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Outlook -- Copy Mail Folder and Contents to another Mail Folder

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Copy a mailfolder and its contents to another mailfolder.

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

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C++
#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHashtable.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkHttp http;

    // Use your previously obtained access token here:
    http.put_AuthToken("MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    // This example will copy /Inbox/abc/subFolderA and its contents to /Inbox/xyz
    // We'll need the folder ids for both source and destination folders..

    // Get the folder IDs from the folder map created by this example 
    CkHashtable htFolderMap;
    CkStringBuilder sbMap;
    sbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8");
    htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap);

    // Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
    const char *srcFolderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr("/Inbox/abc/subFolderA");
    if (htFolderMap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        std::cout << "Folder ID not found" << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    const char *dstFolderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr("/Inbox/xyz");
    if (htFolderMap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        std::cout << "Destination folder ID not found" << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Create a JSON request body with this content:
    // 
    // 		{
    // 		  "DestinationId": "destinationId-value"
    // 		}

    CkJsonObject jsonRequestBody;
    jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("DestinationId",dstFolderId);

    http.SetUrlVar("src_folder_id",srcFolderId);

    // Copy the source folder to the new location
    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy",jsonRequestBody,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // A 201 response indicates success.
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() == 201) {
        std::cout << "Folder copied." << "\r\n";
    }
    else {
        std::cout << "Response status code = " << resp.get_StatusCode() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Error: Folder not copied." << "\r\n";
    }

    // Show the response in both cases..
    CkJsonObject jsonResponse;
    jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false);
    jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    std::cout << jsonResponse.emit() << "\r\n";

    // A sample successful JSON response looks like this:

    // 	{
    // 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#mailFolder",
    // 	  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailFolder",
    // 	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMAAAAA=",
    // 	  "displayName": "subFolderA",
    // 	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwEAAAA=",
    // 	  "childFolderCount": 1,
    // 	  "unreadItemCount": 0,
    // 	  "totalItemCount": 0
    // 	}
    }