(Xojo Plugin) Outlook -- Create a Mail Folder

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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.68 or greater.

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

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// 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
success = sbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
success = htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb(sbMap)

Dim existingFolderId As String
existingFolderId = htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc")
If (htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("Folder ID not found")
    Return
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
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("displayName","subFolderC")

success = http.SetUrlVar("folder_id",existingFolderId)

// Create the folder "subFolderC" at the specified location.
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson2("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/childFolders","application/json",jsonRequestBody.Emit())
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// A 201 response indicates success.
If (http.LastStatus = 201) Then
    System.DebugLog("Folder created.")
Else
    System.DebugLog("Response status code = " + Str(resp.StatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("Error: Folder not created.")
End If

// Show the response in both cases..
Dim jsonResponse As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
success = jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
System.DebugLog(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
// 	}