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Need an example PowerShell script to get attachments from an O365 Exchange Online Shared Mailbox
You have two options here: use some EWS based script (Glen's blog is usually the best resource for anything EWS related: http://gsexdev.blogspot.bg/2010/01/writing-simple-scripted-process-to.html) or use the Outlook COM object model if you have a single shared mailbox that you have configured in Outlook (example here https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/c4d4cca8-2bc0-48a9-97f8-61fc68c8079c/powershell-script-to-get-all-new-attachments-and-store-them-on-a-network-share?forum=exchange2010)
Thanks, I ended up formulating the solution based on a solution from @Eli Van Eenwyk
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/O365-Email-Attachments-to-6a45e84c
$cred = Get-Credential
$sharedMailbox = "shared@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
$url = "https://outlook.office365.com/api/v1.0/users/$sharedMailbox/messages"
$date = "2016-08-03"
## Get all messages that have attachments where received date is greater than $date
$messageQuery = $url + "?`$select=Id&`$filter=HasAttachments eq true and DateTimeReceived ge " + $date
$messages = Invoke-RestMethod $messageQuery -Credential $cred
## Loop through each results
foreach ($message in $messages.value){
# get attachments and save to file system
$query = $url + "/" + $message.Id + "/attachments"
$attachments = Invoke-RestMethod $query -Credential $cred
# in case of multiple attachments in email
foreach ($attachment in $attachments.value){
$attachment.Name
$path = "c:\Temp\" + $attachment.Name
$Content = [System.Convert]::FromBase64String($attachment.ContentBytes)
Set-Content -Path $path -Value $Content -Encoding Byte
}
# Move processed email to a subfolder
$query = $url + "/" + $message.Id + "/move"
$body="{""DestinationId"":""AAMkAGRiZmVmOTFlLWJmNjctNDVmZi1iZDkyLTZhOTEzZjI4MGJkNQAuAAAAAAAAkEHub27VS7X8pWwWnKIcAQCxICvUWGkmS6kBXjFB5cP/AADk/q7pAAA=""}"
Invoke-RestMethod $query -Body $body -ContentType "application/json" -Method post -Credential $cred
}
- QuentinLMcCallum-AWAOct 29, 2020Copper Contributor
I am getting AUTH errors. I am using my Global Admin account and my account for the inbox I am trying to extract attachment from.
My use case is a bit different. I need to automate a barrage of emails we received from our FirePower device. In short, the number of emails/attachments are too numerous to process manually.
I would like to save each attachment from a senderaddress to a folder on my computer.
I am thinking that I need to create a Graph API.
- Oct 29, 2020
QuentinLMcCallum-AWA Power Automate (former Flow) has templates for this and can be done within seconds if that helps.
- VasilMichevAug 04, 2016MVP
Oh right, we also have REST APIs now :) Gotta start learning those...
- Adam OchsAug 10, 2016Iron ContributorWhat is your opinion of the API's, and graph as a whole. I like the dev talks i go to about it, but have struggled to find a use for them outside of just doing my powershell scripts. Granted I do not application development, but ya.... curious as to your thought Vasil.