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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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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set http [new_CkHttp]

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

set jsonToken [new_CkJsonObject]

set success [CkJsonObject_LoadFile $jsonToken "qa_data/tokens/outlookContacts.json"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkJsonObject_lastErrorText $jsonToken]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    exit
}

CkHttp_put_AuthToken $http [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonToken "access_token"]

#  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

set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "homeAddress.street" "123 Some street"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "homeAddress.city" "Seattle"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "homeAddress.state" "WA"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "homeAddress.postalCode" "98121"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "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).

set id "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA="
CkHttp_SetUrlVar $http "id" $id

#  Send the HTTP PATCH
set resp [new_CkHttpResponse]

set success [CkHttp_HttpJson $http "PATCH" "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts/{$id}" $json "application/json" $resp]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
    exit
}

puts "Response status code = [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]"

set jResp [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_Load $jResp [CkHttpResponse_bodyStr $resp]
CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $jResp 0
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $jResp]

#  The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
if {[CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp] != 200} then {
    puts "Failed"
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
    delete_CkJsonObject $jResp
    exit
}

#  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": {}
#  }

puts "Contact updated."

delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
delete_CkJsonObject $jResp