VB.NET

Outlook -- Create a Mail Folder

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Creates a new mail folder as a child of an existing mail folder. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

' Use your previously obtained access token here:
http.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"

' This example will create a new mail folder as a child of /Inbox/abc

' Get the existing folder ID from the folder map created by this example 
Dim htFolderMap As New Chilkat.Hashtable
Dim sbMap As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap)

Dim existingFolderId As String = htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc")
If (htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Folder ID not found")
    Exit Sub
End If

' Create a JSON request body with this content:
' 
' 	{
' 	  "displayName": "displayName-value",
' 	}

' This example will create /Inbox/abc/subFolderC
Dim jsonRequestBody As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("displayName","subFolderC")

http.SetUrlVar("folder_id",existingFolderId)

' Create the folder "subFolderC" at the specified location.
Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/childFolders",jsonRequestBody,"application/json",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' A 201 response indicates success.
If (http.LastStatus = 201) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Folder created.")
Else
    Debug.WriteLine("Response status code = " & resp.StatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine("Error: Folder not created.")
End If


' Show the response in both cases..
Dim jsonResponse As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
Debug.WriteLine(jsonResponse.Emit())

' A sample successful JSON response looks like this:

' 	{
' 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA%3D')/childFolders/$entity",
' 	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMIAAAA=",
' 	  "displayName": "subFolderC",
' 	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huv8AAAA=",
' 	  "childFolderCount": 0,
' 	  "unreadItemCount": 0,
' 	  "totalItemCount": 0
' 	}