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Outlook -- Create a Mail Folder

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

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

#  Use your previously obtained access token here:
http.put_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 = chilkat.CkHashtable()
sbMap = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
sbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap)

existingFolderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr("/Inbox/abc")
if (htFolderMap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print("Folder ID not found")
    sys.exit()

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

#  This example will create /Inbox/abc/subFolderC
jsonRequestBody = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("displayName","subFolderC")

http.SetUrlVar("folder_id",existingFolderId)

#  Create the folder "subFolderC" at the specified location.
resp = chilkat.CkHttpResponse()
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/childFolders",jsonRequestBody,"application/json",resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  A 201 response indicates success.
if (http.get_LastStatus() == 201):
    print("Folder created.")
else:
    print("Response status code = " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))
    print("Error: Folder not created.")

#  Show the response in both cases..
jsonResponse = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(False)
jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr())
print(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
#  	}