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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 lnSuccess
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL loHtFolderMap
LOCAL loSbMap
LOCAL lcFolderId
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loSbResponse
LOCAL lcResp
LOCAL lcMessageId
LOCAL i
LOCAL lnNumEmails

lnSuccess = 0

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

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

*  Use your previously obtained access token here:
loHttp.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 
loHtFolderMap = CreateObject('Chilkat.Hashtable')
loSbMap = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loSbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
loHtFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(loSbMap)

*  Get the ID for the "/Inbox" folder:
lcFolderId = loHtFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox")
IF (loHtFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? "Folder ID not found"
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loHtFolderMap
    RELEASE loSbMap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnSuccess = 1
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.EmitCompact = 0

*  Search for emails in this folder with the phrase "Amazon SES" in the subject, and return only the id and subject.
loHttp.SetUrlVar("folder_id",lcFolderId)
loHttp.SetUrlVar("select","id,subject")
loHttp.SetUrlVar("filter","contains(subject,'Amazon SES')")

loSbResponse = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
lnSuccess = loHttp.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",loSbResponse)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loHtFolderMap
    RELEASE loSbMap
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loSbResponse
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loJson.LoadSb(loSbResponse)
*  Show the results..
? loJson.Emit()

*  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...

i = 0
lnNumEmails = loJson.SizeOfArray("value")
DO WHILE i < lnNumEmails
    loJson.I = i

    lcMessageId = loJson.StringOf("value[i].id")
    loHttp.SetUrlVar("message_id",lcMessageId)
    ? "Deleting " + lcMessageId
    lcResp = loHttp.QuickDeleteStr("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}")
    IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
        ? loHttp.LastErrorText
        RELEASE loHttp
        RELEASE loHtFolderMap
        RELEASE loSbMap
        RELEASE loJson
        RELEASE loSbResponse
        CANCEL
    ENDIF

    *  A 204 response indicates success.
    IF (loHttp.LastStatus = 204) THEN
        ? "Message deleted."
    ELSE
        ? "Message not deleted."
        ? lcResp
    ENDIF

    i = i + 1
ENDDO

*  Sample output:

*  Deleting AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAADLHd_AAAAA=
*  Message deleted.
*  Deleting AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAADLHd_EAAAA=
*  Message deleted.
*

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loHtFolderMap
RELEASE loSbMap
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbResponse