JavaScript

Outlook -- Copy Mail Folder and Contents to another Mail Folder

Copy a mailfolder and its contents to another mailfolder.

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

JavaScript

var success = false;

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

var http = new CkHttp();

// Use your previously obtained access token here:
http.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN";

// This example will copy /Inbox/abc/subFolderA and its contents to /Inbox/xyz
// We'll need the folder ids for both source and destination folders..

// Get the folder IDs from the folder map created by this example 
var htFolderMap = new CkHashtable();
var sbMap = new CkStringBuilder();
sbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8");
htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap);

// Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
var srcFolderId = htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc/subFolderA");
if (htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
    console.log("Folder ID not found");
    return;
}

var dstFolderId = htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/xyz");
if (htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
    console.log("Destination folder ID not found");
    return;
}

// Create a JSON request body with this content:
// 
// 		{
// 		  "DestinationId": "destinationId-value"
// 		}

var jsonRequestBody = new CkJsonObject();
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("DestinationId",dstFolderId);

http.SetUrlVar("src_folder_id",srcFolderId);

// Copy the source folder to the new location
var resp = new CkHttpResponse();
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy",jsonRequestBody,"application/json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// A 201 response indicates success.
if (resp.StatusCode == 201) {
    console.log("Folder copied.");
}
else {
    console.log("Response status code = " + resp.StatusCode);
    console.log("Error: Folder not copied.");
}

// Show the response in both cases..
var jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;
jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr);
console.log(jsonResponse.Emit());

// A sample successful JSON response looks like this:

// 	{
// 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#mailFolder",
// 	  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailFolder",
// 	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMAAAAA=",
// 	  "displayName": "subFolderA",
// 	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwEAAAA=",
// 	  "childFolderCount": 1,
// 	  "unreadItemCount": 0,
// 	  "totalItemCount": 0
// 	}