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Outlook Contacts Update (PATCH) a Contact
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Update the properties of an Outlook contact object.Chilkat VBScript Downloads
Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)
success = 0
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
' Use your previously obtained access token here: Get Outlook Contacts OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
set jsonToken = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/outlookContacts.json")
If (success = 0) Then
outFile.WriteLine(jsonToken.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("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 = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("homeAddress.street","123 Some street")
success = json.UpdateString("homeAddress.city","Seattle")
success = json.UpdateString("homeAddress.state","WA")
success = json.UpdateString("homeAddress.postalCode","98121")
success = json.UpdateString("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).
id = "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA="
success = http.SetUrlVar("id",id)
' Send the HTTP PATCH
set resp = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpJson("PATCH","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts/{$id}",json,"application/json",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
outFile.WriteLine("Response status code = " & resp.StatusCode)
set jResp = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.Load(resp.BodyStr)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0
outFile.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
' The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
If (resp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
outFile.WriteLine("Failed")
WScript.Quit
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' {
' "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$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": {}
' }
outFile.WriteLine("Contact updated.")
outFile.Close