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Outlook -- Create Reply Email, Update, and Send
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Creates a reply email in the Drafts folder, updates the reply with information, and then sends the reply.Chilkat Dart Downloads
import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';
void main() {
var success = false;
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
final http = CkHttp();
// Use your previously obtained access token here:
http.authToken = 'MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN';
// This example will search /Inbox for a message that will be replied to.
// First we need to get the folder ID for /Inbox.
// Then we'll search for messages based on some criteria, and reply to the 1st matching message.
// To reply, we'll create the reply message in the Drafts folder, update it with content, and the send.
// Get the folder ID for /Inbox from the folder map created by this example
final htFolderMap = CkHashtable();
final sbMap = CkStringBuilder();
sbMap.loadFile('qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml', 'utf-8');
htFolderMap.addFromXmlSb(sbMap);
// Get the ID for the "/Inbox" folder:
final String folderId;
try {
folderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr('/Inbox');
} on ChilkatException {
print('Folder ID not found');
return;
}
success = true;
final json = CkJsonObject();
json.emitCompact = false;
// Search for unread emails in this folder from support@chilkatsoft.com
http.setUrlVar('folder_id', folderId);
http.setUrlVar('select', 'id,subject');
http.setUrlVar('filter', '(isRead eq false) and (from/emailAddress/address eq \'support@chilkatsoft.com\')');
final sbResponse = CkStringBuilder();
try {
http.quickGetSb('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{\$folder_id}/messages?\$filter={\$filter}&\$select={\$select}', sbResponse);
} on ChilkatException catch (e) {
print(e.lastErrorText);
return;
}
json.loadSb(sbResponse);
// Show the results..
print(json.emit());
if (json.sizeOfArray('value') == 0) {
print('Empty result set.');
return;
}
// Sample results:
// {
// "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA')/messages(id,subject)",
// "value": [
// {
// "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfq\"",
// "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj1wAAAA=",
// "subject": "This email contains a PDF attachment"
// },
// {
// "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfs\"",
// "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj14AAAA=",
// "subject": "This email has the word Amazon in the subject.."
// }
// ]
// }
// We'll create a reply for the 1st message in the result set.
// We'll need the message existing id.
final existingMsgId = json.stringOf('value[0].id');
// To create a reply, send a request such as the following:
// POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{id}/createReply
// Content-type: application/json
// Content-length: 248
//
// {
// "comment": "comment-value"
// }
final jsonRequestBody = CkJsonObject();
jsonRequestBody.updateString('comment', 'This is a comment');
http.setUrlVar('message_id', existingMsgId);
// Create the reply in the Drafts folder:
final resp = CkHttpResponse();
try {
http.httpJson('POST', 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{\$message_id}/createReply', jsonRequestBody, 'application/json', resp);
} on ChilkatException catch (e) {
print(e.lastErrorText);
return;
}
// A 201 response indicates success.
if (resp.statusCode == 201) {
print('Created reply draft.');
success = true;
} else {
print('Response status code = ${resp.statusCode}');
print('Failed to create reply draft.');
success = false;
}
// Show the response in both cases..
final jsonResponse = CkJsonObject();
jsonResponse.emitCompact = false;
jsonResponse.load(resp.bodyStr);
print(jsonResponse.emit());
if (!success) {
return;
}
// ----------------------------------------------
// Get the message id of the newly created reply.
final replyMsgId = jsonResponse.stringOf('id');
// Update the message with new text in the body..
// Send an HTTP PATCH request that looks something like this:
// Only send the message parts that are changing.
// PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{reply_message_id}
// Content-type: application/json
// Content-length: 248
//
// {
// "subject": "subject-value",
// "body": {
// "contentType": "html",
// "content": "updated HTML goes here"
// },
// "inferenceClassification": "other"
// }
final jsonPatch = CkJsonObject();
jsonPatch.updateString('body.contentType', 'html');
// The reply email that Outlook created will contain the original message under a horizontal rule.
// The body.content should contain this substring: "<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<hr "
// We're going to insert our reply after the body tag, and before the hr tag.
final sbHtml = CkStringBuilder();
jsonResponse.stringOfSb('body.content', sbHtml);
// Insert the response HTML in the reply HTML body.
final numReplaced = sbHtml.replaceBetween('<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">', '<hr ', '\r\n', '<p>This is my response.</p>');
if (numReplaced != 1) {
print('Something is amiss!');
return;
}
jsonPatch.updateString('body.content', sbHtml.getAsString());
// Add additional CC, BCC, or TO recipients like this:
final numToRecipients = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray('toRecipients');
var i = 0;
// Copy existing TO recipients.
while (i < numToRecipients) {
jsonPatch.i = i;
jsonResponse.i = i;
jsonPatch.updateString('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name', jsonResponse.stringOf('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name'));
jsonPatch.updateString('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address', jsonResponse.stringOf('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address'));
i++;
}
// Add an additional TO recipient.
jsonPatch.i = numToRecipients;
jsonPatch.updateString('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name', 'Chilkat');
jsonPatch.updateString('toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address', 'admin@chilkat.io');
final numCcRecipients = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray('ccRecipients');
i = 0;
// Copy existing CC recipients.
while (i < numCcRecipients) {
jsonPatch.i = i;
jsonResponse.i = i;
jsonPatch.updateString('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name', jsonResponse.stringOf('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name'));
jsonPatch.updateString('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address', jsonResponse.stringOf('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address'));
i++;
}
// Add an additional CC recipient.
