(Visual FoxPro) Outlook Calendar Create an Event

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Create an event in the specified time zone, and assign the event an optional transactionId value.

For more information, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/user-post-events?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http#example-1-create-an-event-in-the-specified-time-zone-and-assign-the-event-an-optional-transactionid-value

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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL loJsonToken
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loCrypt
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loJResp
LOCAL lcDisplayName
LOCAL lcLocationType
LOCAL lcUniqueId
LOCAL lcUniqueIdType
LOCAL lcStatusResponse
LOCAL lcStatusTime
LOCAL lcEmailAddressName
LOCAL lcEmailAddressAddress
LOCAL lcOdata_context
LOCAL lcOdata_etag
LOCAL lcId
LOCAL lcCreatedDateTime
LOCAL lcLastModifiedDateTime
LOCAL lcChangeKey
LOCAL lcTransactionId
LOCAL lcOriginalStartTimeZone
LOCAL lcOriginalEndTimeZone
LOCAL lcICalUId
LOCAL lnReminderMinutesBeforeStart
LOCAL lnIsReminderOn
LOCAL lnHasAttachments
LOCAL lcSubject
LOCAL lcBodyPreview
LOCAL lcImportance
LOCAL lcSensitivity
LOCAL lnIsAllDay
LOCAL lnIsCancelled
LOCAL lnIsOrganizer
LOCAL lnResponseRequested
LOCAL lcSeriesMasterId
LOCAL lcShowAs
LOCAL lcV_type
LOCAL lcWebLink
LOCAL lcOnlineMeetingUrl
LOCAL lnIsOnlineMeeting
LOCAL lcOnlineMeetingProvider
LOCAL lnAllowNewTimeProposals
LOCAL lnIsDraft
LOCAL lnHideAttendees
LOCAL lcRecurrence
LOCAL lcOnlineMeeting
LOCAL lcResponseStatusResponse
LOCAL lcResponseStatusTime
LOCAL lcBodyContentType
LOCAL lcBodyContent
LOCAL lcStartDateTime
LOCAL lcStartTimeZone
LOCAL lcEndDateTime
LOCAL lcEndTimeZone
LOCAL lcLocationDisplayName
LOCAL lcLocationLocationType
LOCAL lcLocationUniqueId
LOCAL lcLocationUniqueIdType
LOCAL lcOrganizerEmailAddressName
LOCAL lcOrganizerEmailAddressAddress
LOCAL i
LOCAL lnCount_i

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

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Http')
loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

* Use your previously obtained access token here: Get Outlook Calendar OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJsonToken = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
lnSuccess = loJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/outlookCalendar.json")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loJsonToken.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJsonToken
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loHttp.AuthToken = loJsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

* Send the following POST:

* POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/events
* Prefer: outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"
* Content-type: application/json
* 
* {
*   "subject": "Let's go for lunch",
*   "body": {
*     "contentType": "HTML",
*     "content": "Does noon work for you?"
*   },
*   "start": {
*       "dateTime": "2017-04-15T12:00:00",
*       "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
*   },
*   "end": {
*       "dateTime": "2017-04-15T14:00:00",
*       "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
*   },
*   "location":{
*       "displayName":"Harry's Bar"
*   },
*   "attendees": [
*     {
*       "emailAddress": {
*         "address":"samanthab@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
*         "name": "Samantha Booth"
*       },
*       "type": "required"
*     }
*   ],
*   "allowNewTimeProposals": true,
*   "transactionId":"7E163156-7762-4BEB-A1C6-729EA81755A7"
* }

* Build the JSON body of the POST.
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("subject","Let's go for lunch")
loJson.UpdateString("body.contentType","HTML")
loJson.UpdateString("body.content","Does noon work for you?")
loJson.UpdateString("start.dateTime","2021-05-15T12:00:00")
loJson.UpdateString("start.timeZone","Pacific Standard Time")
loJson.UpdateString("end.dateTime","2021-05-15T14:00:00")
loJson.UpdateString("end.timeZone","Pacific Standard Time")
loJson.UpdateString("location.displayName","Harry's Bar")
loJson.UpdateString("attendees[0].emailAddress.address","samanthab@contoso.onmicrosoft.com")
loJson.UpdateString("attendees[0].emailAddress.name","Samantha Booth")
loJson.UpdateString("attendees[0].type","required")
loJson.UpdateBool("allowNewTimeProposals",1)

