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Outlook Contacts Update (PATCH) a Contact

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Update the properties of an Outlook contact object.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

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

    DECLARE @jsonToken int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonToken OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/outlookContacts.json'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jsonToken, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'access_token'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'AuthToken', @sTmp0

    --  Send the following PATCH:

    --  PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts/{id}
    --  Content-type: application/json
    --  Content-length: 1977
    --  
    --  {
    --    "homeAddress": {
    --      "street": "123 Some street",
    --      "city": "Seattle",
    --      "state": "WA",
    --      "postalCode": "98121"
    --    },
    --    "birthday": "1974-07-22"
    --  }

    --  Build the JSON body of the POST.

    --  Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: 
    --  Generate Code to Create JSON

    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'homeAddress.street', '123 Some street'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'homeAddress.city', 'Seattle'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'homeAddress.state', 'WA'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'homeAddress.postalCode', '98121'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'birthday', '1974-07-22'

    --  We need the ID of the contact to be updated.
    --  This was available in the response when we created the contact:  Create an Outlook Contact.
    --  Or you can list contacts to get the ID: List Outlook Contacts).

    DECLARE @id nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @id = 'AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA='
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetUrlVar', @success OUT, 'id', @id

    --  Send the HTTP PATCH
    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @resp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpJson', @success OUT, 'PATCH', 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts/{$id}', @json, 'application/json', @resp
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END


    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    PRINT 'Response status code = ' + @iTmp0

    DECLARE @jResp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jResp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'Load', @success OUT, @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jResp, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    --  The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 200
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Failed'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp
        RETURN
      END

    --  Sample JSON response:

    --  {
    --    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('4ee732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6004')/contacts/$entity",
    --    "@odata.etag": "W/\"EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYu5\"",
    --    "id": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA=",
    --    "createdDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:32:05Z",
    --    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:57:39Z",
    --    "changeKey": "EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYu5",
    --    "categories": [
    --    ],
    --    "parentFolderId": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQAuAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FAQBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAAA=",
    --    "birthday": "1974-07-22T11:59:00Z",
    --    "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": {
    --      "street": "123 Some street",
    --      "city": "Seattle",
    --      "state": "WA",
    --      "postalCode": "98121"
    --    },
    --    "businessAddress": {},
    --    "otherAddress": {}
    --  }


    PRINT 'Contact updated.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp


END
GO