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

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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

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#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkHashtableW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpW http;
    HCkHashtableW htFolderMap;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbMap;
    const wchar_t *srcFolderId;
    const wchar_t *dstFolderId;
    HCkJsonObjectW jsonRequestBody;
    HCkHttpResponseW resp;
    HCkJsonObjectW jsonResponse;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    // Use your previously obtained access token here:
    CkHttpW_putAuthToken(http,L"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 
    htFolderMap = CkHashtableW_Create();
    sbMap = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkStringBuilderW_LoadFile(sbMap,L"qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml",L"utf-8");
    CkHashtableW_AddFromXmlSb(htFolderMap,sbMap);

    // Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
    srcFolderId = CkHashtableW_lookupStr(htFolderMap,L"/Inbox/abc/subFolderA");
    if (CkHashtableW_getLastMethodSuccess(htFolderMap) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"Folder ID not found\n");
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHashtableW_Dispose(htFolderMap);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbMap);
        return;
    }

    dstFolderId = CkHashtableW_lookupStr(htFolderMap,L"/Inbox/xyz");
    if (CkHashtableW_getLastMethodSuccess(htFolderMap) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"Destination folder ID not found\n");
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHashtableW_Dispose(htFolderMap);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbMap);
        return;
    }

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

    jsonRequestBody = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(jsonRequestBody,L"DestinationId",dstFolderId);

    CkHttpW_SetUrlVar(http,L"src_folder_id",srcFolderId);

    // Copy the source folder to the new location
    resp = CkHttpResponseW_Create();
    success = CkHttpW_HttpJson(http,L"POST",L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy",jsonRequestBody,L"application/json",resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHashtableW_Dispose(htFolderMap);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbMap);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonRequestBody);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    // A 201 response indicates success.
    if (CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp) == 201) {
        wprintf(L"Folder copied.\n");
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"Response status code = %d\n",CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp));
        wprintf(L"Error: Folder not copied.\n");
    }

    // Show the response in both cases..
    jsonResponse = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(jsonResponse,FALSE);
    CkJsonObjectW_Load(jsonResponse,CkHttpResponseW_bodyStr(resp));
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(jsonResponse));

    // 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
    // 	}


    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkHashtableW_Dispose(htFolderMap);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbMap);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonRequestBody);
    CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonResponse);

    }