jsonPatch.i = numCcRecipients;
jsonPatch.updateString('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name', 'Chilkat GMail');
jsonPatch.updateString('ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address', 'chilkat.support@gmail.com');
jsonPatch.emitCompact = false;
print(jsonPatch.emit());
http.setUrlVar('message_id', replyMsgId);
try {
http.httpJson('PATCH', 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{\$message_id}', jsonPatch, 'application/json', resp);
} on ChilkatException catch (e) {
print(e.lastErrorText);
return;
}
// A 200 response indicates success.
if (resp.statusCode == 200) {
print('Patched the reply draft.');
success = true;
} else {
print('Response status code = ${resp.statusCode}');
print('Failed to patch the reply draft.');
success = false;
}
// Show the response in both cases..
jsonResponse.load(resp.bodyStr);
print(jsonResponse.emit());
if (!success) {
return;
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
// OK, let's send the reply email...
// To send, POST with an empty request body:
// POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{id}/send
try {
http.httpStr('POST', 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{\$message_id}/send', '', '', '', resp);
} on ChilkatException catch (e) {
print(e.lastErrorText);
return;
}
// A 202 response indicates success.
if (resp.statusCode == 202) {
print('Sent the email reply.');
// If the status code was 202, there is no response body.
} else {
print('Response status code = ${resp.statusCode}');
print('Failed to send the email reply.');
jsonResponse.load(resp.bodyStr);
print(jsonResponse.emit());
}
print('Finished.');
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// A sample successful JSON response for the createReply looks like this:
// {
// "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
// "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
// "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwR4\"",
// "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM-lQbAAAAA=",
// "createdDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwR4",
// "categories": [
// ],
// "receivedDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// "sentDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// "hasAttachments": false,
// "internetMessageId": "<SN1PR20MB0461AF40FC899A8462536F04E6F60@SN1PR20MB0461.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>",
// "subject": "RE: This email contains a PDF attachment",
// "bodyPreview": "________________________________\r\nFrom: Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com>\r\nSent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 10:58:56 PM\r\nTo: chilkatsoft@outlook.com\r\nSubject: This email contains a PDF attachment\r\n\r\nThis email contains a PDF attachment\r\n--\r\nBest Regar",
// "importance": "normal",
// "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA",
// "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAMMaWY-CWmVOqNKt-NiVhkU=",
// "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": false,
// "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
// "isRead": true,
// "isDraft": true,
// "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM%2FlQbAAAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
// "inferenceClassification": "focused",
// "body": {
// "contentType": "html",
// "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<hr tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:inline-block; width:98%\"> ... </html>\r\n"
// },
// "sender": {
// "emailAddress": {
// "name": "Matt Smith",
// "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// }
// },
// "from": {
// "emailAddress": {
// "name": "Matt Smith",
// "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// }
// },
// "toRecipients": [
// {
// "emailAddress": {
// "name": "Chilkat Software",
// "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
// }
// }
// ],
// "ccRecipients": [
// ],
// "bccRecipients": [
// ],
// "replyTo": [
// ]
// }
//
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// A sample successful PATCH JSON response looks like this:
// {
// "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('admin%40chilkat.io')/messages/$entity",
// "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwSA\"",
// "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM-lQbMAAAA=",
// "createdDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:14Z",
// "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:17Z",
// "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwSA",
// "categories": [
// ],
// "receivedDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:15Z",
// "sentDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:15Z",
// "hasAttachments": false,
// "internetMessageId": "<SN1PR20MB046138C4A26051200764FE38E6F60@SN1PR20MB0461.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>",
// "subject": "RE: This email has the word Amazon in the subject..",
// "bodyPreview": "This is my response.\r\n\r\n________________________________\r\nFrom: Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com>\r\nSent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:40:01 PM\r\nTo: Chilkat Software\r\nSubject: This email has the word Amazon in the subject..\r\n\r\nThis email has the word ",
// "importance": "normal",
// "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA",
// "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAE64PfPP1n1IhU4YasnNN0Q=",
// "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": false,
// "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
// "isRead": true,
// "isDraft": true,
// "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM%2FlQbMAAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
// "inferenceClassification": "focused",
// "body": {
// "contentType": "html",
// "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<p>This is my response.</p>\r\n<hr tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:inline-block; width:98%\">\r\n<div id=\"divRplyFwdMsg\" dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Calibri, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" style=\"font-size:11pt\"><b>From:</b> Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com><br>\r\n<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:40:01 PM<br>\r\n<b>To:</b> Chilkat Software<br>\r\n<b>Subject:</b> This email has the word Amazon in the subject..</font>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div><font face=\"Calibri\">This email has the word Amazon in the subject..</font><br>\r\n<div class=\"moz-signature\">-- <br>\r\nBest Regards,<br>\r\nMatt Smith<br>\r\nChilkat Software, Inc.<br>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/chilkatsoft\">Follow Chilkat on Twitter</a> </p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</body>\r\n</html>\r\n"
// },
// "sender": {
// "emailAddress": {
// "name": "Matt Smith",
// "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// }
// },
// "from": {
// "emailAddress": {
// "name": "Matt Smith",
// "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// }
// },
// "toRecipients": [
// {
// "emailAddress": {
// "name": "Chilkat Software",
// "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
// }
// }
// ],
// "ccRecipients": [
// ],
// "bccRecipients": [
// ],
// "replyTo": [
// ]
// }
}