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Outlook -- Move Messages from One Folder to Another

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Demonstrates how to move messages from one folder to another.

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

let http = chilkat::Http::new();

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

// This example will move some messages from /Inbox to /Inbox/abc/subFolderB
// We'll need the folder ids for both source and destination folders..

// Get the folder IDs from the folder map created by this example 
let ht_folder_map = chilkat::Hashtable::new();
let sb_map = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
let _ = sb_map.load_file("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml", "utf-8");
let _ = ht_folder_map.add_from_xml_sb(&sb_map);

// Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
let Ok(src_folder_id) = ht_folder_map.lookup_str("/Inbox") else {
    println!("Folder ID not found");
    return;
};

let Ok(mut dst_folder_id) = ht_folder_map.lookup_str("/Inbox/abc/subFolderB") else {
    println!("Folder ID not found");
    return;
};

let _ = true;
let json = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
json.set_emit_compact(false);

// Search for emails in this folder with the words "sample" or "example" in the subject, and return only the id and subject.
let _ = http.set_url_var("folder_id", &src_folder_id);
let _ = http.set_url_var("select", "id,subject");
let _ = http.set_url_var("filter", "contains(subject,'sample') or contains(subject,'example')");

let sb_response = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
if http.quick_get_sb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}", &sb_response).is_err() {
    println!("{}", http.last_error_text());
    return;
}

let _ = json.load_sb(&sb_response);
// Show the results..
println!("{}", json.emit().unwrap_or_default());

// Sample results:

// 	{
// 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA')/messages(id,subject)",
// 	  "value": [
// 	    {
// 	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfr\"",
// 	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj10AAAA=",
// 	      "subject": "A sample email with Amazon in the body"
// 	    },
// 	    {
// 	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfo\"",
// 	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj1oAAAA=",
// 	      "subject": "This is an example email from chilkat.io"
// 	    }
// 	  ]
// 	}

// ------------
// Proceed to move (copy) each of the above emails to the destination folder.
let json_request_body = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let json_response = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
json_response.set_emit_compact(false);

let mut message_id = String::new();
let mut i = 0;
let num_emails = json.size_of_array("value");
while i < num_emails {
    json.set_i(i);

    message_id = json.string_of("value[i].id").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = http.set_url_var("message_id", &message_id);

    // Create a JSON request body with this content:
    // 
    // 		{
    // 		  "DestinationId": "destinationId-value"
    // 		}
    // 
    dst_folder_id = ht_folder_map.lookup_str("/Inbox/abc/subFolderB").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json_request_body.update_string("DestinationId", &dst_folder_id);
    println!("Moving {}", message_id);

    // Move the message to the destination folder
    let resp = chilkat::HttpResponse::new();
    if http.http_json("POST", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/move", &json_request_body, "application/json", &resp).is_err() {
        println!("{}", http.last_error_text());
        return;
    }

    // A 200 response indicates success.
    if http.last_status() == 200 {
        println!("Message moved.");
    } else {
        println!("Response status code = {}", resp.status_code());
        println!("Error: Message not moved.");
    }

    // Show the response in both cases..
    let _ = json_response.load(&resp.body_str());
    println!("{}", json_response.emit().unwrap_or_default());

    i = i + 1;
}

// ---------------------------------------------------
// Sample output:

// Moving AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj2EAAAA=
// Message moved.
// {
//   "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
//   "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
//   "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08j\"",
//   "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk2wAAAA==",
//   "createdDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:35Z",
//   "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-31T23:17:59Z",
//   "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08j",
//   "categories": [
//   ],
//   "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:35Z",
//   "sentDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:18Z",
//   "hasAttachments": false,
//   "internetMessageId": "<4aea73c1-2b29-f550-e6f1-eb22785a56f0@chilkatsoft.com>",
//   "subject": "A sample email with Amazon in the body",
//   "bodyPreview": "This email has the keyword Amazon in the body..",
//   "importance": "normal",
//   "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAAA=",
//   "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQADxkIFlCV-RFitsiVnh2MsI=",
//   "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
//   "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
//   "isRead": false,
//   "isDraft": false,
//   "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk2wAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
//   "inferenceClassification": "focused",
//   "body": {
//     "contentType": "html",
//     "content": "<html>...</html>\r\n"
//   },
//   "sender": {
//     "emailAddress": {
//       "name": "Chilkat Software",
//       "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
//     }
//   },
//   "from": {
//     "emailAddress": {
//       "name": "Chilkat Software",
//       "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
//     }
//   },
//   "toRecipients": [
//     {
//       "emailAddress": {
//         "name": "Chilkat Software",
//         "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
//       }
//     }
//   ],
//   "ccRecipients": [
//   ],
//   "bccRecipients": [
//   ],
//   "replyTo": [
//   ]
// }
// 
// Moving AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj2IAAAA=
// Message moved.
// {
//   "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
//   "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
//   "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08k\"",
//   "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk3AAAAA==",
//   "createdDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:07:18Z",
//   "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-31T23:17:59Z",
//   "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08k",
//   "categories": [
//   ],
//   "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:07:18Z",
//   "sentDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:06:56Z",
//   "hasAttachments": false,
//   "internetMessageId": "<31fbbbce-2c70-c8d1-f0bd-35a7c7694a99@chilkat.io>",
//   "subject": "This is an example email from chilkat.io",
//   "bodyPreview": "This is an example email from chilkat.io",
//   "importance": "normal",
//   "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAAA=",
//   "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAEa8sL3gJ_FNjgk2YkP1eTQ=",
//   "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
//   "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
//   "isRead": true,
//   "isDraft": false,
//   "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk3AAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
//   "inferenceClassification": "focused",
//   "body": {
//     "contentType": "html",
//     "content": "<html>...</html>\r\n"
//   },
//   "sender": {
//     "emailAddress": {
//       "name": "Chilkat Software",
//       "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
//     }
//   },
//   "from": {
//     "emailAddress": {
//       "name": "Chilkat Software",
//       "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
//     }
//   },
//   "toRecipients": [
//     {
//       "emailAddress": {
//         "name": "Chilkat Software",
//         "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
//       }
//     }
//   ],
//   "ccRecipients": [
//   ],
//   "bccRecipients": [
//   ],
//   "replyTo": [
//   ]
// }
//