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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

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
oleobject loo_HtFolderMap
oleobject loo_SbMap
string ls_SrcFolderId
string ls_DstFolderId
oleobject loo_JsonRequestBody
oleobject loo_Resp
oleobject loo_JsonResponse

li_Success = 0

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// Use your previously obtained access token here:
loo_Http.AuthToken = "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 
loo_HtFolderMap = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_HtFolderMap.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Hashtable")

loo_SbMap = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbMap.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_SbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
loo_HtFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(loo_SbMap)

// Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
ls_SrcFolderId = loo_HtFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc/subFolderA")
if loo_HtFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Folder ID not found"
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_HtFolderMap
    destroy loo_SbMap
    return
end if

ls_DstFolderId = loo_HtFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/xyz")
if loo_HtFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Destination folder ID not found"
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_HtFolderMap
    destroy loo_SbMap
    return
end if

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

loo_JsonRequestBody = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_JsonRequestBody.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_JsonRequestBody.UpdateString("DestinationId",ls_DstFolderId)

loo_Http.SetUrlVar("src_folder_id",ls_SrcFolderId)

// Copy the source folder to the new location
loo_Resp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Resp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy",loo_JsonRequestBody,"application/json",loo_Resp)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_HtFolderMap
    destroy loo_SbMap
    destroy loo_JsonRequestBody
    destroy loo_Resp
    return
end if

// A 201 response indicates success.
if loo_Resp.StatusCode = 201 then
    Write-Debug "Folder copied."
else
    Write-Debug "Response status code = " + string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)
    Write-Debug "Error: Folder not copied."
end if

// Show the response in both cases..
loo_JsonResponse = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_JsonResponse.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_JsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0
loo_JsonResponse.Load(loo_Resp.BodyStr)
Write-Debug loo_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
// 	}


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_HtFolderMap
destroy loo_SbMap
destroy loo_JsonRequestBody
destroy loo_Resp
destroy loo_JsonResponse