B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Outlook -- Create a Mail Folder

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Creates a new mail folder as a child of an existing mail folder. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

'  Use your previously obtained access token here:
http.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"

'  This example will create a new mail folder as a child of /Inbox/abc

'  Get the existing folder ID from the folder map created by this example 
Dim htFolderMap As ChilkatHashtable
htFolderMap.Initialize
Dim sbMap As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbMap.Initialize
sbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml", "utf-8")
htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap)

Dim existingFolderId As String = htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc")
If htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> True Then
    Log("Folder ID not found")
    Return
End If

'  Create a JSON request body with this content:
'  
'  	{
'  	  "displayName": "displayName-value",
'  	}

'  This example will create /Inbox/abc/subFolderC
Dim jsonRequestBody As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonRequestBody.Initialize
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("displayName", "subFolderC")

http.SetUrlVar("folder_id", existingFolderId)

'  Create the folder "subFolderC" at the specified location.
Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
resp.Initialize
success = http.HttpJson("POST", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/childFolders", jsonRequestBody, "application/json", resp)
If success = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  A 201 response indicates success.
If http.LastStatus = 201 Then
    Log("Folder created.")
Else
    Log("Response status code = " & resp.StatusCode)
    Log("Error: Folder not created.")
End If


'  Show the response in both cases..
Dim jsonResponse As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonResponse.Initialize
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
Log(jsonResponse.Emit)

'  A sample successful JSON response looks like this:

'  	{
'  	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA%3D')/childFolders/$entity",
'  	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMIAAAA=",
'  	  "displayName": "subFolderC",
'  	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
'  	  "childFolderCount": 0,
'  	  "unreadItemCount": 0,
'  	  "totalItemCount": 0
'  	}