.NET code to extract attachments from Outlook

Here’s an example code in C# to extract attachments from Outlook using the Microsoft Graph API

using Microsoft.Graph;
using Microsoft.Graph.Auth;
using Microsoft.Identity.Client;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

// Define the authentication settings for the Microsoft Graph API
string clientId = "your_client_id_here";
string tenantId = "your_tenant_id_here";
string clientSecret = "your_client_secret_here";
string[] scopes = { "https://graph.microsoft.com/.default" };
IConfidentialClientApplication confidentialClientApplication = ConfidentialClientApplicationBuilder
    .Create(clientId)
    .WithTenantId(tenantId)
    .WithClientSecret(clientSecret)
    .Build();
ClientCredentialProvider authProvider = new ClientCredentialProvider(confidentialClientApplication, scopes);

// Define the ID of the Outlook email to extract attachments from
string messageId = "your_message_id_here";

// Create an instance of the GraphServiceClient class to interact with the Microsoft Graph API
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(authProvider);

// Define a list to store the extracted attachments
List<Attachment> attachments = new List<Attachment>();

// Use the GraphServiceClient to retrieve the email message with the specified ID, including its attachments
Message message = await graphClient.Me.Messages[messageId].Request().Expand("attachments").GetAsync();

// Loop through each attachment in the email message
foreach (Attachment attachment in message.Attachments)
{
    // Check if the attachment is a file attachment
    if (attachment is FileAttachment fileAttachment)
    {
        // Download the file to a byte array
        byte[] fileContents = await graphClient.Me.Messages[messageId].Attachments[fileAttachment.Id].Content.Request().GetAsync();

        // Define the path and filename to save the attachment to
        string attachmentPath = "C:\\attachments\\" + fileAttachment.Name;

        // Save the file to disk
        File.WriteAllBytes(attachmentPath, fileContents);

        // Add the attachment to the list of extracted attachments
        attachments.Add(fileAttachment);
    }
}

// Display the list of extracted attachments
foreach (Attachment attachment in attachments)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Attachment Name: " + attachment.Name);
}

This code uses the Microsoft Graph API to retrieve the specified email message from Outlook, including its attachments. It then loops through each attachment and uses the Content.Request().GetAsync() method to download the contents of the attachment as a byte array. The code then uses the File.WriteAllBytes() method to save the attachment to disk, and adds the attachment to a list of extracted attachments. Finally, the code displays the list of extracted attachments using the Console.WriteLine() method. Note that you will need to replace the placeholders in the code (e.g. your_client_id_here, your_tenant_id_here, your_client_secret_here, and your_message_id_here) with your own values.

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