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Outlook -- Create Reply Email, Update, and Send

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Creates a reply email in the Drafts folder, updates the reply with information, and then sends the reply.

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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 search /Inbox for a message that will be replied to.
'  First we need to get the folder ID for /Inbox.
'  Then we'll search for messages based on some criteria, and reply to the 1st matching message.
'  To reply, we'll create the reply message in the Drafts folder, update it with content, and the send.

'  Get the folder ID for /Inbox 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)

'  Get the ID for the "/Inbox" folder:
folderId = htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox")
If (htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Folder ID not found") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = 1
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
json.EmitCompact = 0

'  Search for unread emails in this folder from support@chilkatsoft.com 
success = http.SetUrlVar("folder_id",folderId)
success = http.SetUrlVar("select","id,subject")
success = http.SetUrlVar("filter","(isRead eq false) and (from/emailAddress/address eq 'support@chilkatsoft.com')")

set sbResponse = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",sbResponse)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = json.LoadSb(sbResponse)
'  Show the results..
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"

If (json.SizeOfArray("value") = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Empty result set.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Sample results:

'  {
'    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA')/messages(id,subject)",
'    "value": [
'      {
'        "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfq\"",
'        "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj1wAAAA=",
'        "subject": "This email contains a PDF attachment"
'      },
'      {
'        "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfs\"",
'        "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj14AAAA=",
'        "subject": "This email has the word Amazon in the subject.."
'      }
'    ]
'  }

'  We'll create a reply for the 1st message in the result set.
'  We'll need the message existing id.

existingMsgId = json.StringOf("value[0].id")

'  To create a reply, send a request such as the following:

'  	POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{id}/createReply
'  	Content-type: application/json
'  	Content-length: 248
'  
'  	{
'  	  "comment": "comment-value"
'  	}

set jsonRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("comment","This is a comment")

success = http.SetUrlVar("message_id",existingMsgId)

'  Create the reply in the Drafts folder:
set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/createReply",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 (resp.StatusCode = 201) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Created reply draft.") & "</pre>"
    success = 1
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response status code = " & resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed to create reply draft.") & "</pre>"
    success = 0
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>"
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.End
End If

'  ----------------------------------------------
'  Get the message id of the newly created reply.
replyMsgId = jsonResponse.StringOf("id")

'  Update the message with new text in the body..
'  Send an HTTP PATCH request that looks something like this:
'  Only send the message parts that are changing.

'  	PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{reply_message_id}
'  	Content-type: application/json
'  	Content-length: 248
'  
'  	{
'  	  "subject": "subject-value",
'  	  "body": {
'  	    "contentType": "html",
'  	    "content": "updated HTML goes here"
'  	  },
'  	  "inferenceClassification": "other"
'  	}

set jsonPatch = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("body.contentType","html")

'  The reply email that Outlook created will contain the original message under a horizontal rule.
'  The body.content should contain this substring:  "<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<hr "
'  We're going to insert our reply after the body tag, and before the hr tag.
set sbHtml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = jsonResponse.StringOfSb("body.content",sbHtml)
'  Insert the response HTML in the reply HTML body.
numReplaced = sbHtml.ReplaceBetween("<body bgcolor=""#FFFFFF"">","<hr ",vbCrLf,"<p>This is my response.</p>")
If (numReplaced <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Something is amiss!") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("body.content",sbHtml.GetAsString())

'  Add additional CC, BCC, or TO recipients like this:
numToRecipients = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("toRecipients")
i = 0
'  Copy existing TO recipients.
Do While i < numToRecipients
    jsonPatch.I = i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name",jsonResponse.StringOf("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name"))
    success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address",jsonResponse.StringOf("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address"))
    i = i + 1
Loop
'  Add an additional TO recipient.
jsonPatch.I = numToRecipients
success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name","Chilkat")
success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")

numCcRecipients = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("ccRecipients")
i = 0
'  Copy existing CC recipients.
Do While i < numCcRecipients
    jsonPatch.I = i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name",jsonResponse.StringOf("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name"))
    success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address",jsonResponse.StringOf("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address"))
    i = i + 1
Loop
'  Add an additional CC recipient.
jsonPatch.I = numCcRecipients
success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name","Chilkat GMail")
success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")

jsonPatch.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jsonPatch.Emit()) & "</pre>"

success = http.SetUrlVar("message_id",replyMsgId)
success = http.HttpJson("PATCH","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}",jsonPatch,"application/json",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  A 200 response indicates success.
If (resp.StatusCode = 200) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Patched the reply draft.") & "</pre>"
    success = 1
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response status code = " & resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed to patch the reply draft.") & "</pre>"
    success = 0
End If

'  Show the response in both cases..
success = jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jsonResponse.Emit()) & "</pre>"
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.End
End If

'  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
'  OK, let's send the reply email...
'  To send, POST with an empty request body:
'  POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{id}/send
success = http.HttpStr("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/send","","","",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  A 202 response indicates success.
If (resp.StatusCode = 202) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Sent the email reply.") & "</pre>"
    '  If the status code was 202, there is no response body.
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response status code = " & resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed to send the email reply.") & "</pre>"
    success = jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jsonResponse.Emit()) & "</pre>"
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Finished.") & "</pre>"

