(PowerShell) Outlook -- Create a Mail Folder

Creates a new mail folder as a child of an existing mail folder.

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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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:
$http.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"

# This example will create a new mail folder as a child of /Inbox/abc

# Get the existing folder ID from the folder map created by this example 
$htFolderMap = New-Object Chilkat.Hashtable
$sbMap = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
$htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb($sbMap)

$existingFolderId = $htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc")
if ($htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $("Folder ID not found")
    exit
}

# Create a JSON request body with this content:
# 
# 	{
# 	  "displayName": "displayName-value",
# 	}

# This example will create /Inbox/abc/subFolderC
$jsonRequestBody = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("displayName","subFolderC")

$http.SetUrlVar("folder_id",$existingFolderId)

# Create the folder "subFolderC" at the specified location.
$resp = $http.PostJson2("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/childFolders","application/json",$jsonRequestBody.Emit())
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# A 201 response indicates success.
if ($http.LastStatus -eq 201) {
    $("Folder created.")
}
else {
    $("Response status code = " + $resp.StatusCode)
    $("Error: Folder not created.")
}

# Show the response in both cases..
$jsonResponse = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonResponse.EmitCompact = $false
$jsonResponse.Load($resp.BodyStr)
$($jsonResponse.Emit())

# A sample successful JSON response looks like this:

# 	{
# 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA%3D')/childFolders/$entity",
# 	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMIAAAA=",
# 	  "displayName": "subFolderC",
# 	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
# 	  "childFolderCount": 0,
# 	  "unreadItemCount": 0,
# 	  "totalItemCount": 0
# 	}