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Outlook -- Create Reply Email, Update, and Send
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Creates a reply email in the Drafts folder, updates the reply with information, and then sends the reply.Chilkat CkPython Downloads
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 search /Inbox for a message that will be replied to.
# First we need to get the folder ID for /Inbox.
# Then we'll search for messages based on some criteria, and reply to the 1st matching message.
# To reply, we'll create the reply message in the Drafts folder, update it with content, and the send.
# Get the folder ID for /Inbox 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)
# Get the ID for the "/Inbox" folder:
folderId = htFolderMap.lookupStr("/Inbox")
if (htFolderMap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
print("Folder ID not found")
sys.exit()
success = True
json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
json.put_EmitCompact(False)
# Search for unread emails in this folder from support@chilkatsoft.com
http.SetUrlVar("folder_id",folderId)
http.SetUrlVar("select","id,subject")
http.SetUrlVar("filter","(isRead eq false) and (from/emailAddress/address eq 'support@chilkatsoft.com')")
sbResponse = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",sbResponse)
if (success == False):
print(http.lastErrorText())
sys.exit()
json.LoadSb(sbResponse)
# Show the results..
print(json.emit())
if (json.SizeOfArray("value") == 0):
print("Empty result set.")
sys.exit()
# Sample results:
# {
# "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA')/messages(id,subject)",
# "value": [
# {
# "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfq\"",
# "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj1wAAAA=",
# "subject": "This email contains a PDF attachment"
# },
# {
# "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfs\"",
# "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj14AAAA=",
# "subject": "This email has the word Amazon in the subject.."
# }
# ]
# }
# We'll create a reply for the 1st message in the result set.
# We'll need the message existing id.
existingMsgId = json.stringOf("value[0].id")
# To create a reply, send a request such as the following:
# POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{id}/createReply
# Content-type: application/json
# Content-length: 248
#
# {
# "comment": "comment-value"
# }
jsonRequestBody = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("comment","This is a comment")
http.SetUrlVar("message_id",existingMsgId)
# Create the reply in the Drafts folder:
resp = chilkat.CkHttpResponse()
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/createReply",jsonRequestBody,"application/json",resp)
if (success == False):
print(http.lastErrorText())
sys.exit()
# A 201 response indicates success.
if (resp.get_StatusCode() == 201):
print("Created reply draft.")
success = True
else:
print("Response status code = " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))
print("Failed to create reply draft.")
success = False
# Show the response in both cases..
jsonResponse = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(False)
jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr())
print(jsonResponse.emit())
if (success == False):
sys.exit()
# ----------------------------------------------
# Get the message id of the newly created reply.
replyMsgId = jsonResponse.stringOf("id")
# Update the message with new text in the body..
# Send an HTTP PATCH request that looks something like this:
# Only send the message parts that are changing.
# PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{reply_message_id}
# Content-type: application/json
# Content-length: 248
#
# {
# "subject": "subject-value",
# "body": {
# "contentType": "html",
# "content": "updated HTML goes here"
# },
# "inferenceClassification": "other"
# }
jsonPatch = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonPatch.UpdateString("body.contentType","html")
# The reply email that Outlook created will contain the original message under a horizontal rule.
# The body.content should contain this substring: "<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<hr "
# We're going to insert our reply after the body tag, and before the hr tag.
sbHtml = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
jsonResponse.StringOfSb("body.content",sbHtml)
# Insert the response HTML in the reply HTML body.
numReplaced = sbHtml.ReplaceBetween("<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">","<hr ","\r\n","<p>This is my response.</p>")
if (numReplaced != 1):
print("Something is amiss!")
sys.exit()
jsonPatch.UpdateString("body.content",sbHtml.getAsString())
# Add additional CC, BCC, or TO recipients like this:
numToRecipients = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("toRecipients")
i = 0
# Copy existing TO recipients.
while i < numToRecipients :
jsonPatch.put_I(i)
jsonResponse.put_I(i)
jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name",jsonResponse.stringOf("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name"))
jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address",jsonResponse.stringOf("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address"))
i = i + 1
# Add an additional TO recipient.
jsonPatch.put_I(numToRecipients)
jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name","Chilkat")
jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")
numCcRecipients = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("ccRecipients")
i = 0
# Copy existing CC recipients.
while i < numCcRecipients :
jsonPatch.put_I(i)
jsonResponse.put_I(i)
jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name",jsonResponse.stringOf("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name"))
jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address",jsonResponse.stringOf("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address"))
i = i + 1
# Add an additional CC recipient.
jsonPatch.put_I(numCcRecipients)
jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name","Chilkat GMail")
jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")
jsonPatch.put_EmitCompact(False)
print(jsonPatch.emit())
http.SetUrlVar("message_id",replyMsgId)
success = http.HttpJson("PATCH","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}",jsonPatch,"application/json",resp)
if (success == False):
print(http.lastErrorText())
sys.exit()
# A 200 response indicates success.
if (resp.get_StatusCode() == 200):
print("Patched the reply draft.")
success = True
else:
print("Response status code = " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))
print("Failed to patch the reply draft.")
success = False
# Show the response in both cases..
jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr())
print(jsonResponse.emit())
if (success == False):
sys.exit()
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# OK, let's send the reply email...
