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Outlook -- Create a Mail Folder

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Creates a new mail folder as a child of an existing mail folder.

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<%
success = 0

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

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

'  Use your previously obtained access token here:
http.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"

'  This example will create a new mail folder as a child of /Inbox/abc

'  Get the existing folder ID from the folder map created by this example 
set htFolderMap = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Hashtable")
set sbMap = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
success = htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap)

existingFolderId = htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc")
If (htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Folder ID not found") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Create a JSON request body with this content:
'  
'  	{
'  	  "displayName": "displayName-value",
'  	}

'  This example will create /Inbox/abc/subFolderC
set jsonRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("displayName","subFolderC")

success = http.SetUrlVar("folder_id",existingFolderId)

'  Create the folder "subFolderC" at the specified location.
set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/childFolders",jsonRequestBody,"application/json",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  A 201 response indicates success.
If (http.LastStatus = 201) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Folder created.") & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response status code = " & resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Error: Folder not created.") & "</pre>"
End If

'  Show the response in both cases..
set jsonResponse = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0
success = jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jsonResponse.Emit()) & "</pre>"

'  A sample successful JSON response looks like this:

'  	{
'  	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA%3D')/childFolders/$entity",
'  	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMIAAAA=",
'  	  "displayName": "subFolderC",
'  	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
'  	  "childFolderCount": 0,
'  	  "unreadItemCount": 0,
'  	  "totalItemCount": 0
'  	}

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