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Outlook --Download Attachments for a Specific Message
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Demonstrates how to download the attachments for a particular email message.Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 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 loSbResponse
LOCAL lcMessageId
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loSbSavePath
LOCAL loAttachData
LOCAL loLastMod
LOCAL loFac
LOCAL i
LOCAL lnNumMessages
LOCAL lnSizeInBytes
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:
* See the following examples for getting an access token:
* Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
* Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
* Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
* Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
loHttp.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"
loSbResponse = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
* Sends: GET /users/{user_id | userPrincipalName}/messages/{message_id}/attachments
* Note: It is also possible to use the literal string "me" for the current logged-on user.
* For example: GET /me/messages/{message_id}/attachments
loHttp.ClearUrlVars()
loHttp.SetUrlVar("userPrincipalName","chilkatsoft@outlook.com")
* Assume we already have a message ID from previously listing the messages in a folder
lcMessageId = "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAACnwqJUAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAACnwrnOAAA="
loHttp.SetUrlVar("message_id",lcMessageId)
* Send the request to download the attachments.
lnSuccess = loHttp.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$userPrincipalName}/messages/{$message_id}/attachments",loSbResponse)
IF ((lnSuccess <> 1) AND (loHttp.LastStatus = 0)) THEN
? loHttp.LastErrorText
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loSbResponse
CANCEL
ENDIF
* The attachment data is contained within the JSON response.
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.LoadSb(loSbResponse)
loJson.EmitCompact = 0
? "Status code = " + STR(loHttp.LastStatus)
IF (loHttp.LastStatus <> 200) THEN
? loJson.Emit()
? "Failed."
ENDIF
* This is a sample JSON response. The code for parsing and extracting/saving the attachments
* is shown below.
* {
* "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('chilkatsoft%40outlook.com')/messages('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAA%3D%3D')/attachments",
* "value": [
* {
* "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
* "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAAESABAAft6wtbaSJU6sgQLi98DI0Q==",
* "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:30:51Z",
* "name": "fishing.pdf",
* "contentType": "application/pdf",
* "size": 295680,
* "isInline": false,
* "contentId": "F861B218BE380F44B16933097FDDACFC@namprd20.prod.outlook.com",
* "contentLocation": null,
* "contentBytes": "JVBERi0xLjMKJcfsj6 ... yZWYKMjk0MzY5CiUlRU9GCg=="
* },
* {
* "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.fileAttachment",
* "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAwSju2wAAAAESABAAXS7qXQ-iRUCYXnhJpN8Ihg==",
* "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-10T00:30:51Z",
* "name": "testCert.cer",
* "contentType": "application/octet-stream",
* "size": 1674,
* "isInline": false,
* "contentId": "5E51FA33EF0F8941ACC8260395CB1A33@namprd20.prod.outlook.com",
* "contentLocation": null,
* "contentBytes": "MIIFRjCCBC6gAwIBA ... 7pt3C5w=="
* }
* ]
* }
loSbSavePath = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loAttachData = CreateObject('Chilkat.BinData')
loLastMod = CreateObject('Chilkat.CkDateTime')
loFac = CreateObject('Chilkat.FileAccess')
i = 0
lnNumMessages = loJson.SizeOfArray("value")
DO WHILE i < lnNumMessages
loJson.I = i
? "name: " + loJson.StringOf("value[i].name")
? "contentType: " + loJson.StringOf("value[i].contentType")
lnSizeInBytes = loJson.IntOf("value[i].size")
? "size: " + STR(lnSizeInBytes)
* Extract the data and save to a file.
loSbSavePath.SetString("qa_output/")
loSbSavePath.Append(loJson.StringOf("value[i].name"))
loAttachData.Clear()
loAttachData.AppendEncoded(loJson.StringOf("value[i].contentBytes"),"base64")
loAttachData.WriteFile(loSbSavePath.GetAsString())
* Get the last-modified date/time and set the output file's last-mod date/time..
loLastMod.SetFromTimestamp(loJson.StringOf("value[i].lastModifiedDateTime"))
loFac.SetLastModified(loSbSavePath.GetAsString(),loLastMod)
? "----"
i = i + 1
ENDDO
* The output of the above loop is:
*
* name: fishing.pdf
* contentType: application/pdf
* size: 295680
* ----
* name: testCert.cer
* contentType: application/octet-stream
* size: 1674
* ----
*
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loSbResponse
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbSavePath
RELEASE loAttachData
RELEASE loLastMod
RELEASE loFac