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?

1. CreateForwardDraft
2. UpdateMessages
3. SendDraftMessages

Answer 1

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.