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Outlook --Download Attachments for a Specific Message

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Demonstrates how to download the attachments for a particular email message.

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

Go

    success := false

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

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()

    // 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).

    http.SetAuthToken("MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN")

    sbResponse := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()

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

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

    // Assume we already have a message ID from previously listing the messages in a folder
    messageId := "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAACnwqJUAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAACnwrnOAAA="
    http.SetUrlVar("message_id",messageId)

    // Send the request to download the attachments.
    success = http.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$userPrincipalName}/messages/{$message_id}/attachments",sbResponse)
    if (success != true) && (http.LastStatus() == 0) {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        sbResponse.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    // The attachment data is contained within the JSON response.
    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    json.LoadSb(sbResponse)
    json.SetEmitCompact(false)

    fmt.Println("Status code = ", http.LastStatus())
    if http.LastStatus() != 200 {
        fmt.Println(*json.Emit())
        fmt.Println("Failed.")
    }

    // This is a sample JSON response.  The code for parsing and extracting/saving the attachments
    // is shown below.

    // 	{
    // 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('chilkatsoft%40outlook.com')/messages('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAA%3D%3D')/attachments",
    // 	  "value": [
    // 	    {
    // 	      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
    // 	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAAESABAAft6wtbaSJU6sgQLi98DI0Q==",
    // 	      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:30:51Z",
    // 	      "name": "fishing.pdf",
    // 	      "contentType": "application/pdf",
    // 	      "size": 295680,
    // 	      "isInline": false,
    // 	      "contentId": "F861B218BE380F44B16933097FDDACFC@namprd20.prod.outlook.com",
    // 	      "contentLocation": null,
    // 	      "contentBytes": "JVBERi0xLjMKJcfsj6 ... yZWYKMjk0MzY5CiUlRU9GCg=="
    // 	    },
    // 	    {
    // 	      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
    // 	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAAESABAAXS7qXQ-iRUCYXnhJpN8Ihg==",
    // 	      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:30:51Z",
    // 	      "name": "testCert.cer",
    // 	      "contentType": "application/octet-stream",
    // 	      "size": 1674,
    // 	      "isInline": false,
    // 	      "contentId": "5E51FA33EF0F8941ACC8260395CB1A33@namprd20.prod.outlook.com",
    // 	      "contentLocation": null,
    // 	      "contentBytes": "MIIFRjCCBC6gAwIBA ... 7pt3C5w=="
    // 	    }
    // 	  ]
    // 	}

    sbSavePath := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    attachData := chilkat.NewBinData()
    lastMod := chilkat.NewCkDateTime()
    fac := chilkat.NewFileAccess()

    i := 0
    numMessages := json.SizeOfArray("value")
    for i < numMessages {
        json.SetI(i)

        fmt.Println("name: ", *json.StringOf("value[i].name"))
        fmt.Println("contentType: ", *json.StringOf("value[i].contentType"))
        sizeInBytes := json.IntOf("value[i].size")
        fmt.Println("size: ", sizeInBytes)

        // Extract the data and save to a file.
        sbSavePath.SetString("qa_output/")
        sbSavePath.Append(*json.StringOf("value[i].name"))

        attachData.Clear()
        attachData.AppendEncoded(*json.StringOf("value[i].contentBytes"),"base64")
        attachData.WriteFile(*sbSavePath.GetAsString())

        // Get the last-modified date/time and set the output file's last-mod date/time..
        lastMod.SetFromTimestamp(*json.StringOf("value[i].lastModifiedDateTime"))
        fac.SetLastModified(*sbSavePath.GetAsString(),lastMod)

        fmt.Println("----")

        i = i + 1
    }

    // The output of the above loop is:
    // 
    // 	name: fishing.pdf
    // 	contentType: application/pdf
    // 	size: 295680
    // 	----
    // 	name: testCert.cer
    // 	contentType: application/octet-stream
    // 	size: 1674
    // 	----
    // 

    http.DisposeHttp()
    sbResponse.DisposeStringBuilder()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    sbSavePath.DisposeStringBuilder()
    attachData.DisposeBinData()
    lastMod.DisposeCkDateTime()
    fac.DisposeFileAccess()