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Outlook Contacts Create a Contact

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Creates an Outlook Contact.

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#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkHttpW http;

    //  Use your previously obtained access token here: Get Outlook Contacts OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).

    CkJsonObjectW jsonToken;
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile(L"qa_data/tokens/outlookContacts.json");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",jsonToken.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    http.put_AuthToken(jsonToken.stringOf(L"access_token"));

    //  Send the following POST:

    //  POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts
    //  Content-type: application/json
    //  
    //  {
    //    "givenName": "Pavel",
    //    "surname": "Bansky",
    //    "emailAddresses": [
    //      {
    //        "address": "pavelb@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com",
    //        "name": "Pavel Bansky"
    //      }
    //    ],
    //    "businessPhones": [
    //      "+1 732 555 0102"
    //    ]
    //  }

    //  Build the JSON body of the POST.

    //  Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: 
    //  Generate Code to Create JSON

    CkJsonObjectW json;
    json.UpdateString(L"givenName",L"Pavel");
    json.UpdateString(L"surname",L"Bansky");
    json.UpdateString(L"emailAddresses[0].address",L"pavelb@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com");
    json.UpdateString(L"emailAddresses[0].name",L"Pavel Bansky");
    json.UpdateString(L"businessPhones[0]",L"+1 732 555 0102");

    //  Send the HTTP POST
    CkHttpResponseW resp;
    success = http.HttpJson(L"POST",L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts",json,L"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Response status code = %d\n",resp.get_StatusCode());

    CkJsonObjectW jResp;
    jResp.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",jResp.emit());

    //  The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 201) {
        wprintf(L"Failed\n");
        return;
    }

    //  Sample JSON response:

    //  {
    //    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('4ee732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6004')/contacts/$entity",
    //    "@odata.etag": "W/\"EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYfT\"",
    //    "id": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA=",
    //    "createdDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:32:05Z",
    //    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:32:06Z",
    //    "changeKey": "EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYfT",
    //    "categories": [
    //    ],
    //    "parentFolderId": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQAuAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FAQBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAAA=",
    //    "birthday": null,
    //    "fileAs": "",
    //    "displayName": "Pavel Bansky",
    //    "givenName": "Pavel",
    //    "initials": null,
    //    "middleName": null,
    //    "nickName": null,
    //    "surname": "Bansky",
    //    "title": null,
    //    "yomiGivenName": null,
    //    "yomiSurname": null,
    //    "yomiCompanyName": null,
    //    "generation": null,
    //    "imAddresses": [
    //    ],
    //    "jobTitle": null,
    //    "companyName": null,
    //    "department": null,
    //    "officeLocation": null,
    //    "profession": null,
    //    "businessHomePage": null,
    //    "assistantName": null,
    //    "manager": null,
    //    "homePhones": [
    //    ],
    //    "mobilePhone": null,
    //    "businessPhones": [
    //      "+1 732 555 0102"
    //    ],
    //    "spouseName": null,
    //    "personalNotes": "",
    //    "children": [
    //    ],
    //    "emailAddresses": [
    //      {
    //        "name": "Pavel Bansky",
    //        "address": "pavelb@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com"
    //      }
    //    ],
    //    "homeAddress": {},
    //    "businessAddress": {},
    //    "otherAddress": {}
    //  }

    wprintf(L"Contact created.\n");
    }