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Creates a reply email in the Drafts folder, updates the reply with information, and then sends the reply.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = 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 search /Inbox for a message that will be replied to.
// First we need to get the folder ID for /Inbox.
// Then we'll search for messages based on some criteria, and reply to the 1st matching message.
// To reply, we'll create the reply message in the Drafts folder, update it with content, and the send.

// Get the folder ID for /Inbox 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)

// Get the ID for the "/Inbox" folder:
Dim folderId As String
folderId = htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox")
If (htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("Folder ID not found")
    Return
End If

success = True
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.EmitCompact = False

// Search for unread emails in this folder from support@chilkatsoft.com 
success = http.SetUrlVar("folder_id",folderId)
success = http.SetUrlVar("select","id,subject")
success = http.SetUrlVar("filter","(isRead eq false) and (from/emailAddress/address eq 'support@chilkatsoft.com')")

Dim sbResponse As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$folder_id}/messages?$filter={$filter}&$select={$select}",sbResponse)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = json.LoadSb(sbResponse)
// Show the results..
System.DebugLog(json.Emit())

If (json.SizeOfArray("value") = 0) Then
    System.DebugLog("Empty result set.")
    Return
End If

// Sample results:

// {
//   "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/mailFolders('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA')/messages(id,subject)",
//   "value": [
//     {
//       "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfq\"",
//       "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj1wAAAA=",
//       "subject": "This email contains a PDF attachment"
//     },
//     {
//       "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADOpwfs\"",
//       "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEMAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6Jj14AAAA=",
//       "subject": "This email has the word Amazon in the subject.."
//     }
//   ]
// }

// We'll create a reply for the 1st message in the result set.
// We'll need the message existing id.

Dim existingMsgId As String
existingMsgId = json.StringOf("value[0].id")

// To create a reply, send a request such as the following:

// 	POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{id}/createReply
// 	Content-type: application/json
// 	Content-length: 248
// 
// 	{
// 	  "comment": "comment-value"
// 	}

Dim jsonRequestBody As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("comment","This is a comment")

success = http.SetUrlVar("message_id",existingMsgId)

// Create the reply in the Drafts folder:
Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/createReply",jsonRequestBody,"application/json",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// A 201 response indicates success.
If (resp.StatusCode = 201) Then
    System.DebugLog("Created reply draft.")
    success = True
Else
    System.DebugLog("Response status code = " + Str(resp.StatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("Failed to create reply draft.")
    success = False
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())
If (success = False) Then
    Return
End If

// ----------------------------------------------
// Get the message id of the newly created reply.
Dim replyMsgId As String
replyMsgId = jsonResponse.StringOf("id")

// Update the message with new text in the body..
// Send an HTTP PATCH request that looks something like this:
// Only send the message parts that are changing.

// 	PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{reply_message_id}
// 	Content-type: application/json
// 	Content-length: 248
// 
// 	{
// 	  "subject": "subject-value",
// 	  "body": {
// 	    "contentType": "html",
// 	    "content": "updated HTML goes here"
// 	  },
// 	  "inferenceClassification": "other"
// 	}

Dim jsonPatch As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("body.contentType","html")

// The reply email that Outlook created will contain the original message under a horizontal rule.
// The body.content should contain this substring:  "<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<hr "
// We're going to insert our reply after the body tag, and before the hr tag.
Dim sbHtml As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = jsonResponse.StringOfSb("body.content",sbHtml)
// Insert the response HTML in the reply HTML body.
Dim numReplaced As Int32
numReplaced = sbHtml.ReplaceBetween("<body bgcolor=""#FFFFFF"">","<hr ",EndOfLine.Windows,"<p>This is my response.</p>")
If (numReplaced <> 1) Then
    System.DebugLog("Something is amiss!")
    Return
End If

success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("body.content",sbHtml.GetAsString())

// Add additional CC, BCC, or TO recipients like this:
Dim numToRecipients As Int32
numToRecipients = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("toRecipients")
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
// Copy existing TO recipients.
While i < numToRecipients
    jsonPatch.I = i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name",jsonResponse.StringOf("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name"))
    success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address",jsonResponse.StringOf("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address"))
    i = i + 1
Wend
// Add an additional TO recipient.
jsonPatch.I = numToRecipients
success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.name","Chilkat")
success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("toRecipients[i].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")

Dim numCcRecipients As Int32
numCcRecipients = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("ccRecipients")
i = 0
// Copy existing CC recipients.
While i < numCcRecipients
    jsonPatch.I = i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name",jsonResponse.StringOf("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name"))
    success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address",jsonResponse.StringOf("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address"))
    i = i + 1
Wend
// Add an additional CC recipient.
jsonPatch.I = numCcRecipients
success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.name","Chilkat GMail")
success = jsonPatch.UpdateString("ccRecipients[i].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")

jsonPatch.EmitCompact = False
System.DebugLog(jsonPatch.Emit())

success = http.SetUrlVar("message_id",replyMsgId)
success = http.HttpJson("PATCH","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}",jsonPatch,"application/json",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// A 200 response indicates success.
If (resp.StatusCode = 200) Then
    System.DebugLog("Patched the reply draft.")
    success = True
Else
    System.DebugLog("Response status code = " + Str(resp.StatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("Failed to patch the reply draft.")
    success = False
End If

// Show the response in both cases..
success = jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
System.DebugLog(jsonResponse.Emit())
If (success = False) Then
    Return
End If

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
// OK, let's send the reply email...
// To send, POST with an empty request body:
// POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{id}/send
success = http.HttpStr("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/{$message_id}/send","","","",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// A 202 response indicates success.
If (resp.StatusCode = 202) Then
    System.DebugLog("Sent the email reply.")
    // If the status code was 202, there is no response body.
Else
    System.DebugLog("Response status code = " + Str(resp.StatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("Failed to send the email reply.")
    success = jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
    System.DebugLog(jsonResponse.Emit())
End If

System.DebugLog("Finished.")

