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Outlook -- Search Messages in a Particular Folder

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Demonstrates search the messages in a particular Outlook mailbox folder.

This uses the OData $filter and $search system query options. See OData System Query Options for general information.

Also see OData URL Conventions for information about $filter, $search and other query options.

This example demonstrates the following searches:

  • Find emails from a particular email address.
  • Find emails where the subject contains a particular word or phrase.
  • Using an "AND" expression.
  • Find emails received in the last 24 hours.
  • Find emails received in October 2016
  • Find unread emails
  • Find emails containing a particular phrase in the body.
  • Free-text search of a keyword or phrase.
  • Free-text search of an email address.
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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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# 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).

$http->put_AuthToken("MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN");

$sbResponse = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();

# In this example, we'd like to get the messages in the folder "/Inbox",
# but we must specify the corresponding folder_id.  The best way to do this is to create
# a local map of folderPaths-to-folderIds.
# This example does it:  Create Outlook Folder Map)
$htFolderMap = chilkat::CkHashtable->new();
$sbMap = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbMap->LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8");
$htFolderMap->AddFromXmlSb($sbMap);

# Get the ID for the "/Inbox" folder:
$folderId = $htFolderMap->lookupStr("/Inbox");
if ($htFolderMap->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print "Folder ID not found" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = 1;
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);

$http->SetUrlVar("folder_id",$folderId);
$http->SetUrlVar("select","subject,from");

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Only return emails from "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
$http->SetUrlVar("filter",'from/emailAddress/address eq 'chilkat.support@gmail.com'');

# To return the full content of each email, omit the "&select=..." part of the URL.
$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",$sbResponse);
if (($success != 1) and ($http->get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->LoadSb($sbResponse);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Only return emails where the subject contains "Amazon"
$http->SetUrlVar("filter","contains(subject,'Amazon')");

$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",$sbResponse);
if (($success != 1) and ($http->get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->LoadSb($sbResponse);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Only return emails where the subject starts with "this email" and the from address is support@chilkatsoft.com
# (the startswith function is case insensitive)
$http->SetUrlVar("filter",'startswith(subject,'this email') and (from/emailAddress/address eq 'support@chilkatsoft.com')');

$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",$sbResponse);
if (($success != 1) and ($http->get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->LoadSb($sbResponse);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Only return emails received within the last 24 hours
$sbExpression = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();

$sbExpression->Append("receivedDateTime ge ");
$dt = chilkat::CkDateTime->new();
$dt->SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
$dt->AddDays(-1);
$sbExpression->Append($dt->getAsTimestamp(0));

$http->SetUrlVar("filter",$sbExpression->getAsString());

$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",$sbResponse);
if (($success != 1) and ($http->get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->LoadSb($sbResponse);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Only return emails received in October 2016
$dtObj = chilkat::CkDtObj->new();
$dtObj->put_Year(2016);
$dtObj->put_Month(10);
$dtObj->put_Day(1);
$dtObj->put_Utc(1);
$dt->SetFromDtObj($dtObj);

$sbExpression->Clear();
$sbExpression->Append("(receivedDateTime ge ");
$sbExpression->Append($dt->getAsTimestamp(0));
$sbExpression->Append(") and (receivedDateTime lt ");
$dtObj->put_Month(11);
$dt->SetFromDtObj($dtObj);
$sbExpression->Append($dt->getAsTimestamp(0));
$sbExpression->Append(")");

# This is the expression we just built:  (receivedDateTime ge 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z) and (receivedDateTime lt 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z)
print $sbExpression->getAsString() . "\r\n";

$http->SetUrlVar("filter",$sbExpression->getAsString());

$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",$sbResponse);
if (($success != 1) and ($http->get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->LoadSb($sbResponse);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Return unread emails
$http->SetUrlVar("filter","isRead eq false");

# success = http.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",sbResponse);
if (($success != 1) and ($http->get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->LoadSb($sbResponse);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Return emails with a plain-text or HTML body containing the phrase "Outlook 365"
$http->SetUrlVar("filter","contains(body/content,'Outlook 365')");

$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",$sbResponse);
if (($success != 1) and ($http->get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->LoadSb($sbResponse);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Use the $search query option instead of $filter.
# $search is a free-text search over whatever fields the server deems appropriate, such as in the subject,
# body, address fields, etc.

# Search for the word Amazon
$http->SetUrlVar("search","Amazon");

$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$search={$search}&$select={$select}",$sbResponse);
if (($success != 1) and ($http->get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->LoadSb($sbResponse);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Search for chilkatsoft.com
# Some chars, such as the "." make it necessary to enclose the search expression in double-quotes.
$http->SetUrlVar("search","\"chilkatsoft.com\"");

$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$search={$search}&$select={$select}",$sbResponse);
if (($success != 1) and ($http->get_LastStatus() == 0)) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->LoadSb($sbResponse);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";