Visual FoxPro

Outlook -- Delete Folder

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Deletes an email folder.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.

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

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL loHtFolderMap
LOCAL loSbMap
LOCAL lcExistingFolderId
LOCAL lcResp

lnSuccess = 0

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

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

* Use your previously obtained access token here:
loHttp.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"

* This example will delete the folder /Inbox/abc/subFolderC

* Get the existing folder ID from the folder map created by this example 
loHtFolderMap = CreateObject('Chilkat.Hashtable')
loSbMap = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loSbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
loHtFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(loSbMap)

lcExistingFolderId = loHtFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc/subFolderC")
IF (loHtFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? "Folder ID not found"
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loHtFolderMap
    RELEASE loSbMap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loHttp.SetUrlVar("folder_id",lcExistingFolderId)

lcResp = loHttp.QuickDeleteStr("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}")
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loHtFolderMap
    RELEASE loSbMap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* A 204 response (with no response body) indicates success.
IF (loHttp.LastStatus = 204) THEN
    ? "Folder deleted."
ELSE
    ? "Folder not deleted."
    ? lcResp
ENDIF

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loHtFolderMap
RELEASE loSbMap