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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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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoHttp
    Handle hoHtFolderMap
    Variant vSbMap
    Handle hoSbMap
    String sSrcFolderId
    String sDstFolderId
    Variant vJsonRequestBody
    Handle hoJsonRequestBody
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    Handle hoJsonResponse
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    // Use your previously obtained access token here:
    Set ComAuthToken Of hoHttp To "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 
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHashtable)) To hoHtFolderMap
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHtFolderMap))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHtFolderMap
    End
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbMap
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbMap))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbMap
    End
    Get ComLoadFile Of hoSbMap "qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml" "utf-8" To iSuccess
    Get pvComObject of hoSbMap to vSbMap
    Get ComAddFromXmlSb Of hoHtFolderMap vSbMap To iSuccess

    // Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
    Get ComLookupStr Of hoHtFolderMap "/Inbox/abc/subFolderA" To sSrcFolderId
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoHtFolderMap To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
        Showln "Folder ID not found"
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComLookupStr Of hoHtFolderMap "/Inbox/xyz" To sDstFolderId
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoHtFolderMap To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
        Showln "Destination folder ID not found"
        Procedure_Return
    End

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJsonRequestBody
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJsonRequestBody))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJsonRequestBody
    End
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJsonRequestBody "DestinationId" sDstFolderId To iSuccess

    Get ComSetUrlVar Of hoHttp "src_folder_id" sSrcFolderId To iSuccess

    // Copy the source folder to the new location
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoResp
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoJsonRequestBody to vJsonRequestBody
    Get pvComObject of hoResp to vResp
    Get ComHttpJson Of hoHttp "POST" "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy" vJsonRequestBody "application/json" vResp To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // A 201 response indicates success.
    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
    If (iTemp1 = 201) Begin
        Showln "Folder copied."
    End
    Else Begin
        Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
        Showln "Response status code = " iTemp1
        Showln "Error: Folder not copied."
    End

    // Show the response in both cases..
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJsonResponse
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJsonResponse))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJsonResponse
    End
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJsonResponse To False
    Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
    Get ComLoad Of hoJsonResponse sTemp1 To iSuccess
    Get ComEmit Of hoJsonResponse To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // 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
    // 	}


End_Procedure