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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
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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
oleobject loo_SbResponse
string ls_MessageId
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_SbSavePath
oleobject loo_AttachData
oleobject loo_LastMod
oleobject loo_Fac
integer i
integer li_NumMessages
integer li_SizeInBytes
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:
// 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).
loo_Http.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"
loo_SbResponse = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbResponse.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
// 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
loo_Http.ClearUrlVars()
loo_Http.SetUrlVar("userPrincipalName","chilkatsoft@outlook.com")
// Assume we already have a message ID from previously listing the messages in a folder
ls_MessageId = "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAACnwqJUAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAACnwrnOAAA="
loo_Http.SetUrlVar("message_id",ls_MessageId)
// Send the request to download the attachments.
li_Success = loo_Http.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$userPrincipalName}/messages/{$message_id}/attachments",loo_SbResponse)
if (li_Success <> 1) AND (loo_Http.LastStatus = 0) then
Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_SbResponse
return
end if
// The attachment data is contained within the JSON response.
loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
loo_Json.LoadSb(loo_SbResponse)
loo_Json.EmitCompact = 0
Write-Debug "Status code = " + string(loo_Http.LastStatus)
if loo_Http.LastStatus <> 200 then
Write-Debug loo_Json.Emit()
Write-Debug "Failed."
end if
// 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=="
// }
// ]
// }
loo_SbSavePath = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbSavePath.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
loo_AttachData = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_AttachData.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.BinData")
loo_LastMod = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_LastMod.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
loo_Fac = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Fac.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
i = 0
li_NumMessages = loo_Json.SizeOfArray("value")
do while i < li_NumMessages
loo_Json.I = i
Write-Debug "name: " + loo_Json.StringOf("value[i].name")
Write-Debug "contentType: " + loo_Json.StringOf("value[i].contentType")
li_SizeInBytes = loo_Json.IntOf("value[i].size")
Write-Debug "size: " + string(li_SizeInBytes)
// Extract the data and save to a file.
loo_SbSavePath.SetString("qa_output/")
loo_SbSavePath.Append(loo_Json.StringOf("value[i].name"))
loo_AttachData.Clear()
loo_AttachData.AppendEncoded(loo_Json.StringOf("value[i].contentBytes"),"base64")
loo_AttachData.WriteFile(loo_SbSavePath.GetAsString())
// Get the last-modified date/time and set the output file's last-mod date/time..
loo_LastMod.SetFromTimestamp(loo_Json.StringOf("value[i].lastModifiedDateTime"))
loo_Fac.SetLastModified(loo_SbSavePath.GetAsString(),loo_LastMod)
Write-Debug "----"
i = i + 1
loop
// The output of the above loop is:
//
// name: fishing.pdf
// contentType: application/pdf
// size: 295680
// ----
// name: testCert.cer
// contentType: application/octet-stream
// size: 1674
// ----
//
destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_SbResponse
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_SbSavePath
destroy loo_AttachData
destroy loo_LastMod
destroy loo_Fac