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Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL oHtFolderMap
LOCAL oSbMap
LOCAL cSrcFolderId
LOCAL cDstFolderId
LOCAL oJsonRequestBody
LOCAL oResp
LOCAL oJsonResponse

nSuccess := 0

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

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

//  Use your previously obtained access token here:
oHttp: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 
oHtFolderMap := CreateObject("Chilkat.Hashtable")
oSbMap := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbMap:LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml", "utf-8")
oHtFolderMap:AddFromXmlSb(oSbMap)

//  Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
cSrcFolderId := oHtFolderMap:LookupStr("/Inbox/abc/subFolderA")
IF (oHtFolderMap:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? "Folder ID not found"
    oHttp:destroy()
    oHtFolderMap:destroy()
    oSbMap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

cDstFolderId := oHtFolderMap:LookupStr("/Inbox/xyz")
IF (oHtFolderMap:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? "Destination folder ID not found"
    oHttp:destroy()
    oHtFolderMap:destroy()
    oSbMap:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

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

oJsonRequestBody := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJsonRequestBody:UpdateString("DestinationId", cDstFolderId)

oHttp:SetUrlVar("src_folder_id", cSrcFolderId)

//  Copy the source folder to the new location
oResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpJson("POST", "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy", oJsonRequestBody, "application/json", oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oHttp:destroy()
    oHtFolderMap:destroy()
    oSbMap:destroy()
    oJsonRequestBody:destroy()
    oResp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  A 201 response indicates success.
IF (oResp:StatusCode == 201)
    ? "Folder copied."
ELSE
    ? "Response status code = " + Str(oResp:StatusCode)
    ? "Error: Folder not copied."
ENDIF

//  Show the response in both cases..
oJsonResponse := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJsonResponse:EmitCompact := 0
oJsonResponse:Load(oResp:BodyStr)
? oJsonResponse: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
//  	}

oHttp:destroy()
oHtFolderMap:destroy()
oSbMap:destroy()
oJsonRequestBody:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
oJsonResponse:destroy()