Why am I receiving 405s from a `Get Messages` endpoint specified in the API documentation?

Question

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/message-get?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http
This page in the documentation (updated 03/15/2024) specifies an endpoint to receive the MIME content of a message. When using this endpoint on Postman, I receive a 405 invalid request error with :
"The OData request is not supported".
The endpoint: GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/$value
I have used other endpoints locally that append the `$value` OData param and these work fine.

Answer 1

Hello @Jon Schipp,

I am able to replicate the issue. Meanwhile, alternatively, you can use the below endpoint to fetch the MIME content of the message:

https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{user-id}/messages/{message-id}/$value

Hope this helps.

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