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Outlook -- Move Messages from One Folder to Another

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Demonstrates how to move messages from one folder to another.

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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 move some messages from /Inbox to /Inbox/abc/subFolderB
;  We'll need the folder ids for both source and destination folders..

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

Local $sDstFolderId = $oHtFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc/subFolderB")
If ($oHtFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Folder ID not found" & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

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

;  Search for emails in this folder with the words "sample" or "example" in the subject, and return only the id and subject.
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("folder_id",$srcFolderId)
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("select","id,subject")
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("filter","contains(subject,'sample') or contains(subject,'example')")

$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)

;  Sample results:

;  	{
;  	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA')/messages(id,subject)",
;  	  "value": [
;  	    {
;  	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfr\"",
;  	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj10AAAA=",
;  	      "subject": "A sample email with Amazon in the body"
;  	    },
;  	    {
;  	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfo\"",
;  	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj1oAAAA=",
;  	      "subject": "This is an example email from chilkat.io"
;  	    }
;  	  ]
;  	}

;  ------------
;  Proceed to move (copy) each of the above emails to the destination folder.
$oJsonRequestBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJsonResponse = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJsonResponse.EmitCompact = False

Local $sMessageId
Local $i = 0
Local $iNumEmails = $oJson.SizeOfArray("value")
While $i < $iNumEmails
    $oJson.I = $i

    $sMessageId = $oJson.StringOf("value[i].id")
    $oHttp.SetUrlVar("message_id",$sMessageId)

    ;  Create a JSON request body with this content:
    ;  
    ;  		{
    ;  		  "DestinationId": "destinationId-value"
    ;  		}
    ;  
    $sDstFolderId = $oHtFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc/subFolderB")
    $oJsonRequestBody.UpdateString("DestinationId",$sDstFolderId)
    ConsoleWrite("Moving " & $sMessageId & @CRLF)

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

    ;  A 200 response indicates success.
    If ($oHttp.LastStatus = 200) Then
        ConsoleWrite("Message moved." & @CRLF)
    Else
        ConsoleWrite("Response status code = " & $oResp.StatusCode & @CRLF)
        ConsoleWrite("Error: Message not moved." & @CRLF)
    EndIf

    ;  Show the response in both cases..
    $oJsonResponse.Load($oResp.BodyStr)
    ConsoleWrite($oJsonResponse.Emit() & @CRLF)

    $i = $i + 1
Wend

;  ---------------------------------------------------
;  Sample output:

;  Moving AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj2EAAAA=
;  Message moved.
;  {
;    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
;    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
;    "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08j\"",
;    "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk2wAAAA==",
;    "createdDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:35Z",
;    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-31T23:17:59Z",
;    "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08j",
;    "categories": [
;    ],
;    "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:35Z",
;    "sentDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:18Z",
;    "hasAttachments": false,
;    "internetMessageId": "<4aea73c1-2b29-f550-e6f1-eb22785a56f0@chilkatsoft.com>",
;    "subject": "A sample email with Amazon in the body",
;    "bodyPreview": "This email has the keyword Amazon in the body..",
;    "importance": "normal",
;    "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAAA=",
;    "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQADxkIFlCV-RFitsiVnh2MsI=",
;    "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
;    "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
;    "isRead": false,
;    "isDraft": false,
;    "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk2wAAAA%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": [
;    ]
;  }
;  
;  Moving AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj2IAAAA=
;  Message moved.
;  {
;    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
;    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
;    "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08k\"",
;    "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk3AAAAA==",
;    "createdDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:07:18Z",
;    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-31T23:17:59Z",
;    "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08k",
;    "categories": [
;    ],
;    "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:07:18Z",
;    "sentDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:06:56Z",
;    "hasAttachments": false,
;    "internetMessageId": "<31fbbbce-2c70-c8d1-f0bd-35a7c7694a99@chilkat.io>",
;    "subject": "This is an example email from chilkat.io",
;    "bodyPreview": "This is an example email from chilkat.io",
;    "importance": "normal",
;    "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAAA=",
;    "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAEa8sL3gJ_FNjgk2YkP1eTQ=",
;    "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
;    "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
;    "isRead": true,
;    "isDraft": false,
;    "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk3AAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
;    "inferenceClassification": "focused",
;    "body": {
;      "contentType": "html",
;      "content": "<html>...</html>\r\n"
;    },
;    "sender": {
;      "emailAddress": {
;        "name": "Chilkat Software",
;        "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
;      }
;    },
;    "from": {
;      "emailAddress": {
;        "name": "Chilkat Software",
;        "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
;      }
;    },
;    "toRecipients": [
;      {
;        "emailAddress": {
;          "name": "Chilkat Software",
;          "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
;        }
;      }
;    ],
;    "ccRecipients": [
;    ],
;    "bccRecipients": [
;    ],
;    "replyTo": [
;    ]
;  }
;