Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Outlook -- Copy Mail Folder and Contents to another Mail Folder

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Copy a mailfolder and its contents to another mailfolder.

This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com

Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Hashtable;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Http http = new Http();

        // Use your previously obtained access token here:
        http.setAuthToken("MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN");

        // This example will copy /Inbox/abc/subFolderA and its contents to /Inbox/xyz
        // We'll need the folder ids for both source and destination folders..

        // Get the folder IDs from the folder map created by this example
        Hashtable htFolderMap = new Hashtable();
        StringBuilder sbMap = new StringBuilder();
        sbMap.loadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml", "utf-8");
        htFolderMap.addFromXmlSb(sbMap);

        // Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
        String srcFolderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr("/Inbox/abc/subFolderA");
        if (srcFolderId == null) {
            System.out.println("Folder ID not found");
            return;
        }

        String dstFolderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr("/Inbox/xyz");
        if (dstFolderId == null) {
            System.out.println("Destination folder ID not found");
            return;
        }

        // Create a JSON request body with this content:
        //
        //         {
        //           "DestinationId": "destinationId-value"
        //         }

        JsonObject jsonRequestBody = new JsonObject();
        jsonRequestBody.updateString("DestinationId", dstFolderId);

        http.setUrlVar("src_folder_id", srcFolderId);

        // Copy the source folder to the new location
        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpJson("POST", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy", jsonRequestBody, "application/json", resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // A 201 response indicates success.
        if (resp.getStatusCode() == 201) {
            System.out.println("Folder copied.");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Response status code = " + resp.getStatusCode());
            System.out.println("Error: Folder not copied.");
        }

        // Show the response in both cases..
        JsonObject jsonResponse = new JsonObject();
        jsonResponse.setEmitCompact(false);
        jsonResponse.load(resp.getBodyStr());
        System.out.println(jsonResponse.emit());

        // A sample successful JSON response looks like this:

        //     {
        //       "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#mailFolder",
        //       "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailFolder",
        //       "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMAAAAA=",
        //       "displayName": "subFolderA",
        //       "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwEAAAA=",
        //       "childFolderCount": 1,
        //       "unreadItemCount": 0,
        //       "totalItemCount": 0
        //     }
    }
}