Java

Outlook -- Copy Mail Folder and Contents to another Mail Folder

See more Outlook Examples

Copy a mailfolder and its contents to another mailfolder.

This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com

Java

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Use your previously obtained access token here:
    http.put_AuthToken("MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    // This example will copy /Inbox/abc/subFolderA and its contents to /Inbox/xyz
    // We'll need the folder ids for both source and destination folders..

    // Get the folder IDs from the folder map created by this example 
    CkHashtable htFolderMap = new CkHashtable();
    CkStringBuilder sbMap = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8");
    htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap);

    // Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
    String srcFolderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr("/Inbox/abc/subFolderA");
    if (htFolderMap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        System.out.println("Folder ID not found");
        return;
        }

    String dstFolderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr("/Inbox/xyz");
    if (htFolderMap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        System.out.println("Destination folder ID not found");
        return;
        }

    // Create a JSON request body with this content:
    // 
    // 		{
    // 		  "DestinationId": "destinationId-value"
    // 		}

    CkJsonObject jsonRequestBody = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("DestinationId",dstFolderId);

    http.SetUrlVar("src_folder_id",srcFolderId);

    // Copy the source folder to the new location
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy",jsonRequestBody,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // A 201 response indicates success.
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() == 201) {
        System.out.println("Folder copied.");
        }
    else {
        System.out.println("Response status code = " + resp.get_StatusCode());
        System.out.println("Error: Folder not copied.");
        }

    // Show the response in both cases..
    CkJsonObject jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false);
    jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    System.out.println(jsonResponse.emit());

    // A sample successful JSON response looks like this:

    // 	{
    // 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#mailFolder",
    // 	  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailFolder",
    // 	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMAAAAA=",
    // 	  "displayName": "subFolderA",
    // 	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwEAAAA=",
    // 	  "childFolderCount": 1,
    // 	  "unreadItemCount": 0,
    // 	  "totalItemCount": 0
    // 	}
  }
}