Objective-C

Outlook Contacts Create a Contact

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Creates an Outlook Contact. Objective-C

#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];

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

CkoJsonObject *jsonToken = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
success = [jsonToken LoadFile: @"qa_data/tokens/outlookContacts.json"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",jsonToken.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

http.AuthToken = [jsonToken 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

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"givenName" value: @"Pavel"];
[json UpdateString: @"surname" value: @"Bansky"];
[json UpdateString: @"emailAddresses[0].address" value: @"pavelb@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com"];
[json UpdateString: @"emailAddresses[0].name" value: @"Pavel Bansky"];
[json UpdateString: @"businessPhones[0]" value: @"+1 732 555 0102"];

// Send the HTTP POST
CkoHttpResponse *resp = [[CkoHttpResponse alloc] init];
success = [http HttpJson: @"POST" url: @"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts" json: json contentType: @"application/json" response: resp];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response status code = ",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);

CkoJsonObject *jResp = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[jResp Load: resp.BodyStr];
jResp.EmitCompact = NO;
NSLog(@"%@",[jResp Emit]);

// The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
if ([resp.StatusCode intValue] != 201) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Failed");
    return;
}

// 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": {}
// }

NSLog(@"%@",@"Contact created.");