Unicode C++

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

Unicode C++

#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkHashtableW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.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:
    http.put_AuthToken(L"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 
    CkHashtableW htFolderMap;
    CkStringBuilderW sbMap;
    sbMap.LoadFile(L"qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml",L"utf-8");
    htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap);

    // Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
    const wchar_t *srcFolderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr(L"/Inbox/abc/subFolderA");
    if (htFolderMap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        wprintf(L"Folder ID not found\n");
        return;
    }

    const wchar_t *dstFolderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr(L"/Inbox/xyz");
    if (htFolderMap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        wprintf(L"Destination folder ID not found\n");
        return;
    }

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

    CkJsonObjectW jsonRequestBody;
    jsonRequestBody.UpdateString(L"DestinationId",dstFolderId);

    http.SetUrlVar(L"src_folder_id",srcFolderId);

    // Copy the source folder to the new location
    CkHttpResponseW resp;
    success = http.HttpJson(L"POST",L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy",jsonRequestBody,L"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // A 201 response indicates success.
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() == 201) {
        wprintf(L"Folder copied.\n");
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"Response status code = %d\n",resp.get_StatusCode());
        wprintf(L"Error: Folder not copied.\n");
    }

    // Show the response in both cases..
    CkJsonObjectW jsonResponse;
    jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false);
    jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    wprintf(L"%s\n",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
    // 	}
    }