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ConversationThread represents a collection of posts in a group conversation, providing methods to reply to threads and access thread metadata like recipients and attachments.

Purpose

This class models a conversation thread in Microsoft Outlook/Office 365, allowing users to interact with group conversation threads by replying to them and accessing thread properties such as recipients (To/Cc), posts, and attachment status. It inherits from Entity and integrates with the Office 365 API context for executing operations.

Source Code

class ConversationThread(Entity):
    """A conversationThread is a collection of posts."""

    def reply(self, post):
        """Reply to a thread in a group conversation and add a new post to it. You can specify the parent conversation
        in the request, or, you can specify just the thread without the parent conversation.

        :param Post post: A comment to include. Can be an empty string.
        """
        payload = {"post": post}
        qry = ServiceOperationQuery(self, "reply", None, payload)
        self.context.add_query(qry)
        return self

    @property
    def cc_recipients(self):
        """The Cc: recipients for the thread."""
        return self.properties.get("ccRecipients", ClientValueCollection(Recipient))

    @property
    def has_attachments(self):
        """Indicates whether any of the posts within this thread has at least one attachment."""
        return self.properties.get("hasAttachments", None)

    @property
    def to_recipients(self):
        """The To: recipients for the thread."""
        return self.properties.get("toRecipients", ClientValueCollection(Recipient))

    @property
    def posts(self):
        """"""
        return self.properties.get(
            "posts",
            EntityCollection(
                self.context, Post, ResourcePath("posts", self.resource_path)
            ),
        )

    def get_property(self, name, default_value=None):
        if default_value is None:
            property_mapping = {
                "ccRecipients": self.cc_recipients,
                "toRecipients": self.to_recipients,
            }
            default_value = property_mapping.get(name, None)
        return super(ConversationThread, self).get_property(name, default_value)

Parameters

Parameter Details

context: The Office 365 API context object that manages authentication and API communication. Inherited from Entity base class.

resource_path: The resource path identifying this conversation thread in the Office 365 API hierarchy. Inherited from Entity base class.

Return Value

Instantiation returns a ConversationThread object that represents a specific conversation thread. The reply() method returns self for method chaining. Properties return various types: cc_recipients and to_recipients return ClientValueCollection of Recipient objects, has_attachments returns a boolean, posts returns an EntityCollection of Post objects, and get_property() returns the requested property value or default_value.

Class Interface

Methods

Attributes

Dependencies

• office365

Required Imports

from office365.entity import Entity
from office365.entity_collection import EntityCollection
from office365.outlook.mail.post import Post
from office365.outlook.mail.recipient import Recipient
from office365.runtime.client_value_collection import ClientValueCollection
from office365.runtime.paths.resource_path import ResourcePath
from office365.runtime.queries.service_operation import ServiceOperationQuery

Usage Example

from office365.graph_client import GraphClient
from office365.outlook.mail.post import Post

# Authenticate and get context
client = GraphClient.with_credentials('client_id', 'client_secret', 'tenant_id')

# Get a conversation thread
group_id = 'group-id-here'
conversation_id = 'conversation-id-here'
thread_id = 'thread-id-here'
thread = client.groups[group_id].conversations[conversation_id].threads[thread_id].get().execute_query()

# Access thread properties
to_recipients = thread.to_recipients
cc_recipients = thread.cc_recipients
has_attachments = thread.has_attachments

# Reply to the thread
new_post = Post()
new_post.body = {'contentType': 'text', 'content': 'This is my reply'}
thread.reply(new_post).execute_query()

# Access posts in the thread
posts = thread.posts
for post in posts:
    print(post.body)

Best Practices

• Always ensure the context object is properly authenticated before instantiating or using ConversationThread
• Call execute_query() on the context after operations like reply() to actually execute the API request
• Use method chaining with reply() since it returns self for fluent API usage
• Access properties lazily - they are loaded from the API only when accessed
• Check has_attachments before attempting to process attachments to avoid unnecessary API calls
• The posts property returns an EntityCollection that may require additional queries to load all posts
• Handle API rate limits and errors when working with multiple threads or frequent replies
• Use get_property() method for dynamic property access with fallback values

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