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Outlook -- Delete Email

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Demonstrates how to delete email using the Microsoft Graph API.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.

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

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")

;  Use your previously obtained access token here:
$oHttp.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"

;  This example will search /Inbox for a message we want to delete.
;  First we need to get the folder ID for /Inbox.
;  Then we'll search for messages based on some criteria, and delete the matching messages.

;  Get the folder ID for /Inbox from the folder map created by this example 
$oHtFolderMap = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Hashtable")
$oSbMap = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
$oHtFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb($oSbMap)

;  Get the ID for the "/Inbox" folder:
Local $sFolderId = $oHtFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox")
If ($oHtFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Folder ID not found" & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$bSuccess = True
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.EmitCompact = False

;  Search for emails in this folder with the phrase "Amazon SES" in the subject, and return only the id and subject.
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("folder_id",$sFolderId)
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("select","id,subject")
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("filter","contains(subject,'Amazon SES')")

$oSbResponse = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",$oSbResponse)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oJson.LoadSb($oSbResponse)
;  Show the results..
ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

;  Sample results:

;  	{
;  	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA')/messages(id,subject)",
;  	  "value": [
;  	    {
;  	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAA1jyl6\"",
;  	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAADLHd_AAAAA=",
;  	      "subject": "Amazon SES Address Verification Request in region US West (Oregon)"
;  	    },
;  	    {
;  	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAA1jyl7\"",
;  	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAADLHd_EAAAA=",
;  	      "subject": "Amazon SES Address Verification Request in region US West (Oregon)"
;  	    }
;  	  ]
;  	}
;  

;  ------------
;  Proceed to delete each of the above emails...
Local $sResp
Local $sMessageId
Local $i = 0
Local $iNumEmails = $oJson.SizeOfArray("value")
While $i < $iNumEmails
    $oJson.I = $i

    $sMessageId = $oJson.StringOf("value[i].id")
    $oHttp.SetUrlVar("message_id",$sMessageId)
    ConsoleWrite("Deleting " & $sMessageId & @CRLF)
    $sResp = $oHttp.QuickDeleteStr("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}")
    If ($oHttp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
        ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
        Exit
    EndIf

    ;  A 204 response indicates success.
    If ($oHttp.LastStatus = 204) Then
        ConsoleWrite("Message deleted." & @CRLF)
    Else
        ConsoleWrite("Message not deleted." & @CRLF)
        ConsoleWrite($sResp & @CRLF)
    EndIf

    $i = $i + 1
Wend

;  Sample output:

;  Deleting AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAADLHd_AAAAA=
;  Message deleted.
;  Deleting AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAADLHd_EAAAA=
;  Message deleted.
;