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Outlook -- Move Messages from One Folder to Another

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Demonstrates how to move messages from one folder to another.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$http = new CkHttp();

// Use your previously obtained access token here:
$http->put_AuthToken('MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN');

// This example will move some messages from /Inbox to /Inbox/abc/subFolderB
// We'll need the folder ids for both source and destination folders..

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

// Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
$srcFolderId = $htFolderMap->lookupStr('/Inbox');
if ($htFolderMap->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print 'Folder ID not found' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$dstFolderId = $htFolderMap->lookupStr('/Inbox/abc/subFolderB');
if ($htFolderMap->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print 'Folder ID not found' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = true;
$json = new CkJsonObject();
$json->put_EmitCompact(false);

// Search for emails in this folder with the words "sample" or "example" in the subject, and return only the id and subject.
$http->SetUrlVar('folder_id',$srcFolderId);
$http->SetUrlVar('select','id,subject');
$http->SetUrlVar('filter','contains(subject,'sample') or contains(subject,'example')');

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

$json->LoadSb($sbResponse);
// Show the results..
print $json->emit() . "\n";

// Sample results:

// 	{
// 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA')/messages(id,subject)",
// 	  "value": [
// 	    {
// 	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfr\"",
// 	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj10AAAA=",
// 	      "subject": "A sample email with Amazon in the body"
// 	    },
// 	    {
// 	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfo\"",
// 	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj1oAAAA=",
// 	      "subject": "This is an example email from chilkat.io"
// 	    }
// 	  ]
// 	}

// ------------
// Proceed to move (copy) each of the above emails to the destination folder.
$jsonRequestBody = new CkJsonObject();
$jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
$jsonResponse->put_EmitCompact(false);

$i = 0;
$numEmails = $json->SizeOfArray('value');
while ($i < $numEmails) {
    $json->put_I($i);

    $messageId = $json->stringOf('value[i].id');
    $http->SetUrlVar('message_id',$messageId);

    // Create a JSON request body with this content:
    // 
    // 		{
    // 		  "DestinationId": "destinationId-value"
    // 		}
    // 
    $dstFolderId = $htFolderMap->lookupStr('/Inbox/abc/subFolderB');
    $jsonRequestBody->UpdateString('DestinationId',$dstFolderId);
    print 'Moving ' . $messageId . "\n";

    // Move the message to the destination folder
    $resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    $success = $http->HttpJson('POST','https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/move',$jsonRequestBody,'application/json',$resp);
    if ($success == false) {
        print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    // A 200 response indicates success.
    if ($http->get_LastStatus() == 200) {
        print 'Message moved.' . "\n";
    }
    else {
        print 'Response status code = ' . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\n";
        print 'Error: Message not moved.' . "\n";
    }

    // Show the response in both cases..
    $jsonResponse->Load($resp->bodyStr());
    print $jsonResponse->emit() . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

// ---------------------------------------------------
// Sample output:

// Moving AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj2EAAAA=
// Message moved.
// {
//   "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
//   "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
//   "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08j\"",
//   "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk2wAAAA==",
//   "createdDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:35Z",
//   "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-31T23:17:59Z",
//   "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08j",
//   "categories": [
//   ],
//   "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:35Z",
//   "sentDateTime": "2017-05-30T23:39:18Z",
//   "hasAttachments": false,
//   "internetMessageId": "<4aea73c1-2b29-f550-e6f1-eb22785a56f0@chilkatsoft.com>",
//   "subject": "A sample email with Amazon in the body",
//   "bodyPreview": "This email has the keyword Amazon in the body..",
//   "importance": "normal",
//   "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAAA=",
//   "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQADxkIFlCV-RFitsiVnh2MsI=",
//   "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
//   "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
//   "isRead": false,
//   "isDraft": false,
//   "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk2wAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
//   "inferenceClassification": "focused",
//   "body": {
//     "contentType": "html",
//     "content": "<html>...</html>\r\n"
//   },
//   "sender": {
//     "emailAddress": {
//       "name": "Chilkat Software",
//       "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
//     }
//   },
//   "from": {
//     "emailAddress": {
//       "name": "Chilkat Software",
//       "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
//     }
//   },
//   "toRecipients": [
//     {
//       "emailAddress": {
//         "name": "Chilkat Software",
//         "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
//       }
//     }
//   ],
//   "ccRecipients": [
//   ],
//   "bccRecipients": [
//   ],
//   "replyTo": [
//   ]
// }
// 
// Moving AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj2IAAAA=
// Message moved.
// {
//   "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
//   "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
//   "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08k\"",
//   "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk3AAAAA==",
//   "createdDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:07:18Z",
//   "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-31T23:17:59Z",
//   "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOp08k",
//   "categories": [
//   ],
//   "receivedDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:07:18Z",
//   "sentDateTime": "2017-05-30T21:06:56Z",
//   "hasAttachments": false,
//   "internetMessageId": "<31fbbbce-2c70-c8d1-f0bd-35a7c7694a99@chilkat.io>",
//   "subject": "This is an example email from chilkat.io",
//   "bodyPreview": "This is an example email from chilkat.io",
//   "importance": "normal",
//   "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAAA=",
//   "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAEa8sL3gJ_FNjgk2YkP1eTQ=",
//   "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": null,
//   "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
//   "isRead": true,
//   "isDraft": false,
//   "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwMAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAAAzomk3AAAAA%3D%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
//   "inferenceClassification": "focused",
//   "body": {
//     "contentType": "html",
//     "content": "<html>...</html>\r\n"
//   },
//   "sender": {
//     "emailAddress": {
//       "name": "Chilkat Software",
//       "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
//     }
//   },
//   "from": {
//     "emailAddress": {
//       "name": "Chilkat Software",
//       "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
//     }
//   },
//   "toRecipients": [
//     {
//       "emailAddress": {
//         "name": "Chilkat Software",
//         "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
//       }
//     }
//   ],
//   "ccRecipients": [
//   ],
//   "bccRecipients": [
//   ],
//   "replyTo": [
//   ]
// }
// 

?>