(Ruby) 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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require 'chilkat'

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

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

jsonToken = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/outlookContacts.json")
if (success == false)
    print jsonToken.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

http.put_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

json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
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 CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson2("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts","application/json",json.emit())
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Response status code = " + resp.get_StatusCode().to_s() + "\n";

jResp = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jResp.Load(resp.bodyStr())
jResp.put_EmitCompact(false)
print jResp.emit() + "\n";

# The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 201)
    print "Failed" + "\n";
    exit
end

# 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";