(PHP ActiveX) Outlook Contacts Create a Contact

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Creates an Outlook Contact.

For more information, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/user-post-contacts?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http

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<?php

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

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

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

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jsonToken = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/outlookContacts.json');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $jsonToken->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$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

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->UpdateString('givenName','Pavel');
$json->UpdateString('surname','Bansky');
$json->UpdateString('emailAddresses[0].address','pavelb@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com');
$json->UpdateString('emailAddresses[0].name','Pavel Bansky');
$json->UpdateString('businessPhones[0]','+1 732 555 0102');

// Send the HTTP POST
// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson2('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts','application/json',$json->emit());
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Response status code = ' . $resp->StatusCode . "\n";

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jResp = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jResp->Load($resp->BodyStr);
$jResp->EmitCompact = 0;
print $jResp->emit() . "\n";

// The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
if ($resp->StatusCode != 201) {
    print 'Failed' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// 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": {}
// }

print 'Contact created.' . "\n";

?>