'  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
'  A sample successful JSON response for the createReply looks like this:

'  	{
'  	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
'  	  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
'  	  "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwR4\"",
'  	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM-lQbAAAAA=",
'  	  "createdDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
'  	  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
'  	  "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwR4",
'  	  "categories": [
'  	  ],
'  	  "receivedDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
'  	  "sentDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
'  	  "hasAttachments": false,
'  	  "internetMessageId": "<SN1PR20MB0461AF40FC899A8462536F04E6F60@SN1PR20MB0461.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>",
'  	  "subject": "RE: This email contains a PDF attachment",
'  	  "bodyPreview": "________________________________\r\nFrom: Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com>\r\nSent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 10:58:56 PM\r\nTo: chilkatsoft@outlook.com\r\nSubject: This email contains a PDF attachment\r\n\r\nThis email contains a PDF attachment\r\n--\r\nBest Regar",
'  	  "importance": "normal",
'  	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA",
'  	  "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAMMaWY-CWmVOqNKt-NiVhkU=",
'  	  "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": false,
'  	  "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
'  	  "isRead": true,
'  	  "isDraft": true,
'  	  "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM%2FlQbAAAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
'  	  "inferenceClassification": "focused",
'  	  "body": {
'  	    "contentType": "html",
'  	    "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<hr tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:inline-block; width:98%\"> ... </html>\r\n"
'  	  },
'  	  "sender": {
'  	    "emailAddress": {
'  	      "name": "Matt Smith",
'  	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
'  	    }
'  	  },
'  	  "from": {
'  	    "emailAddress": {
'  	      "name": "Matt Smith",
'  	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
'  	    }
'  	  },
'  	  "toRecipients": [
'  	    {
'  	      "emailAddress": {
'  	        "name": "Chilkat Software",
'  	        "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
'  	      }
'  	    }
'  	  ],
'  	  "ccRecipients": [
'  	  ],
'  	  "bccRecipients": [
'  	  ],
'  	  "replyTo": [
'  	  ]
'  	}
'  

'  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
'  A sample successful PATCH JSON response looks like this:

'  	{
'  	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('admin%40chilkat.io')/messages/$entity",
'  	  "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwSA\"",
'  	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM-lQbMAAAA=",
'  	  "createdDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:14Z",
'  	  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:17Z",
'  	  "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwSA",
'  	  "categories": [
'  	  ],
'  	  "receivedDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:15Z",
'  	  "sentDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:15Z",
'  	  "hasAttachments": false,
'  	  "internetMessageId": "<SN1PR20MB046138C4A26051200764FE38E6F60@SN1PR20MB0461.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>",
'  	  "subject": "RE: This email has the word Amazon in the subject..",
'  	  "bodyPreview": "This is my response.\r\n\r\n________________________________\r\nFrom: Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com>\r\nSent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:40:01 PM\r\nTo: Chilkat Software\r\nSubject: This email has the word Amazon in the subject..\r\n\r\nThis email has the word ",
'  	  "importance": "normal",
'  	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA",
'  	  "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAE64PfPP1n1IhU4YasnNN0Q=",
'  	  "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": false,
'  	  "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
'  	  "isRead": true,
'  	  "isDraft": true,
'  	  "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM%2FlQbMAAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
'  	  "inferenceClassification": "focused",
'  	  "body": {
'  	    "contentType": "html",
'  	    "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<p>This is my response.</p>\r\n<hr tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:inline-block; width:98%\">\r\n<div id=\"divRplyFwdMsg\" dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Calibri, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" style=\"font-size:11pt\"><b>From:</b> Chilkat Software &lt;support@chilkatsoft.com&gt;<br>\r\n<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:40:01 PM<br>\r\n<b>To:</b> Chilkat Software<br>\r\n<b>Subject:</b> This email has the word Amazon in the subject..</font>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div><font face=\"Calibri\">This email has the word Amazon in the subject..</font><br>\r\n<div class=\"moz-signature\">-- <br>\r\nBest Regards,<br>\r\nMatt Smith<br>\r\nChilkat Software, Inc.<br>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/chilkatsoft\">Follow Chilkat on Twitter</a> </p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</body>\r\n</html>\r\n"
'  	  },
'  	  "sender": {
'  	    "emailAddress": {
'  	      "name": "Matt Smith",
'  	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
'  	    }
'  	  },
'  	  "from": {
'  	    "emailAddress": {
'  	      "name": "Matt Smith",
'  	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
'  	    }
'  	  },
'  	  "toRecipients": [
'  	    {
'  	      "emailAddress": {
'  	        "name": "Chilkat Software",
'  	        "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
'  	      }
'  	    }
'  	  ],
'  	  "ccRecipients": [
'  	  ],
'  	  "bccRecipients": [
'  	  ],
'  	  "replyTo": [
'  	  ]
'  	}

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