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// A sample successful JSON response for the createReply looks like this:

// 	{
// 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
// 	  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.message",
// 	  "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwR4\"",
// 	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM-lQbAAAAA=",
// 	  "createdDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// 	  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// 	  "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwR4",
// 	  "categories": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "receivedDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// 	  "sentDateTime": "2017-06-01T14:31:56Z",
// 	  "hasAttachments": false,
// 	  "internetMessageId": "<SN1PR20MB0461AF40FC899A8462536F04E6F60@SN1PR20MB0461.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>",
// 	  "subject": "RE: This email contains a PDF attachment",
// 	  "bodyPreview": "________________________________\r\nFrom: Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com>\r\nSent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 10:58:56 PM\r\nTo: chilkatsoft@outlook.com\r\nSubject: This email contains a PDF attachment\r\n\r\nThis email contains a PDF attachment\r\n--\r\nBest Regar",
// 	  "importance": "normal",
// 	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA",
// 	  "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAMMaWY-CWmVOqNKt-NiVhkU=",
// 	  "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": false,
// 	  "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
// 	  "isRead": true,
// 	  "isDraft": true,
// 	  "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM%2FlQbAAAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
// 	  "inferenceClassification": "focused",
// 	  "body": {
// 	    "contentType": "html",
// 	    "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<hr tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:inline-block; width:98%\"> ... </html>\r\n"
// 	  },
// 	  "sender": {
// 	    "emailAddress": {
// 	      "name": "Matt Smith",
// 	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// 	    }
// 	  },
// 	  "from": {
// 	    "emailAddress": {
// 	      "name": "Matt Smith",
// 	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// 	    }
// 	  },
// 	  "toRecipients": [
// 	    {
// 	      "emailAddress": {
// 	        "name": "Chilkat Software",
// 	        "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
// 	      }
// 	    }
// 	  ],
// 	  "ccRecipients": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "bccRecipients": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "replyTo": [
// 	  ]
// 	}
// 

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// A sample successful PATCH JSON response looks like this:

// 	{
// 	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('admin%40chilkat.io')/messages/$entity",
// 	  "@odata.etag": "W/\"CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwSA\"",
// 	  "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM-lQbMAAAA=",
// 	  "createdDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:14Z",
// 	  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:17Z",
// 	  "changeKey": "CQAAABYAAADn68XtMop0TpsYJGpfKXY9AADQAwSA",
// 	  "categories": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "receivedDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:15Z",
// 	  "sentDateTime": "2017-06-01T15:18:15Z",
// 	  "hasAttachments": false,
// 	  "internetMessageId": "<SN1PR20MB046138C4A26051200764FE38E6F60@SN1PR20MB0461.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>",
// 	  "subject": "RE: This email has the word Amazon in the subject..",
// 	  "bodyPreview": "This is my response.\r\n\r\n________________________________\r\nFrom: Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com>\r\nSent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:40:01 PM\r\nTo: Chilkat Software\r\nSubject: This email has the word Amazon in the subject..\r\n\r\nThis email has the word ",
// 	  "importance": "normal",
// 	  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA",
// 	  "conversationId": "AQQkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAQAE64PfPP1n1IhU4YasnNN0Q=",
// 	  "isDeliveryReceiptRequested": false,
// 	  "isReadReceiptRequested": false,
// 	  "isRead": true,
// 	  "isDraft": true,
// 	  "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?ItemID=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEPAAAA5%2BvF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM%2FlQbMAAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
// 	  "inferenceClassification": "focused",
// 	  "body": {
// 	    "contentType": "html",
// 	    "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\r\n<p>This is my response.</p>\r\n<hr tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:inline-block; width:98%\">\r\n<div id=\"divRplyFwdMsg\" dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Calibri, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" style=\"font-size:11pt\"><b>From:</b> Chilkat Software &lt;support@chilkatsoft.com&gt;<br>\r\n<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:40:01 PM<br>\r\n<b>To:</b> Chilkat Software<br>\r\n<b>Subject:</b> This email has the word Amazon in the subject..</font>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div><font face=\"Calibri\">This email has the word Amazon in the subject..</font><br>\r\n<div class=\"moz-signature\">-- <br>\r\nBest Regards,<br>\r\nMatt Smith<br>\r\nChilkat Software, Inc.<br>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/chilkatsoft\">Follow Chilkat on Twitter</a> </p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</body>\r\n</html>\r\n"
// 	  },
// 	  "sender": {
// 	    "emailAddress": {
// 	      "name": "Matt Smith",
// 	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// 	    }
// 	  },
// 	  "from": {
// 	    "emailAddress": {
// 	      "name": "Matt Smith",
// 	      "address": "chilkatsoft@outlook.com"
// 	    }
// 	  },
// 	  "toRecipients": [
// 	    {
// 	      "emailAddress": {
// 	        "name": "Chilkat Software",
// 	        "address": "support@chilkatsoft.com"
// 	      }
// 	    }
// 	  ],
// 	  "ccRecipients": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "bccRecipients": [
// 	  ],
// 	  "replyTo": [
// 	  ]
// 	}