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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)