React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Outlook -- Create a Mail Folder

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Creates a new mail folder as a child of an existing mail folder. React Native

import { Hashtable, Http, HttpResponse, JsonObject, StringBuilder } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const http = new Http();

  // Use your previously obtained access token here:
  http.authToken = 'MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN';

  // This example will create a new mail folder as a child of /Inbox/abc

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

  let existingFolderId: string;
  try {
    existingFolderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr('/Inbox/abc');
  } catch {
    console.log('Folder ID not found');
    return;
  }

  // Create a JSON request body with this content:
  // 
  // 	{
  // 	  "displayName": "displayName-value",
  // 	}

  // This example will create /Inbox/abc/subFolderC
  const jsonRequestBody = new JsonObject();
  jsonRequestBody.updateString('displayName', 'subFolderC');

  http.setUrlVar('folder_id', existingFolderId);

  // Create the folder "subFolderC" at the specified location.
  const resp = new HttpResponse();
  try {
    await http.httpJsonAsync('POST', 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/childFolders', jsonRequestBody, 'application/json', resp);
  } catch {
    console.log(http.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // A 201 response indicates success.
  if (http.lastStatus === 201) {
    console.log('Folder created.');
  } else {
    console.log(`Response status code = ${resp.statusCode}`);
    console.log('Error: Folder not created.');
  }

  // Show the response in both cases..
  const jsonResponse = new JsonObject();
  jsonResponse.emitCompact = false;
  jsonResponse.load(resp.bodyStr);
  console.log(jsonResponse.emit());

  // A sample successful JSON response looks like this:

  // 	{
  // 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA%3D')/childFolders/$entity",
  // 	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMIAAAA=",
  // 	  "displayName": "subFolderC",
  // 	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
  // 	  "childFolderCount": 0,
  // 	  "unreadItemCount": 0,
  // 	  "totalItemCount": 0
  // 	}
}