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Outlook Contacts Update (PATCH) a Contact

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Update the properties of an Outlook contact object.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")

;  Use your previously obtained access token here: Get Outlook Contacts OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).

$oJsonToken = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$bSuccess = $oJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/outlookContacts.json")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oJsonToken.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oHttp.AuthToken = $oJsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

;  Send the following PATCH:

;  PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts/{id}
;  Content-type: application/json
;  Content-length: 1977
;  
;  {
;    "homeAddress": {
;      "street": "123 Some street",
;      "city": "Seattle",
;      "state": "WA",
;      "postalCode": "98121"
;    },
;    "birthday": "1974-07-22"
;  }

;  Build the JSON body of the POST.

;  Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: 
;  Generate Code to Create JSON

$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.UpdateString("homeAddress.street","123 Some street")
$oJson.UpdateString("homeAddress.city","Seattle")
$oJson.UpdateString("homeAddress.state","WA")
$oJson.UpdateString("homeAddress.postalCode","98121")
$oJson.UpdateString("birthday","1974-07-22")

;  We need the ID of the contact to be updated.
;  This was available in the response when we created the contact:  Create an Outlook Contact.
;  Or you can list contacts to get the ID: List Outlook Contacts).

Local $sId = "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA="
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("id",$sId)

;  Send the HTTP PATCH
$oResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpJson("PATCH","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts/{$id}",$oJson,"application/json",$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Response status code = " & $oResp.StatusCode & @CRLF)

$oJResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJResp.Load($oResp.BodyStr)
$oJResp.EmitCompact = False
ConsoleWrite($oJResp.Emit() & @CRLF)

;  The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
If ($oResp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Failed" & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  Sample JSON response:

;  {
;    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('4ee732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6004')/contacts/$entity",
;    "@odata.etag": "W/\"EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYu5\"",
;    "id": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA=",
;    "createdDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:32:05Z",
;    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:57:39Z",
;    "changeKey": "EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYu5",
;    "categories": [
;    ],
;    "parentFolderId": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQAuAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FAQBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAAA=",
;    "birthday": "1974-07-22T11:59:00Z",
;    "fileAs": "",
;    "displayName": "Pavel Bansky",
;    "givenName": "Pavel",
;    "initials": null,
;    "middleName": null,
;    "nickName": null,
;    "surname": "Bansky",
;    "title": null,
;    "yomiGivenName": null,
;    "yomiSurname": null,
;    "yomiCompanyName": null,
;    "generation": null,
;    "imAddresses": [
;    ],
;    "jobTitle": null,
;    "companyName": null,
;    "department": null,
;    "officeLocation": null,
;    "profession": null,
;    "businessHomePage": null,
;    "assistantName": null,
;    "manager": null,
;    "homePhones": [
;    ],
;    "mobilePhone": null,
;    "businessPhones": [
;      "+1 732 555 0102"
;    ],
;    "spouseName": null,
;    "personalNotes": "",
;    "children": [
;    ],
;    "emailAddresses": [
;      {
;        "name": "Pavel Bansky",
;        "address": "pavelb@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com"
;      }
;    ],
;    "homeAddress": {
;      "street": "123 Some street",
;      "city": "Seattle",
;      "state": "WA",
;      "postalCode": "98121"
;    },
;    "businessAddress": {},
;    "otherAddress": {}
;  }

ConsoleWrite("Contact updated." & @CRLF)