Outlook API to forward email as attachment

Question

I'm currently developing an Outlook Add-in and trying to add a feature to forward an email as an attachment.

Can anyone please advice what the simplest way to accomplish it? I cannot find a single API to do it in Outlook Mail REST API reference.

Is there any easier way instead of using the 3 different APIs?

Could you clarify, are you building an Outlook Web Add-in or a VSTO/COM based Outlook Add-in? I ask due to your choice of the Outlook REST API. This isn't an obvious choice for Office.js since it has support for calling EWS and Microsoft Graph baked-in but not Outlook REST API. — Marc LaFleur, Feb 24 '18 at 19:39

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 24 '18 at 19:34

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There is an API - addItemAttachmentAsync which can add an email as an attachment.

Currently, the forward functionality you requested is not a part of the product. However, we track Outlook add-in feature requests on our user-voice page. Please add your request there. Feature requests on user-voice are considered when we go through our planning process.

edited Feb 24 '18 at 19:34

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answered Feb 23 '18 at 22:30

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problem with that is it doesnt include any attachments from the original message. – reven Jun 26 '18 at 03:56
How do I attach the item as an attachment to a draft item ? – Sagar Pilkhwal Jan 10 '19 at 07:57

Outlook API to forward email as attachment

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