* Generate a UUID.
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Crypt2')
loCrypt = CreateObject('Chilkat.Crypt2')
loJson.UpdateString("transactionId",loCrypt.GenerateUuid())

* Add the "Prefer" request header.
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Prefer",'outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"')

* Send the HTTP POST
loResp = loHttp.PostJson2("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/events","application/json",loJson.Emit())
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJsonToken
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loCrypt
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Response status code = " + STR(loResp.StatusCode)

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJResp.Load(loResp.BodyStr)
loJResp.EmitCompact = 0
? loJResp.Emit()

RELEASE loResp

* The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
IF (loResp.StatusCode <> 201) THEN
    ? "Failed"
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJsonToken
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loCrypt
    RELEASE loJResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Sample JSON response:
* (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

* {
*   "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('user%40example.com')/events/$entity",
*   "@odata.etag": "W/\"5+vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAEaGQgcw==\"",
*   "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgENAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAEaDkEcAAAAA==",
*   "createdDateTime": "2021-04-18T23:38:52.1979259Z",
*   "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-04-18T23:38:53.3747647Z",
*   "changeKey": "5+vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAEaGQgcw==",
*   "categories": [
*   ],
*   "transactionId": "1d12b565-3ca3-4ed8-b3f9-e8a14ac3ac17",
*   "originalStartTimeZone": "Pacific Standard Time",
*   "originalEndTimeZone": "Pacific Standard Time",
*   "iCalUId": "040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000EF0328FDAB34D7010000000000000000100000004478DD5948382543AFD1B52C25E88C02",
*   "reminderMinutesBeforeStart": 15,
*   "isReminderOn": true,
*   "hasAttachments": false,
*   "subject": "Let's go for lunch",
*   "bodyPreview": "Does noon work for you?",
*   "importance": "normal",
*   "sensitivity": "normal",
*   "isAllDay": false,
*   "isCancelled": false,
*   "isOrganizer": true,
*   "responseRequested": true,
*   "seriesMasterId": null,
*   "showAs": "busy",
*   "type": "singleInstance",
*   "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?itemid=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgENAAAA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAEaDkEcAAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&path=/calendar/item",
*   "onlineMeetingUrl": null,
*   "isOnlineMeeting": false,
*   "onlineMeetingProvider": "unknown",
*   "allowNewTimeProposals": true,
*   "isDraft": false,
*   "hideAttendees": false,
*   "recurrence": null,
*   "onlineMeeting": null,
*   "responseStatus": {
*     "response": "organizer",
*     "time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
*   },
*   "body": {
*     "contentType": "html",
*     "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body>\r\nDoes noon work for you?\r\n</body>\r\n</html>\r\n"
*   },
*   "start": {
*     "dateTime": "2021-05-15T12:00:00.0000000",
*     "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
*   },
*   "end": {
*     "dateTime": "2021-05-15T14:00:00.0000000",
*     "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
*   },
*   "location": {
*     "displayName": "Harry's Bar",
*     "locationType": "default",
*     "uniqueId": "Harry's Bar",
*     "uniqueIdType": "private"
*   },
*   "locations": [
*     {
*       "displayName": "Harry's Bar",
*       "locationType": "default",
*       "uniqueId": "Harry's Bar",
*       "uniqueIdType": "private"
*     }
*   ],
*   "attendees": [
*     {
*       "type": "required",
*       "status": {
*         "response": "none",
*         "time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
*       },
*       "emailAddress": {
*         "name": "Samantha Booth",
*         "address": "samanthab@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
*       }
*     }
*   ],
*   "organizer": {
*     "emailAddress": {
*       "name": "John Doe",
*       "address": "outlook_3A33FCEB9B74CC15@outlook.com"
*     }
*   }
* }

* Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
* Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
* Generate Parsing Code from JSON

lcOdata_context = loJResp.StringOf('"@odata.context"')
lcOdata_etag = loJResp.StringOf('"@odata.etag"')
lcId = loJResp.StringOf("id")
lcCreatedDateTime = loJResp.StringOf("createdDateTime")
lcLastModifiedDateTime = loJResp.StringOf("lastModifiedDateTime")
lcChangeKey = loJResp.StringOf("changeKey")
lcTransactionId = loJResp.StringOf("transactionId")
lcOriginalStartTimeZone = loJResp.StringOf("originalStartTimeZone")
lcOriginalEndTimeZone = loJResp.StringOf("originalEndTimeZone")
lcICalUId = loJResp.StringOf("iCalUId")
lnReminderMinutesBeforeStart = loJResp.IntOf("reminderMinutesBeforeStart")
lnIsReminderOn = loJResp.BoolOf("isReminderOn")
lnHasAttachments = loJResp.BoolOf("hasAttachments")
lcSubject = loJResp.StringOf("subject")
lcBodyPreview = loJResp.StringOf("bodyPreview")
lcImportance = loJResp.StringOf("importance")
lcSensitivity = loJResp.StringOf("sensitivity")
lnIsAllDay = loJResp.BoolOf("isAllDay")
lnIsCancelled = loJResp.BoolOf("isCancelled")
lnIsOrganizer = loJResp.BoolOf("isOrganizer")
lnResponseRequested = loJResp.BoolOf("responseRequested")
lcSeriesMasterId = loJResp.StringOf("seriesMasterId")
lcShowAs = loJResp.StringOf("showAs")
lcV_type = loJResp.StringOf("type")
lcWebLink = loJResp.StringOf("webLink")
lcOnlineMeetingUrl = loJResp.StringOf("onlineMeetingUrl")
lnIsOnlineMeeting = loJResp.BoolOf("isOnlineMeeting")
lcOnlineMeetingProvider = loJResp.StringOf("onlineMeetingProvider")
lnAllowNewTimeProposals = loJResp.BoolOf("allowNewTimeProposals")
lnIsDraft = loJResp.BoolOf("isDraft")
lnHideAttendees = loJResp.BoolOf("hideAttendees")
lcRecurrence = loJResp.StringOf("recurrence")
lcOnlineMeeting = loJResp.StringOf("onlineMeeting")
lcResponseStatusResponse = loJResp.StringOf("responseStatus.response")
lcResponseStatusTime = loJResp.StringOf("responseStatus.time")
lcBodyContentType = loJResp.StringOf("body.contentType")
lcBodyContent = loJResp.StringOf("body.content")
lcStartDateTime = loJResp.StringOf("start.dateTime")
lcStartTimeZone = loJResp.StringOf("start.timeZone")
lcEndDateTime = loJResp.StringOf("end.dateTime")
lcEndTimeZone = loJResp.StringOf("end.timeZone")
lcLocationDisplayName = loJResp.StringOf("location.displayName")
lcLocationLocationType = loJResp.StringOf("location.locationType")
lcLocationUniqueId = loJResp.StringOf("location.uniqueId")
lcLocationUniqueIdType = loJResp.StringOf("location.uniqueIdType")
lcOrganizerEmailAddressName = loJResp.StringOf("organizer.emailAddress.name")
lcOrganizerEmailAddressAddress = loJResp.StringOf("organizer.emailAddress.address")
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJResp.SizeOfArray("categories")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJResp.SizeOfArray("locations")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJResp.I = i
    lcDisplayName = loJResp.StringOf("locations[i].displayName")
    lcLocationType = loJResp.StringOf("locations[i].locationType")
    lcUniqueId = loJResp.StringOf("locations[i].uniqueId")
    lcUniqueIdType = loJResp.StringOf("locations[i].uniqueIdType")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJResp.SizeOfArray("attendees")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJResp.I = i
    lcV_type = loJResp.StringOf("attendees[i].type")
    lcStatusResponse = loJResp.StringOf("attendees[i].status.response")
    lcStatusTime = loJResp.StringOf("attendees[i].status.time")
    lcEmailAddressName = loJResp.StringOf("attendees[i].emailAddress.name")
    lcEmailAddressAddress = loJResp.StringOf("attendees[i].emailAddress.address")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO

? "Event created."

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJsonToken
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loCrypt
RELEASE loJResp