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Outlook -- Move Messages from One Folder to Another

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Demonstrates how to move messages from one folder to another.

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Delphi DLL
var
success: Boolean;
http: HCkHttp;
htFolderMap: HCkHashtable;
sbMap: HCkStringBuilder;
srcFolderId: PWideChar;
dstFolderId: PWideChar;
json: HCkJsonObject;
sbResponse: HCkStringBuilder;
jsonRequestBody: HCkJsonObject;
jsonResponse: HCkJsonObject;
messageId: PWideChar;
i: Integer;
numEmails: Integer;
resp: HCkHttpResponse;

begin
success := False;

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

http := CkHttp_Create();

//  Use your previously obtained access token here:
CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,'MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN');

//  This example will move some messages from /Inbox to /Inbox/abc/subFolderB
//  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 := CkHashtable_Create();
sbMap := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkStringBuilder_LoadFile(sbMap,'qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml','utf-8');
CkHashtable_AddFromXmlSb(htFolderMap,sbMap);

//  Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
srcFolderId := CkHashtable__lookupStr(htFolderMap,'/Inbox');
if (CkHashtable_getLastMethodSuccess(htFolderMap) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Folder ID not found');
    Exit;
  end;
dstFolderId := CkHashtable__lookupStr(htFolderMap,'/Inbox/abc/subFolderB');
if (CkHashtable_getLastMethodSuccess(htFolderMap) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Folder ID not found');
    Exit;
  end;

success := True;
json := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(json,False);

//  Search for emails in this folder with the words "sample" or "example" in the subject, and return only the id and subject.
CkHttp_SetUrlVar(http,'folder_id',srcFolderId);
CkHttp_SetUrlVar(http,'select','id,subject');
CkHttp_SetUrlVar(http,'filter','contains(subject,''sample'') or contains(subject,''example'')');

sbResponse := CkStringBuilder_Create();
success := CkHttp_QuickGetSb(http,'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}',sbResponse);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Exit;
  end;

CkJsonObject_LoadSb(json,sbResponse);
//  Show the results..
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__emit(json));

//  Sample results:

//  	{
//  	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA')/messages(id,subject)",
//  	  "value": [
//  	    {
//  	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfr\"",
//  	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj10AAAA=",
//  	      "subject": "A sample email with Amazon in the body"
//  	    },
//  	    {
//  	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfo\"",
//  	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj1oAAAA=",
//  	      "subject": "This is an example email from chilkat.io"
//  	    }
//  	  ]
//  	}

//  ------------
//  Proceed to move (copy) each of the above emails to the destination folder.
jsonRequestBody := CkJsonObject_Create();
jsonResponse := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(jsonResponse,False);

i := 0;
numEmails := CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(json,'value');
while i < numEmails do
  begin
    CkJsonObject_putI(json,i);

    messageId := CkJsonObject__stringOf(json,'value[i].id');
    CkHttp_SetUrlVar(http,'message_id',messageId);

    //  Create a JSON request body with this content:
    //  
    //  		{
    //  		  "DestinationId": "destinationId-value"
    //  		}
    //  
    dstFolderId := CkHashtable__lookupStr(htFolderMap,'/Inbox/abc/subFolderB');
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(jsonRequestBody,'DestinationId',dstFolderId);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Moving ' + messageId);

    //  Move the message to the destination folder
    resp := CkHttpResponse_Create();
    success := CkHttp_HttpJson(http,'POST','https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/move',jsonRequestBody,'application/json',resp);
    if (success = False) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
        Exit;
      end;

    //  A 200 response indicates success.
    if (CkHttp_getLastStatus(http) = 200) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add('Message moved.');
      end
    else
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add('Response status code = ' + IntToStr(CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp)));
        Memo1.Lines.Add('Error: Message not moved.');
      end;

    //  Show the response in both cases..
    CkJsonObject_Load(jsonResponse,CkHttpResponse__bodyStr(resp));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__emit(jsonResponse));

    i := i + 1;
  end;

//  ---------------------------------------------------
//  Sample output:

//  Moving AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj2EAAAA=
//  Message moved.
//  {
//    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
//    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
//    "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08j\"",
//    "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk2wAAAA==",
//    "createdDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:35Z",
//    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-31T23:17:59Z",
//    "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08j",
//    "categories": [
//    ],
//    "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:35Z",
//    "sentDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:18Z",
//    "hasAttachments": false,
//    "internetMessageId": "<4aea73c1-2b29-f550-e6f1-eb22785a56f0@chilkatsoft.com>",
//    "subject": "A sample email with Amazon in the body",
//    "bodyPreview": "This email has the keyword Amazon in the body..",
//    "importance": "normal",
//    "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAAA=",
//    "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQADxkIFlCV-RFitsiVnh2MsI=",
//    "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
//    "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
//    "isRead": false,
//    "isDraft": false,
//    "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk2wAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
//    "inferenceClassification": "focused",
//    "body": {
//      "contentType": "html",
//      "content": "<html>...</html>\r\n"
//    },
//    "sender": {
//      "emailAddress": {
//        "name": "Chilkat Software",
//        "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
//      }
//    },
//    "from": {
//      "emailAddress": {
//        "name": "Chilkat Software",
//        "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
//      }
//    },
//    "toRecipients": [
//      {
//        "emailAddress": {
//          "name": "Chilkat Software",
//          "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
//        }
//      }
//    ],
//    "ccRecipients": [
//    ],
//    "bccRecipients": [
//    ],
//    "replyTo": [
//    ]
//  }
//  
//  Moving AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj2IAAAA=
//  Message moved.
//  {
//    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
//    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
//    "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08k\"",
//    "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk3AAAAA==",
//    "createdDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:07:18Z",
//    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-31T23:17:59Z",
//    "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08k",
//    "categories": [
//    ],
//    "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:07:18Z",
//    "sentDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:06:56Z",
//    "hasAttachments": false,
//    "internetMessageId": "<31fbbbce-2c70-c8d1-f0bd-35a7c7694a99@chilkat.io>",
//    "subject": "This is an example email from chilkat.io",
//    "bodyPreview": "This is an example email from chilkat.io",
//    "importance": "normal",
//    "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAAA=",
//    "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAEa8sL3gJ_FNjgk2YkP1eTQ=",
//    "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
//    "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
//    "isRead": true,
//    "isDraft": false,
//    "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk3AAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
//    "inferenceClassification": "focused",
//    "body": {
//      "contentType": "html",
//      "content": "<html>...</html>\r\n"
//    },
//    "sender": {
//      "emailAddress": {
//        "name": "Chilkat Software",
//        "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
//      }
//    },
//    "from": {
//      "emailAddress": {
//        "name": "Chilkat Software",
//        "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
//      }
//    },
//    "toRecipients": [
//      {
//        "emailAddress": {
//          "name": "Chilkat Software",
//          "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
//        }
//      }
//    ],
//    "ccRecipients": [
//    ],
//    "bccRecipients": [
//    ],
//    "replyTo": [
//    ]
//  }
//

CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkHashtable_Dispose(htFolderMap);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbMap);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponse);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonRequestBody);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonResponse);
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);