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Outlook Contacts Update (PATCH) a Contact

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Update the properties of an Outlook contact object. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

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

$jsonToken = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$success = $jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/outlookContacts.json")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($jsonToken.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$http.AuthToken = $jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

#  Send the following PATCH:

#  PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts/{id}
#  Content-type: application/json
#  Content-length: 1977
#  
#  {
#    "homeAddress": {
#      "street": "123 Some street",
#      "city": "Seattle",
#      "state": "WA",
#      "postalCode": "98121"
#    },
#    "birthday": "1974-07-22"
#  }

#  Build the JSON body of the POST.

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

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateString("homeAddress.street","123 Some street")
$json.UpdateString("homeAddress.city","Seattle")
$json.UpdateString("homeAddress.state","WA")
$json.UpdateString("homeAddress.postalCode","98121")
$json.UpdateString("birthday","1974-07-22")

#  We need the ID of the contact to be updated.
#  This was available in the response when we created the contact:  Create an Outlook Contact.
#  Or you can list contacts to get the ID: List Outlook Contacts).

$id = "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA="
$http.SetUrlVar("id",$id)

#  Send the HTTP PATCH
$resp = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpJson("PATCH","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts/{$id}",$json,"application/json",$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Response status code = " + $resp.StatusCode)

$jResp = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jResp.Load($resp.BodyStr)
$jResp.EmitCompact = $false
$($jResp.Emit())

#  The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
if ($resp.StatusCode -ne 200) {
    $("Failed")
    exit
}

#  Sample JSON response:

#  {
#    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('4ee732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6004')/contacts/$entity",
#    "@odata.etag": "W/\"EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYu5\"",
#    "id": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA=",
#    "createdDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:32:05Z",
#    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:57:39Z",
#    "changeKey": "EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYu5",
#    "categories": [
#    ],
#    "parentFolderId": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQAuAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FAQBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAAA=",
#    "birthday": "1974-07-22T11:59:00Z",
#    "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": {
#      "street": "123 Some street",
#      "city": "Seattle",
#      "state": "WA",
#      "postalCode": "98121"
#    },
#    "businessAddress": {},
#    "otherAddress": {}
#  }

$("Contact updated.")