# To send, POST with an empty request body:
# POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{id}/send
success = http.HttpStr("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/send","","","",resp)
if (success == False):
print(http.lastErrorText())
sys.exit()
# A 202 response indicates success.
if (resp.get_StatusCode() == 202):
print("Sent the email reply.")
# If the status code was 202, there is no response body.
else:
print("Response status code = " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))
print("Failed to send the email reply.")
jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr())
print(jsonResponse.emit())
print("Finished.")
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# A sample successful JSON response for the createReply looks like this:
# {
# "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
# "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
# "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwR4\"",
# "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM-lQbAAAAA=",
# "createdDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
# "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
# "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwR4",
# "categories": [
# ],
# "receivedDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
# "sentDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
# "hasAttachments": false,
# "internetMessageId": "<SN1PR20MB0461AF40FC899A8462536F04E6F60@SN1PR20MB0461.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>",
# "subject": "RE: This email contains a PDF attachment",
# "bodyPreview": "________________________________\r\nFrom: Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com>\r\nSent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 10:58:56 PM\r\nTo: chilkatsoft@outlook.com\r\nSubject: This email contains a PDF attachment\r\n\r\nThis email contains a PDF attachment\r\n--\r\nBest Regar",
# "importance": "normal",
# "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA",
# "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAMMaWY-CWmVOqNKt-NiVhkU=",
# "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": false,
# "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
# "isRead": true,
# "isDraft": true,
# "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM%2FlQbAAAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
# "inferenceClassification": "focused",
# "body": {
# "contentType": "html",
# "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<hr tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:inline-block; width:98%\"> ... </html>\r\n"
# },
# "sender": {
# "emailAddress": {
# "name": "Matt Smith",
# "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
# }
# },
# "from": {
# "emailAddress": {
# "name": "Matt Smith",
# "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
# }
# },
# "toRecipients": [
# {
# "emailAddress": {
# "name": "Chilkat Software",
# "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
# }
# }
# ],
# "ccRecipients": [
# ],
# "bccRecipients": [
# ],
# "replyTo": [
# ]
# }
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# A sample successful PATCH JSON response looks like this:
# {
# "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('admin%40chilkat.io')/messages/$entity",
# "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwSA\"",
# "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM-lQbMAAAA=",
# "createdDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:14Z",
# "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:17Z",
# "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwSA",
# "categories": [
# ],
# "receivedDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:15Z",
# "sentDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:15Z",
# "hasAttachments": false,
# "internetMessageId": "<SN1PR20MB046138C4A26051200764FE38E6F60@SN1PR20MB0461.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>",
# "subject": "RE: This email has the word Amazon in the subject..",
# "bodyPreview": "This is my response.\r\n\r\n________________________________\r\nFrom: Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com>\r\nSent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:40:01 PM\r\nTo: Chilkat Software\r\nSubject: This email has the word Amazon in the subject..\r\n\r\nThis email has the word ",
# "importance": "normal",
# "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA",
# "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAE64PfPP1n1IhU4YasnNN0Q=",
# "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": false,
# "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
# "isRead": true,
# "isDraft": true,
# "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM%2FlQbMAAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
# "inferenceClassification": "focused",
# "body": {
# "contentType": "html",
# "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<p>This is my response.</p>\r\n<hr tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:inline-block; width:98%\">\r\n<div id=\"divRplyFwdMsg\" dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Calibri, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" style=\"font-size:11pt\"><b>From:</b> Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com><br>\r\n<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:40:01 PM<br>\r\n<b>To:</b> Chilkat Software<br>\r\n<b>Subject:</b> This email has the word Amazon in the subject..</font>\r\n<div> </div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div><font face=\"Calibri\">This email has the word Amazon in the subject..</font><br>\r\n<div class=\"moz-signature\">-- <br>\r\nBest Regards,<br>\r\nMatt Smith<br>\r\nChilkat Software, Inc.<br>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/chilkatsoft\">Follow Chilkat on Twitter</a> </p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</body>\r\n</html>\r\n"
# },
# "sender": {
# "emailAddress": {
# "name": "Matt Smith",
# "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
# }
# },
# "from": {
# "emailAddress": {
# "name": "Matt Smith",
# "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
# }
# },
# "toRecipients": [
# {
# "emailAddress": {
# "name": "Chilkat Software",
# "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
# }
# }
# ],
# "ccRecipients": [
# ],
# "bccRecipients": [
# ],
# "replyTo": [
# ]
# }