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Outlook -- Copy Mail Folder and Contents to another Mail Folder

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Copy a mailfolder and its contents to another mailfolder.

This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com

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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let http = CkoHttp()!

    //  Use your previously obtained access token here:
    http.authToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"

    //  This example will copy /Inbox/abc/subFolderA and its contents to /Inbox/xyz
    //  We'll need the folder ids for both source and destination folders..

    //  Get the folder IDs from the folder map created by this example 
    let htFolderMap = CkoHashtable()!
    let sbMap = CkoStringBuilder()!
    sbMap.loadFile(path: "qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml", charset: "utf-8")
    htFolderMap.add(fromXmlSb: sbMap)

    //  Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
    var srcFolderId: String? = htFolderMap.lookupStr(key: "/Inbox/abc/subFolderA")
    if htFolderMap.lastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("Folder ID not found")
        return
    }

    var dstFolderId: String? = htFolderMap.lookupStr(key: "/Inbox/xyz")
    if htFolderMap.lastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("Destination folder ID not found")
        return
    }

    //  Create a JSON request body with this content:
    //  
    //  		{
    //  		  "DestinationId": "destinationId-value"
    //  		}

    let jsonRequestBody = CkoJsonObject()!
    jsonRequestBody.updateString(jsonPath: "DestinationId", value: dstFolderId)

    http.setUrlVar(name: "src_folder_id", value: srcFolderId)

    //  Copy the source folder to the new location
    let resp = CkoHttpResponse()!
    success = http.httpJson(verb: "POST", url: "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy", json: jsonRequestBody, contentType: "application/json", response: resp)
    if success == false {
        print("\(http.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  A 201 response indicates success.
    if resp.statusCode.intValue == 201 {
        print("Folder copied.")
    }
    else {
        print("Response status code = \(resp.statusCode.intValue)")
        print("Error: Folder not copied.")
    }

    //  Show the response in both cases..
    let jsonResponse = CkoJsonObject()!
    jsonResponse.emitCompact = false
    jsonResponse.load(json: resp.bodyStr)
    print("\(jsonResponse.emit()!)")

    //  A sample successful JSON response looks like this:

    //  	{
    //  	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#mailFolder",
    //  	  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailFolder",
    //  	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMAAAAA=",
    //  	  "displayName": "subFolderA",
    //  	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwEAAAA=",
    //  	  "childFolderCount": 1,
    //  	  "unreadItemCount": 0,
    //  	  "totalItemCount": 0
    //  	}

}