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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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#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
// }
}