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Outlook -- List Messages in a Specified Folder

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Demonstrates how to list the messages in a particular Outlook mailbox folder.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Hashtable;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        boolean success = false;

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

        Http http = new 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.setAuthToken("MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN");

        StringBuilder sbResponse = new StringBuilder();

        // Sends:  GET /users/{user_id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{folder_id}/messages
        // Note: It is also possible to use the literal string "me" for the current logged-on user.
        // For example: GET /me/mailFolders/{folder_id}/messages

        http.clearUrlVars();
        http.setUrlVar("userPrincipalName", "chilkatsoft@outlook.com");

        // In this example, we'd like to get the messages in the folder "/Inbox/abc",
        // 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)
        Hashtable htFolderMap = new Hashtable();
        StringBuilder sbMap = new StringBuilder();
        sbMap.loadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml", "utf-8");
        htFolderMap.addFromXmlSb(sbMap);

        // Get the ID for the "/Inbox/abc" folder:
        String folderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr("/Inbox/abc");
        if (folderId == null) {
            System.out.println("Folder ID not found");
            return;
        }

        http.setUrlVar("folder_id", folderId);

        // Send the request to list the messages.
        try {
            http.quickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages", sbResponse);
            success = true;
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            success = false;
        }
        if ((!success) && (http.getLastStatus() == 0)) {
            System.out.println(http.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
        json.loadSb(sbResponse);
        json.setEmitCompact(false);

        System.out.println("Status code = " + http.getLastStatus());
        if (http.getLastStatus() != 200) {
            System.out.println(json.emit());
            System.out.println("Failed.");
        }

        // In my test case, the raw JSON returned is shown below.
        // Iterate over the messages to get information about each..

        int i = 0;
        int numMessages = json.sizeOfArray("value");
        while (i < numMessages) {
            json.setI(i);

            // This is the id for the email message.
            // For REST API calls that require particular email message id, this is what should be used..
            String messageId = json.stringOf("value[i].id");
            System.out.println("id: " + messageId);

            System.out.println("From Name: " + json.stringOf("value[i].from.emailAddress.name"));
            System.out.println("From Addr: " + json.stringOf("value[i].from.emailAddress.address"));

            int numRecipients = json.sizeOfArray("value[i].toRecipients");
            int j = 0;
            while (j < numRecipients) {
                json.setJ(j);
                System.out.println("To Name: " + json.stringOf("value[i].toRecipients[j].emailAddress.name"));
                System.out.println("To Addr: " + json.stringOf("value[i].toRecipients[j].emailAddress.address"));
                j = j + 1;
            }

            System.out.println("Subject: " + json.stringOf("value[i].subject"));
            System.out.println("Has Attachments:" + json.boolOf("value[i].hasAttachments"));

            System.out.println("Body Content-Type:" + json.stringOf("value[i].body.contentType"));
            String bodyContent = json.stringOf("value[i].body.content");
            // ...

            System.out.println("----");

            i = i + 1;
        }

        // The output of the above loop:

        // id: AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAA==
        // From Name: Chilkat Software
        // From Addr: support@chilkatsoft.com
        // To Name: Chilkat Software
        // To Addr: chilkatsoft@outlook.com
        // Subject: email with attachments
        // Has Attachments:True
        // Body Content-Type:html
        // ----
        // id: AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2gAAAA==
        // From Name: Chilkat Software
        // From Addr: support@chilkatsoft.com
        // To Name: Chilkat Software
        // To Addr: chilkatsoft@outlook.com
        // To Name: admin@chilkat.io
        // To Addr: admin@chilkat.io
        // Subject: Re: Test HTML email with embedded images.
        // Has Attachments:False
        // Body Content-Type:html
        // ----
        // id: AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2QAAAA==
        // From Name: Chilkat Software
        // From Addr: support@chilkatsoft.com
        // To Name: chilkatsoft@outlook.com
        // To Addr: chilkatsoft@outlook.com
        // To Name: admin@chilkat.io
        // To Addr: admin@chilkat.io
        // Subject: Test HTML email with embedded images.
        // Has Attachments:False
        // Body Content-Type:html
        // ----

        // ------------------------------------------------------
        // This is the raw JSON response:

