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Outlook Contacts Create a Contact

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Creates an Outlook Contact. Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// Use your previously obtained access token here: Get Outlook Contacts OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).

loJsonToken = createobject("CkJsonObject")
llSuccess = loJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/outlookContacts.json")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loJsonToken.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJsonToken
    return
endif

loHttp.AuthToken = loJsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

// Send the following POST:

// POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts
// Content-type: application/json
// 
// {
//   "givenName": "Pavel",
//   "surname": "Bansky",
//   "emailAddresses": [
//     {
//       "address": "pavelb@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com",
//       "name": "Pavel Bansky"
//     }
//   ],
//   "businessPhones": [
//     "+1 732 555 0102"
//   ]
// }

// Build the JSON body of the POST.

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Code to Create JSON

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("givenName","Pavel")
loJson.UpdateString("surname","Bansky")
loJson.UpdateString("emailAddresses[0].address","pavelb@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com")
loJson.UpdateString("emailAddresses[0].name","Pavel Bansky")
loJson.UpdateString("businessPhones[0]","+1 732 555 0102")

// Send the HTTP POST
loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts",loJson,"application/json",loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJsonToken
    release loJson
    release loResp
    return
endif

? "Response status code = " + str(loResp.StatusCode)

loJResp = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJResp.Load(loResp.BodyStr)
loJResp.EmitCompact = .F.
? loJResp.Emit()

// The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
if (loResp.StatusCode <> 201) then
    ? "Failed"
    release loHttp
    release loJsonToken
    release loJson
    release loResp
    release loJResp
    return
endif

// Sample JSON response:

// {
//   "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('4ee732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6004')/contacts/$entity",
//   "@odata.etag": "W/\"EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYfT\"",
//   "id": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA=",
//   "createdDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:32:05Z",
//   "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:32:06Z",
//   "changeKey": "EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYfT",
//   "categories": [
//   ],
//   "parentFolderId": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQAuAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FAQBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAAA=",
//   "birthday": null,
//   "fileAs": "",
//   "displayName": "Pavel Bansky",
//   "givenName": "Pavel",
//   "initials": null,
//   "middleName": null,
//   "nickName": null,
//   "surname": "Bansky",
//   "title": null,
//   "yomiGivenName": null,
//   "yomiSurname": null,
//   "yomiCompanyName": null,
//   "generation": null,
//   "imAddresses": [
//   ],
//   "jobTitle": null,
//   "companyName": null,
//   "department": null,
//   "officeLocation": null,
//   "profession": null,
//   "businessHomePage": null,
//   "assistantName": null,
//   "manager": null,
//   "homePhones": [
//   ],
//   "mobilePhone": null,
//   "businessPhones": [
//     "+1 732 555 0102"
//   ],
//   "spouseName": null,
//   "personalNotes": "",
//   "children": [
//   ],
//   "emailAddresses": [
//     {
//       "name": "Pavel Bansky",
//       "address": "pavelb@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com"
//     }
//   ],
//   "homeAddress": {},
//   "businessAddress": {},
//   "otherAddress": {}
// }

? "Contact created."


release loHttp
release loJsonToken
release loJson
release loResp
release loJResp