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A simple Java Spring Web app that uses the Mail API.

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Getting Started with the Microsoft Graph Outlook Mail API and Java

The sample code in this repository is the end result of going through the Java tutorial on the Outlook Dev Center. If you go through that tutorial yourself, you should end up with code very similar to this. If you download or fork this repository, you'll need to follow the steps in Configure the sample to run it.

NOTE: Looking for the version of this tutorial that used the Outlook API directly instead of Microsoft Graph? Check out the outlook-api branch. Note that Microsoft recommends using the Microsoft Graph to access mail, calendar, and contacts. You should use the Outlook APIs directly (via https://outlook.office.com/api) only if you require a feature that is not available on the Graph endpoints.

Prerequisites

  • Java Development Kit 8.
  • Spring Tool Suite

Register the app

Head over to https://apps.dev.microsoft.com to quickly get a application ID and password. Click the Sign in link and sign in with either your Microsoft account (Outlook.com), or your work or school account (Office 365).

Once you're signed in, click the Add an app button. Enter java-tutorial for the name and click Create application. After the app is created, locate the Application Secrets section, and click the Generate New Password button. Copy the password now and save it to a safe place. Once you've copied the password, click Ok.

The new password dialog.

Locate the Platforms section, and click Add Platform. Choose Web, then enter http://localhost:8080/authorize.html under Redirect URIs.

NOTE: The values in Redirect URIs are case-sensitive, so be sure to match the case!

Click Save to complete the registration. Copy the Application Id and save it along with the password you copied earlier. We'll need those values soon.

Here's what the details of your app registration should look like when you are done.

The completed registration properties.

Configure the sample

  1. Open the ./src/main/resources/auth.properties file.
  2. Replace YOUR_APP_ID_HERE with the Application Id from the registration you just created.
  3. Replace YOUR_APP_PASSWORD_HERE with the password you copied earlier.
  4. If you use an IDE, Right-click the project and choose Run as, then Maven build.
  5. From a console, run mvn package and mvn jetty:run to start up a server
  6. Access http://localhost:8080

Copyright

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