How to refresh the Outlook compose window after uploading an attachment through the rest API?

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I have an Outlook web addin which can be used in the compose window. What the addin does is, send a request to our server with the ID of the selected file to attach (Our server is a file storage system. The user will be able to select a file and attach it to the new email). The server will prepare the file and use the Outlook Rest API to attach the file to the email: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/office-365-api/api/version-2.0/complex-types-for-mail-contacts-calendar#referenceattachment

Sample request body:

{
    "@odata.type": "#Microsoft.OutlookServices.ReferenceAttachment", 
    "Name": "Iglue picture", 
    "SourceUrl": "https://i.imgur.com/rNIYuhi.jpg", 
    "ProviderType": "Other", 
    "Permission": "Edit", 
    "IsFolder": "False"
}

Now the file gets attached successfully. But the problem is, the user have to reload Outlook to see the attached file. So my question is how to attach the file and trigger a refresh just like the Office JS API's Office.context.mailbox.item.addFileAttachmentAsync method?

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You can't - Outlook is not aware of your changes. Try to add a dummy attachment through the Office API, and then have your server replace it. – Dmitry Streblechenko
@THpubs, by "reloading Outlook" do you mean "refreshing the browser window"? If that is the case, then this means you are using Outlook on the web? – Outlook Add-ins Team - MSFT
@OutlookAdd-insTeam-MSFTYes I'm using Outlook on the web. Did not try in the desktop yet. – THpubs
@DmitryStreblechenko Thanks but, how to replace the attachment from the server? – THpubs
@OutlookAdd-insTeam-MSFT Any help? – THpubs

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In OfficeJS, currently there is no way to refresh Outlook UI form with the latest data from exchange server.

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