Lua Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68+

Outlook -- Delete Folder

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Deletes an email folder.

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

Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local success = false

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

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

-- Use your previously obtained access token here:
http.auth_token = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"

-- This example will delete the folder /Inbox/abc/subFolderC

-- Get the existing folder ID from the folder map created by this example
local htFolderMap = chilkat.Hashtable.new()
local sbMap = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
sbMap:load_file("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml", "utf-8")
htFolderMap:add_from_xml_sb(sbMap)

local existingFolderId = htFolderMap:lookup_str("/Inbox/abc/subFolderC")
if not htFolderMap.last_method_success then
    print("Folder ID not found")
    return
end

http:set_url_var("folder_id", existingFolderId)

local resp = http:quick_delete_str("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}")
if not http.last_method_success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- A 204 response (with no response body) indicates success.
if http.last_status == 204 then
    print("Folder deleted.")
else
    print("Folder not deleted.")
    print(resp)
end