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Outlook -- List Messages in a Specified Folder

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Demonstrates how to list the messages in a particular Outlook mailbox folder.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 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 loSbResponse
LOCAL loHtFolderMap
LOCAL loSbMap
LOCAL lcFolderId
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL i
LOCAL lnNumMessages
LOCAL lcMessageId
LOCAL lnNumRecipients
LOCAL j
LOCAL lcBodyContent

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:
*  See the following examples for getting an access token:
*     Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
*     Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
*     Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
*     Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).

loHttp.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"

loSbResponse = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')

*  Sends:  GET /users/{user_id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{folder_id}/messages
*  Note: It is also possible to use the literal string "me" for the current logged-on user.
*  For example: GET /me/mailFolders/{folder_id}/messages

loHttp.ClearUrlVars()
loHttp.SetUrlVar("userPrincipalName","chilkatsoft@outlook.com")

*  In this example, we'd like to get the messages in the folder "/Inbox/abc",
*  but we must specify the corresponding folder_id.  The best way to do this is to create
*  a local map of folderPaths-to-folderIds.
*  This example does it:  Create Outlook Folder Map)
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/abc" folder:
lcFolderId = loHtFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc")
IF (loHtFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? "Folder ID not found"
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loSbResponse
    RELEASE loHtFolderMap
    RELEASE loSbMap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loHttp.SetUrlVar("folder_id",lcFolderId)

*  Send the request to list the messages.
lnSuccess = loHttp.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages",loSbResponse)
IF ((lnSuccess <> 1) AND (loHttp.LastStatus = 0)) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loSbResponse
    RELEASE loHtFolderMap
    RELEASE loSbMap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.LoadSb(loSbResponse)
loJson.EmitCompact = 0

? "Status code = " + STR(loHttp.LastStatus)
IF (loHttp.LastStatus <> 200) THEN
    ? loJson.Emit()
    ? "Failed."
ENDIF

*  In my test case, the raw JSON returned is shown below.
*  Iterate over the messages to get information about each..

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

    *  This is the id for the email message.
    *  For REST API calls that require particular email message id, this is what should be used..
    lcMessageId = loJson.StringOf("value[i].id")
    ? "id: " + lcMessageId

    ? "From Name: " + loJson.StringOf("value[i].from.emailAddress.name")
    ? "From Addr: " + loJson.StringOf("value[i].from.emailAddress.address")

    lnNumRecipients = loJson.SizeOfArray("value[i].toRecipients")
    j = 0
    DO WHILE j < lnNumRecipients
        loJson.J = j
        ? "To Name: " + loJson.StringOf("value[i].toRecipients[j].emailAddress.name")
        ? "To Addr: " + loJson.StringOf("value[i].toRecipients[j].emailAddress.address")
        j = j + 1
    ENDDO

    ? "Subject: " + loJson.StringOf("value[i].subject")
    ? "Has Attachments:" + STR(loJson.BoolOf("value[i].hasAttachments"))

    ? "Body Content-Type:" + loJson.StringOf("value[i].body.contentType")
    lcBodyContent = loJson.StringOf("value[i].body.content")
    *  ...

    ? "----"

    i = i + 1
ENDDO

*  The output of the above loop:

*  id: AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAA==
*  From Name: Chilkat Software
*  From Addr: support@chilkatsoft.com
*  To Name: Chilkat Software
*  To Addr: chilkatsoft@outlook.com
*  Subject: email with attachments
*  Has Attachments:True
*  Body Content-Type:html
*  ----
*  id: AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2gAAAA==
*  From Name: Chilkat Software
*  From Addr: support@chilkatsoft.com
*  To Name: Chilkat Software
*  To Addr: chilkatsoft@outlook.com
*  To Name: admin@chilkat.io
*  To Addr: admin@chilkat.io
*  Subject: Re: Test HTML email with embedded images.
*  Has Attachments:False
*  Body Content-Type:html
*  ----
*  id: AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2QAAAA==
*  From Name: Chilkat Software
*  From Addr: support@chilkatsoft.com
*  To Name: chilkatsoft@outlook.com
*  To Addr: chilkatsoft@outlook.com
*  To Name: admin@chilkat.io
*  To Addr: admin@chilkat.io
*  Subject: Test HTML email with embedded images.
*  Has Attachments:False
*  Body Content-Type:html
*  ----

*  ------------------------------------------------------
*  This is the raw JSON response:

*  {
*    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('chilkatsoft%40outlook.com')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA%3D')/messages",
*    "value": [
*      {
*        "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bb\"",
*        "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAA==",
*        "createdDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:27:40Z",
*        "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:30:51Z",
*        "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bb",
*        "categories": [
*        ],
*        "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:27:41Z",
*        "sentDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:27:12Z",
*        "hasAttachments": true,
*        "internetMessageId": "<9a65d233-0882-d346-f405-202a8b1a3acd@chilkatsoft.com>",
*        "subject": "email with attachments",
*        "bodyPreview": "This email has attachments...",
*        "importance": "normal",
*        "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
*        "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQABQcNI8CG1xKpGjzxJTpoOE=",
*        "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
*        "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
*        "isRead": true,
*        "isDraft": false,
*        "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAA%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": [
*        ]
*      },
*      {
*        "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bZ\"",
*        "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2gAAAA==",
*        "createdDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:25:28Z",
*        "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:25:44Z",
*        "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bZ",
*        "categories": [
*        ],
*        "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:25:28Z",
*        "sentDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:25:10Z",
*        "hasAttachments": false,
*        "internetMessageId": "<707ff357-28ea-7ebd-9409-f46d752e871f@chilkatsoft.com>",
*        "subject": "Re: Test HTML email with embedded images.",
*        "bodyPreview": "My reply...",
*        "importance": "normal",
*        "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
*        "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQACYVrc_6yptKn9tuOqBiUMQ=",
*        "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
*        "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
*        "isRead": true,
*        "isDraft": false,
*        "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2gAAAA%3D%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=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">...</body>\r\n</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"
*            }
*          },
*          {
*            "emailAddress": {
*              "name": "admin@chilkat.io",
*              "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
*            }
*          }
*        ],
*        "ccRecipients": [
*          {
*            "emailAddress": {
*              "name": "Matt Smith",
*              "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
*            }
*          }
*        ],
*        "bccRecipients": [
*        ],
*        "replyTo": [
*        ]
*      },
*      {
*        "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bY\"",
*        "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2QAAAA==",
*        "createdDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:22:23Z",
*        "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:22:45Z",
*        "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bY",
*        "categories": [
*        ],
*        "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:22:23Z",
*        "sentDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:22:03Z",
*        "hasAttachments": false,
*        "internetMessageId": "<4da724c6-fa94-5516-81d5-9cdf152eddc5@chilkatsoft.com>",
*        "subject": "Test HTML email with embedded images.",
*        "bodyPreview": "This is a test email with images...",
*        "importance": "normal",
*        "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
*        "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQACYVrc_6yptKn9tuOqBiUMQ=",
*        "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
*        "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
*        "isRead": true,
*        "isDraft": false,
*        "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2QAAAA%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": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com",
*              "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
*            }
*          },
*          {
*            "emailAddress": {
*              "name": "admin@chilkat.io",
*              "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
*            }
*          }
*        ],
*        "ccRecipients": [
*          {
*            "emailAddress": {
*              "name": "Matt Smith",
*              "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
*            }
*          }
*        ],
*        "bccRecipients": [
*        ],
*        "replyTo": [
*        ]
*      }
*    ]
*  
*  }

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loSbResponse
RELEASE loHtFolderMap
RELEASE loSbMap
RELEASE loJson