get the raw contents of a contact item that has been attached to a message.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/AAMkADI5MAAGjk2PxAAA=/attachments/AAMkADI5MAAGjk2PxAAABEgAQACEJqrbJZBNIlr3pGFvd9K8=/$value

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

BEGIN:VCARD
PROFILE:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
MAILER:Microsoft Exchange
PRODID:Microsoft Exchange
FN:Alex Wilbur
N:Wilbur;Alex;;;
NOTE:Sunday\, June 10\, 2012 5:44 PM:\nGutter\, window cleaning\, pressure
 washing\, roof debris blowing\n
ORG:Contoso;
CLASS:PUBLIC
ADR;TYPE=WORK,PREF:;;4567 Main St;Buffalo;NY;98052;United States of America
LABEL;TYPE=WORK,PREF:4567 Main St\nBuffalo\, NY 98052
ADR;TYPE=HOME:;;;;;;
ADR;TYPE=POSTAL:;;;;;;
TEL;TYPE=WORK:(425) 555-0100
TITLE:
X-MS-IMADDRESS:
REV;VALUE=DATE-TIME:2019-04-09T02:13:31,161Z
END:VCARD

Example 8: Get the MIME raw contents of an event attachment on a message

Request

The following example shows a request to get the raw contents of an event that has been attached to a message.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/AAMkADVIOAAA=/attachments/AAMkADVIOAAABEgAQACvkutl6c4FMifPyS6NvXsM=/$value

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
METHOD:PUBLISH
PRODID:Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Pacific Standard Time
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:16010101T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:16010101T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
ORGANIZER;CN=Adele Vance:MAILTO:adelev@contoso.com
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Adele Vance:MAILTO:adelev@contoso.com
DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en-US:\n
UID:040000008200
SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-US:Review Megan's docs
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific Standard Time:20190409T140000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific Standard Time:20190409T160000
CLASS:PUBLIC
PRIORITY:5
DTSTAMP:20190409T211833Z
TRANSP:OPAQUE
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SEQUENCE:0
LOCATION;LANGUAGE=en-US:
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-APPT-SEQUENCE:0
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:0
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:BUSY
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INTENDEDSTATUS:BUSY
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INSTTYPE:0
X-MICROSOFT-DONOTFORWARDMEETING:FALSE
X-MICROSOFT-DISALLOW-COUNTER:FALSE
X-MICROSOFT-LOCATIONS:[]
BEGIN:VALARM
DESCRIPTION:REMINDER
TRIGGER;RELATED=START:-PT15M
ACTION:DISPLAY
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

Example 9: Get the MIME raw contents of a meeting invitation item attachment on a message

Request

The following example shows a request to get the raw contents of a meeting invitation (of the eventMessage type) that has been attached to a message. The eventMessage entity is based on the message type.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/AAMkAGUzY5QKiAAA=/attachments/AAMkAGUzY5QKiAAABEgAQAK8ktgiIO19OqkvUZAqLmyQ=/$value

Response

The following example shows the response.

The response body includes the eventMessage attachment in MIME format. The body of the eventMessage is truncated for brevity. The full message body is returned from an actual call.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

From: Megan Bowen <MeganB@contoso.com>
To: Adele Vance <AdeleV@contoso.com>
Subject: Let's go for lunch
Thread-Topic: Let's go for lunch
Thread-Index: AdTPqxOmg4AXoJV960a1j5NrJCHYjA==
X-MS-Exchange-MessageSentRepresentingType: 1
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:17:58 +0000
Message-ID:
	<CY4PR2201MB1046E9C83FC42478EF4EE283C9750@CY4PR2201MB1046.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
Content-Language: en-US
X-MS-Has-Attach:
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-SCL: -1
X-MS-TNEF-Correlator:
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-RecordReviewCfmType: 0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
	boundary="_000_CY4PR2201MB1046E9C83FC42478EF4EE283C9750CY4PR2201MB1046_"
MIME-Version: 1.0

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<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
</head>
<body>
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</body>
</html>

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