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Unicode C++
Outlook -- Search Messages in a Particular Folder
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Demonstrates search the messages in a particular Outlook mailbox folder.This uses the OData $filter and $search system query options. See OData System Query Options for general information.
Also see OData URL Conventions for information about $filter, $search and other query options.
This example demonstrates the following searches:
- Find emails from a particular email address.
- Find emails where the subject contains a particular word or phrase.
- Using an "AND" expression.
- Find emails received in the last 24 hours.
- Find emails received in October 2016
- Find unread emails
- Find emails containing a particular phrase in the body.
- Free-text search of a keyword or phrase.
- Free-text search of an email address.
This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com
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#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkHashtableW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkDateTimeW.h>
#include <CkDtObjW.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:
// 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).
http.put_AuthToken(L"MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN");
CkStringBuilderW sbResponse;
// In this example, we'd like to get the messages in the folder "/Inbox",
// but we must specify the corresponding folder_id. The best way to do this is to create
// a local map of folderPaths-to-folderIds.
// This example does it: Create Outlook Folder Map)
CkHashtableW htFolderMap;
CkStringBuilderW sbMap;
sbMap.LoadFile(L"qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml",L"utf-8");
htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap);
// Get the ID for the "/Inbox" folder:
const wchar_t *folderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr(L"/Inbox");
if (htFolderMap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
wprintf(L"Folder ID not found\n");
return;
}
success = true;
CkJsonObjectW json;
json.put_EmitCompact(false);
http.SetUrlVar(L"folder_id",folderId);
http.SetUrlVar(L"select",L"subject,from");
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Only return emails from "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
http.SetUrlVar(L"filter",L"from/emailAddress/address eq 'chilkat.support@gmail.com'");
// To return the full content of each email, omit the "&select=..." part of the URL.
success = http.QuickGetSb(L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",sbResponse);
if ((success != true) && (http.get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
return;
}
json.LoadSb(sbResponse);
wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Only return emails where the subject contains "Amazon"
http.SetUrlVar(L"filter",L"contains(subject,'Amazon')");
success = http.QuickGetSb(L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",sbResponse);
if ((success != true) && (http.get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
return;
}
json.LoadSb(sbResponse);
wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Only return emails where the subject starts with "this email" and the from address is support@chilkatsoft.com
// (the startswith function is case insensitive)
http.SetUrlVar(L"filter",L"startswith(subject,'this email') and (from/emailAddress/address eq 'support@chilkatsoft.com')");
success = http.QuickGetSb(L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",sbResponse);
if ((success != true) && (http.get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
return;
}
json.LoadSb(sbResponse);
wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Only return emails received within the last 24 hours
CkStringBuilderW sbExpression;
sbExpression.Append(L"receivedDateTime ge ");
CkDateTimeW dt;
dt.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
dt.AddDays(-1);
sbExpression.Append(dt.getAsTimestamp(false));
http.SetUrlVar(L"filter",sbExpression.getAsString());
success = http.QuickGetSb(L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",sbResponse);
if ((success != true) && (http.get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
return;
}
json.LoadSb(sbResponse);
wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Only return emails received in October 2016
CkDtObjW dtObj;
dtObj.put_Year(2016);
dtObj.put_Month(10);
dtObj.put_Day(1);
dtObj.put_Utc(true);
dt.SetFromDtObj(dtObj);
sbExpression.Clear();
sbExpression.Append(L"(receivedDateTime ge ");
sbExpression.Append(dt.getAsTimestamp(false));
sbExpression.Append(L") and (receivedDateTime lt ");
dtObj.put_Month(11);
dt.SetFromDtObj(dtObj);
sbExpression.Append(dt.getAsTimestamp(false));
sbExpression.Append(L")");
// This is the expression we just built: (receivedDateTime ge 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z) and (receivedDateTime lt 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z)
wprintf(L"%s\n",sbExpression.getAsString());
http.SetUrlVar(L"filter",sbExpression.getAsString());
success = http.QuickGetSb(L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",sbResponse);
if ((success != true) && (http.get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
return;
}
json.LoadSb(sbResponse);
wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Return unread emails
http.SetUrlVar(L"filter",L"isRead eq false");
// success = http.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",sbResponse);
if ((success != true) && (http.get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
return;
}
json.LoadSb(sbResponse);
wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Return emails with a plain-text or HTML body containing the phrase "Outlook 365"
http.SetUrlVar(L"filter",L"contains(body/content,'Outlook 365')");
success = http.QuickGetSb(L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",sbResponse);
if ((success != true) && (http.get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
return;
}
json.LoadSb(sbResponse);
wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Use the $search query option instead of $filter.
// $search is a free-text search over whatever fields the server deems appropriate, such as in the subject,
// body, address fields, etc.
// Search for the word Amazon
http.SetUrlVar(L"search",L"Amazon");
success = http.QuickGetSb(L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$search={$search}&$select={$select}",sbResponse);
if ((success != true) && (http.get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
return;
}
json.LoadSb(sbResponse);
wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Search for chilkatsoft.com
// Some chars, such as the "." make it necessary to enclose the search expression in double-quotes.
http.SetUrlVar(L"search",L"\"chilkatsoft.com\"");
success = http.QuickGetSb(L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$search={$search}&$select={$select}",sbResponse);
if ((success != true) && (http.get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
return;
}
json.LoadSb(sbResponse);
wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());
}