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Outlook -- Delete Email

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Demonstrates how to delete email using the Microsoft Graph API.

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

let http = chilkat::Http::new();

// Use your previously obtained access token here:
http.set_auth_token("MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN");

// This example will search /Inbox for a message we want to delete.
// First we need to get the folder ID for /Inbox.
// Then we'll search for messages based on some criteria, and delete the matching messages.

// Get the folder ID for /Inbox from the folder map created by this example 
let ht_folder_map = chilkat::Hashtable::new();
let sb_map = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
let _ = sb_map.load_file("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml", "utf-8");
let _ = ht_folder_map.add_from_xml_sb(&sb_map);

// Get the ID for the "/Inbox" folder:
let Ok(folder_id) = ht_folder_map.lookup_str("/Inbox") else {
    println!("Folder ID not found");
    return;
};

let _ = true;
let json = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
json.set_emit_compact(false);

// Search for emails in this folder with the phrase "Amazon SES" in the subject, and return only the id and subject.
let _ = http.set_url_var("folder_id", &folder_id);
let _ = http.set_url_var("select", "id,subject");
let _ = http.set_url_var("filter", "contains(subject,'Amazon SES')");

let sb_response = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
if http.quick_get_sb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}", &sb_response).is_err() {
    println!("{}", http.last_error_text());
    return;
}

let _ = json.load_sb(&sb_response);
// Show the results..
println!("{}", json.emit().unwrap_or_default());

// Sample results:

// 	{
// 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA')/messages(id,subject)",
// 	  "value": [
// 	    {
// 	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAA1jyl6\"",
// 	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAADLHd_AAAAA=",
// 	      "subject": "Amazon SES Address Verification Request in region US West (Oregon)"
// 	    },
// 	    {
// 	      "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AAA1jyl7\"",
// 	      "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAADLHd_EAAAA=",
// 	      "subject": "Amazon SES Address Verification Request in region US West (Oregon)"
// 	    }
// 	  ]
// 	}
// 

// ------------
// Proceed to delete each of the above emails...
let mut resp = String::new();
let mut message_id = String::new();
let mut i = 0;
let num_emails = json.size_of_array("value");
while i < num_emails {
    json.set_i(i);

    message_id = json.string_of("value[i].id").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = http.set_url_var("message_id", &message_id);
    println!("Deleting {}", message_id);
    resp = http.quick_delete_str("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}").unwrap_or_default();
    if !http.last_method_success() {
        println!("{}", http.last_error_text());
        return;
    }

    // A 204 response indicates success.
    if http.last_status() == 204 {
        println!("Message deleted.");
    } else {
        println!("Message not deleted.");
        println!("{}", resp);
    }

    i = i + 1;
}

// Sample output:

// Deleting AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAADLHd_AAAAA=
// Message deleted.
// Deleting AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAADLHd_EAAAA=
// Message deleted.
//