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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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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:
$oHttp.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 
$oHtFolderMap = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Hashtable")
$oSbMap = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
$oHtFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb($oSbMap)

; Get the ID for the "/Inbox" folder:
Local $sFolderId = $oHtFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox")
If ($oHtFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Folder ID not found" & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$bSuccess = True
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.EmitCompact = False

; Search for unread emails in this folder from support@chilkatsoft.com 
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("folder_id",$sFolderId)
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("select","id,subject")
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("filter","(isRead eq false) and (from/emailAddress/address eq 'support@chilkatsoft.com')")

$oSbResponse = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",$oSbResponse)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oJson.LoadSb($oSbResponse)
; Show the results..
ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

If ($oJson.SizeOfArray("value") = 0) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Empty result set." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; 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.

Local $sExistingMsgId = $oJson.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"
; 	}

$oJsonRequestBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJsonRequestBody.UpdateString("comment","This is a comment")

$oHttp.SetUrlVar("message_id",$sExistingMsgId)

; Create the reply in the Drafts folder:
$oResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/createReply",$oJsonRequestBody,"application/json",$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; A 201 response indicates success.
If ($oResp.StatusCode = 201) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Created reply draft." & @CRLF)
    $bSuccess = True
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Response status code = " & $oResp.StatusCode & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to create reply draft." & @CRLF)
    $bSuccess = False
EndIf

; Show the response in both cases..
$oJsonResponse = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
$oJsonResponse.Load($oResp.BodyStr)
ConsoleWrite($oJsonResponse.Emit() & @CRLF)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    Exit
EndIf

; ----------------------------------------------
; Get the message id of the newly created reply.
Local $sReplyMsgId = $oJsonResponse.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"
; 	}

$oJsonPatch = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJsonPatch.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.
$oSbHtml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oJsonResponse.StringOfSb("body.content",$oSbHtml)
; Insert the response HTML in the reply HTML body.
Local $iNumReplaced = $oSbHtml.ReplaceBetween("<body bgcolor=""#FFFFFF"">","<hr ",@CRLF,"<p>This is my response.</p>")
If ($iNumReplaced <> 1) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Something is amiss!" & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oJsonPatch.UpdateString("body.content",$oSbHtml.GetAsString())

; Add additional CC, BCC, or TO recipients like this:
Local $iNumToRecipients = $oJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("toRecipients")
Local $i = 0
; Copy existing TO recipients.
While $i < $iNumToRecipients
    $oJsonPatch.I = $i
    $oJsonResponse.I = $i
    $oJsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name",$oJsonResponse.StringOf("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name"))
    $oJsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address",$oJsonResponse.StringOf("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address"))
    $i = $i + 1
Wend
; Add an additional TO recipient.
$oJsonPatch.I = $iNumToRecipients
$oJsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name","Chilkat")
$oJsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")

Local $iNumCcRecipients = $oJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("ccRecipients")
$i = 0
; Copy existing CC recipients.
While $i < $iNumCcRecipients
    $oJsonPatch.I = $i
    $oJsonResponse.I = $i
    $oJsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name",$oJsonResponse.StringOf("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name"))
    $oJsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address",$oJsonResponse.StringOf("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address"))
    $i = $i + 1
Wend
; Add an additional CC recipient.
$oJsonPatch.I = $iNumCcRecipients
$oJsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name","Chilkat GMail")
$oJsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")

$oJsonPatch.EmitCompact = False
ConsoleWrite($oJsonPatch.Emit() & @CRLF)

$oHttp.SetUrlVar("message_id",$sReplyMsgId)
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpJson("PATCH","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}",$oJsonPatch,"application/json",$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; A 200 response indicates success.
If ($oResp.StatusCode = 200) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Patched the reply draft." & @CRLF)
    $bSuccess = True
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Response status code = " & $oResp.StatusCode & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to patch the reply draft." & @CRLF)
    $bSuccess = False
EndIf

; Show the response in both cases..
$oJsonResponse.Load($oResp.BodyStr)
ConsoleWrite($oJsonResponse.Emit() & @CRLF)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    Exit
EndIf

; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; 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
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpStr("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/send","","","",$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; A 202 response indicates success.
If ($oResp.StatusCode = 202) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Sent the email reply." & @CRLF)
    ; If the status code was 202, there is no response body.
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Response status code = " & $oResp.StatusCode & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to send the email reply." & @CRLF)
    $oJsonResponse.Load($oResp.BodyStr)
    ConsoleWrite($oJsonResponse.Emit() & @CRLF)
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Finished." & @CRLF)

; -----------------------------------------------------------------------
; 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": [
; 	  ]
; 	}