Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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

Delphi ActiveX

var
success: Integer;
http: TChilkatHttp;
htFolderMap: TChilkatHashtable;
sbMap: TChilkatStringBuilder;
srcFolderId: WideString;
dstFolderId: WideString;
jsonRequestBody: TChilkatJsonObject;
resp: TChilkatHttpResponse;
jsonResponse: TChilkatJsonObject;

begin
success := 0;

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

http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);

//  Use your previously obtained access token here:
http.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 
htFolderMap := TChilkatHashtable.Create(Self);
sbMap := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
sbMap.LoadFile('qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml','utf-8');
htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap.ControlInterface);

//  Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
srcFolderId := htFolderMap.LookupStr('/Inbox/abc/subFolderA');
if (htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Folder ID not found');
    Exit;
  end;
dstFolderId := htFolderMap.LookupStr('/Inbox/xyz');
if (htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Destination folder ID not found');
    Exit;
  end;

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

jsonRequestBody := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString('DestinationId',dstFolderId);

http.SetUrlVar('src_folder_id',srcFolderId);

//  Copy the source folder to the new location
resp := TChilkatHttpResponse.Create(Self);
success := http.HttpJson('POST','https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy',jsonRequestBody.ControlInterface,'application/json',resp.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  A 201 response indicates success.
if (resp.StatusCode = 201) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Folder copied.');
  end
else
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response status code = ' + IntToStr(resp.StatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Error: Folder not copied.');
  end;

//  Show the response in both cases..
jsonResponse := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
jsonResponse.EmitCompact := 0;
jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr);
Memo1.Lines.Add(jsonResponse.Emit());

//  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
//  	}