(Go) Outlook -- Create a Mail Folder

Creates a new mail folder as a child of an existing mail 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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    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()

    // Use your previously obtained access token here:
    http.SetAuthToken("MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN")

    // This example will create a new mail folder as a child of /Inbox/abc

    // Get the existing folder ID from the folder map created by this example 
    htFolderMap := chilkat.NewHashtable()
    sbMap := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
    htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap)

    existingFolderId := htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc")
    if htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println("Folder ID not found")
        http.DisposeHttp()
        htFolderMap.DisposeHashtable()
        sbMap.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    // Create a JSON request body with this content:
    // 
    // 	{
    // 	  "displayName": "displayName-value",
    // 	}

    // This example will create /Inbox/abc/subFolderC
    jsonRequestBody := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("displayName","subFolderC")

    http.SetUrlVar("folder_id",*existingFolderId)

    // Create the folder "subFolderC" at the specified location.
    resp := http.PostJson2("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/childFolders","application/json",*jsonRequestBody.Emit())
    if http.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        htFolderMap.DisposeHashtable()
        sbMap.DisposeStringBuilder()
        jsonRequestBody.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    // A 201 response indicates success.
    if http.LastStatus() == 201 {
        fmt.Println("Folder created.")
    }
    else {
        fmt.Println("Response status code = ", resp.StatusCode())
        fmt.Println("Error: Folder not created.")
    }

    // Show the response in both cases..
    jsonResponse := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jsonResponse.SetEmitCompact(false)
    jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr())
    fmt.Println(*jsonResponse.Emit())

    resp.DisposeHttpResponse()

    // A sample successful JSON response looks like this:

    // 	{
    // 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA%3D')/childFolders/$entity",
    // 	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMIAAAA=",
    // 	  "displayName": "subFolderC",
    // 	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
    // 	  "childFolderCount": 0,
    // 	  "unreadItemCount": 0,
    // 	  "totalItemCount": 0
    // 	}

    http.DisposeHttp()
    htFolderMap.DisposeHashtable()
    sbMap.DisposeStringBuilder()
    jsonRequestBody.DisposeJsonObject()
    jsonResponse.DisposeJsonObject()