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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