Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+
Xbase++
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
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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL oHtFolderMap
LOCAL oSbMap
LOCAL cSrcFolderId
LOCAL cDstFolderId
LOCAL oJsonRequestBody
LOCAL oResp
LOCAL oJsonResponse
nSuccess := 0
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
// Use your previously obtained access token here:
oHttp:AuthToken := "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
oHtFolderMap := CreateObject("Chilkat.Hashtable")
oSbMap := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbMap:LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml", "utf-8")
oHtFolderMap:AddFromXmlSb(oSbMap)
// Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
cSrcFolderId := oHtFolderMap:LookupStr("/Inbox/abc/subFolderA")
IF (oHtFolderMap:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
? "Folder ID not found"
oHttp:destroy()
oHtFolderMap:destroy()
oSbMap:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
cDstFolderId := oHtFolderMap:LookupStr("/Inbox/xyz")
IF (oHtFolderMap:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
? "Destination folder ID not found"
oHttp:destroy()
oHtFolderMap:destroy()
oSbMap:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
// Create a JSON request body with this content:
//
// {
// "DestinationId": "destinationId-value"
// }
oJsonRequestBody := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJsonRequestBody:UpdateString("DestinationId", cDstFolderId)
oHttp:SetUrlVar("src_folder_id", cSrcFolderId)
// Copy the source folder to the new location
oResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpJson("POST", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy", oJsonRequestBody, "application/json", oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
? oHttp:LastErrorText
oHttp:destroy()
oHtFolderMap:destroy()
oSbMap:destroy()
oJsonRequestBody:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
// A 201 response indicates success.
IF (oResp:StatusCode == 201)
? "Folder copied."
ELSE
? "Response status code = " + Str(oResp:StatusCode)
? "Error: Folder not copied."
ENDIF
// Show the response in both cases..
oJsonResponse := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJsonResponse:EmitCompact := 0
oJsonResponse:Load(oResp:BodyStr)
? oJsonResponse:Emit()
// A sample successful JSON response looks like this:
// {
// "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#mailFolder",
// "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailFolder",
// "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMAAAAA=",
// "displayName": "subFolderA",
// "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwEAAAA=",
// "childFolderCount": 1,
// "unreadItemCount": 0,
// "totalItemCount": 0
// }
oHttp:destroy()
oHtFolderMap:destroy()
oSbMap:destroy()
oJsonRequestBody:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
oJsonResponse:destroy()