        // {
        //   "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('chilkatsoft%40outlook.com')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA%3D')/messages",
        //   "value": [
        //     {
        //       "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bb\"",
        //       "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAA==",
        //       "createdDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:27:40Z",
        //       "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:30:51Z",
        //       "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bb",
        //       "categories": [
        //       ],
        //       "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:27:41Z",
        //       "sentDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:27:12Z",
        //       "hasAttachments": true,
        //       "internetMessageId": "<9a65d233-0882-d346-f405-202a8b1a3acd@chilkatsoft.com>",
        //       "subject": "email with attachments",
        //       "bodyPreview": "This email has attachments...",
        //       "importance": "normal",
        //       "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
        //       "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQABQcNI8CG1xKpGjzxJTpoOE=",
        //       "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
        //       "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
        //       "isRead": true,
        //       "isDraft": false,
        //       "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
        //       "inferenceClassification": "focused",
        //       "body": {
        //         "contentType": "html",
        //         "content": "<html>...</html>\r\n"
        //       },
        //       "sender": {
        //         "emailAddress": {
        //           "name": "Chilkat Software",
        //           "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
        //         }
        //       },
        //       "from": {
        //         "emailAddress": {
        //           "name": "Chilkat Software",
        //           "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
        //         }
        //       },
        //       "toRecipients": [
        //         {
        //           "emailAddress": {
        //             "name": "Chilkat Software",
        //             "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
        //           }
        //         }
        //       ],
        //       "ccRecipients": [
        //       ],
        //       "bccRecipients": [
        //       ],
        //       "replyTo": [
        //       ]
        //     },
        //     {
        //       "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bZ\"",
        //       "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2gAAAA==",
        //       "createdDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:25:28Z",
        //       "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:25:44Z",
        //       "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bZ",
        //       "categories": [
        //       ],
        //       "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:25:28Z",
        //       "sentDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:25:10Z",
        //       "hasAttachments": false,
        //       "internetMessageId": "<707ff357-28ea-7ebd-9409-f46d752e871f@chilkatsoft.com>",
        //       "subject": "Re: Test HTML email with embedded images.",
        //       "bodyPreview": "My reply...",
        //       "importance": "normal",
        //       "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
        //       "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQACYVrc_6yptKn9tuOqBiUMQ=",
        //       "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
        //       "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
        //       "isRead": true,
        //       "isDraft": false,
        //       "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2gAAAA%3D%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=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">...</body>\r\n</html>\r\n"
        //       },
        //       "sender": {
        //         "emailAddress": {
        //           "name": "Chilkat Software",
        //
        //           "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
        //         }
        //       },
        //       "from": {
        //         "emailAddress": {
        //           "name": "Chilkat Software",
        //           "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
        //         }
        //       },
        //       "toRecipients": [
        //         {
        //           "emailAddress": {
        //             "name": "Chilkat Software",
        //             "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
        //           }
        //         },
        //         {
        //           "emailAddress": {
        //             "name": "admin@chilkat.io",
        //             "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
        //           }
        //         }
        //       ],
        //       "ccRecipients": [
        //         {
        //           "emailAddress": {
        //             "name": "Matt Smith",
        //             "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
        //           }
        //         }
        //       ],
        //       "bccRecipients": [
        //       ],
        //       "replyTo": [
        //       ]
        //     },
        //     {
        //       "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bY\"",
        //       "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2QAAAA==",
        //       "createdDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:22:23Z",
        //       "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:22:45Z",
        //       "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADBQ0bY",
        //       "categories": [
        //       ],
        //       "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:22:23Z",
        //       "sentDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:22:03Z",
        //       "hasAttachments": false,
        //       "internetMessageId": "<4da724c6-fa94-5516-81d5-9cdf152eddc5@chilkatsoft.com>",
        //       "subject": "Test HTML email with embedded images.",
        //       "bodyPreview": "This is a test email with images...",
        //       "importance": "normal",
        //       "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
        //       "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQACYVrc_6yptKn9tuOqBiUMQ=",
        //       "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
        //       "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
        //       "isRead": true,
        //       "isDraft": false,
        //       "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2QAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
        //       "inferenceClassification": "focused",
        //       "body": {
        //         "contentType": "html",
        //         "content": "<html>...</html>\r\n"
        //       },
        //       "sender": {
        //         "emailAddress": {
        //           "name": "Chilkat Software",
        //           "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
        //         }
        //       },
        //       "from": {
        //         "emailAddress": {
        //           "name": "Chilkat Software",
        //           "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
        //         }
        //       },
        //       "toRecipients": [
        //         {
        //           "emailAddress": {
        //             "name": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com",
        //             "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
        //           }
        //         },
        //         {
        //           "emailAddress": {
        //             "name": "admin@chilkat.io",
        //             "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
        //           }
        //         }
        //       ],
        //       "ccRecipients": [
        //         {
        //           "emailAddress": {
        //             "name": "Matt Smith",
        //             "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
        //           }
        //         }
        //       ],
        //       "bccRecipients": [
        //       ],
        //       "replyTo": [
        //       ]
        //     }
        //   ]
        //
        // }
    }
}