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easyEws Updated to 1.0.20

August 27, 2020 David E. Craig2 Comments

This was more than a patch this time. It was a minor update to two functions:

sendMailItem
sendPlainTextEmailWithAttachment

There was an issue reported (#12) where the sendMailItem function was not working in IE11. This was because it was created to take an inline object (ES6). Well on IE11 (which only supports ES5), it broke.

So, I fixed sendMailItem to support ES5 and also took the opportunity to add two often requested features of this function:

It will now allow you to submit HTML body content or Text. It will also parse the HTML for you if you submit it as is.
It will also now allow you to send both file attachment (new), and mail item attachments (original).

Please see the documentation for more information on the updates to this function: https://github.com/davecra/easyEWS#sendMailItem

Also I updated the sendPlainTextEmailWithAttachment function. Under the covers this uses the sendMailItem function. So I had to update it to use the new format so it would work as well. There was no change to it’s features/functionality however.

I did not get to the last item I have had requests for:

ability to specify recipients as To/CC/BCC. I will update this at some future date. Also, please let me know if you would like to see this.

Overall, the goal is to have the sendMailItem() function be a full multi-purpose function at some point. It is almost there, but please keep the suggestions coming.

easyEws v1.0.19 Released

August 13, 2020August 15, 2020 David E. CraigLeave a comment

There were a couple small bug fixes in the splitGroupsRecursivelyAsync() function. Thank you to Jack for making me aware of the issue as it has now been corrected.

The CDN to the latest versioned instance of the library:

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/easyews/easyEws1.0.19.js

Here is a link to my GitHub:

https://github.com/davecra/easyEWS

And it is also able to be installed from NPM with the command:

npm install easyews

Minor update to easyEws

July 20, 2020 David E. CraigLeave a comment

There was a small problem with if you have “use strict” and are in the full Outlook client where the easyEws library would fail on compile on the getParentId function.

This is fixed in this version. To get the latest simply run:

npm update easyews

Or, you can reference the latest build at the CDN:

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/easyews/easyEws.js

easyEws Updated to v1.0.17

July 13, 2020 David E. CraigLeave a comment

There is one major change and one fix in this update:

The library no longer has any dependencies on jQuery. As such all parsing is done with DOMParser and all loops are traditional (for, versus $.each()).

NOTE: This is a fairly major change as it touches the core asyncEws call, which is at the very core over every call in the library. If you have an issue with this build, please point to the previous build of the library directly. See more below…
The sendPlainTextEmailWithAttachment() function was fixed to submit parameters as a Object versus individually.

The GitHub repository has all previous versions. For example, to access the primary CDN, go to:

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/davecra/easyEws/easyEws.js

If you need to access a specific version (like the last one):

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/davecra/easyEws/easyEws1.0.16.js

Please let me know if you have any questions or issues.

easyEws v1.0.16 Published

June 8, 2020June 5, 2020 David E. CraigLeave a comment

I have made a few minor updates to easyEws. First, was a fix for distribution lists with an “&” in the name. The second is a few minor JSDoc updates for better linting. And finally, I changed a couple forEach loops to traditional for loops for performance reasons.

I have published the update to NPM and to my GitHub.

Please let me know if you have any issues or questions.

easyEws v1.0.15 Released

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 David E. CraigLeave a comment

In this latest release I have incorporated my first community pull. A big thank you to Vijay Samtani for adding the sendMailItem. This new addition allows you to create a message to multiple recipients and with zero to many attachments.

Here is a link to the repository: https://github.com/davecra/easyEWS

You can references it in your code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="node_modules/easyews/easyews.min.js"></script>

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And you can allow pull it down from NPM:

npm install easyEws

easyEws v1.0.14 released

April 22, 2020 David E. CraigLeave a comment

First off, there is no version 1.0.13.

For this latest release, I have added one handy new function getParentId(). This function uses the child message “InReplyTo” field to locate the parent message with the same corresponding “InternetMessageId” field. If found, you will get the Id of that parent message. If not found, you will get NULL.

As per usual, to get the latest you can link to the CDN: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/davecra/easyEws/easyEws.js

Or you can access it from NPM via this command:

npm -install easyews

NOTE: I was informed that I had forgot to update NPM to v1.0.12 per the last release. So I have fixed that and have updated this build on NPM.

easyEws v1.0.12 released

April 16, 2020April 15, 2020 David E. CraigLeave a comment

I have updated the easyEws library.

The changes I made in v1.0.11 for ResolveNames were only ES6 compliant and did not work in IE11. Specifically, I defined an ES6 class object versus a more compliant ES3+ function/class. The update was recoded and now functions in IE11.

Additionally, there was a reported issue with recipient aggregation in the getallRecipientsAsync() function. I was using a .forEach() on the recipient array which seemed to be causing problems with larger result sets. So I updated it to use a standard for loop.

Other than that there were no major changes to this version.

easyEws Updated to v1.0.11

March 4, 2020 David E. Craig1 Comment

It has been a while since I have updated this library, however I have had a few requests.

The first one that I am publishing today is adding the ResolveNames operation. The latest is now on GitHub here. And you can install it using NPM like this:

npm install easyews

Also, I have updated the CDN listing. Before I was using RAWGIT but that has been retired. You can now add the CDN like this:

	<html>
	<head>
	<!– DEBUG –>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/davecra/easyEws/easyEws.js"></script>
	<!– Or, MINIFIED –>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/davecra/easyEws/easyEws.min.js"></script>
	</head>
	</html>

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To issue a resolve names you will pass the email address or the display name to the function like this:

	async function run() {
	var msg = Office.context.mailbox.item;
	msg.to.getAsync(function(asyncResult) {
	if(asyncResult.status == Office.AsyncResultStatus.Failed) {
	$("#recipientResult").text(asyncResult.error);
	} else {
	/** @type {Office.EmailAddressDetails[]} */
	var recips = asyncResult.value;
	// are there any recipients at all
	if(recips == null \|\| recips.length == 0) {
	$("#recipientResult").html("NO RECIPIENTS");
	} else {
	/** @type {string} */
	var info = "<br/>DISPLAY NAME: " + recips[0].displayName + "<br/>" +
	"EMAIL_ADDRESS: " + recips[0].emailAddress + "<br/>" +
	"RECIPIENT_TYPE: " + recips[0].recipientType;
	easyEws.resolveRecipient(recips[0].emailAddress, function(result) {
	if(result == null \|\| result.length == 0) {
	info += "<br/>UNRESOLVED</br>";
	} else {
	info += "<br/>RESOLVED: " + result[0].MailBoxType;
	info += "<br/>RESOLVED EMAIL: " + result[0].EmailAddress;
	}
	// write tot he form
	$("#recipientResult").html(info);
	}, function(error) {
	$("#recipientResult").text(error);
	}, function(debug) {
	$("#debugResult").text(debug)
	});
	}
	}
	});
	}

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If you have any suggestions for this library, please ping me.

Expanding Personal Contact Lists in Outlook with OfficeJS

February 11, 2020 David E. CraigLeave a comment

If you are developing an OfficeJS add-in for Outlook or Outlook Online (OWA) and your project requirements have a need to peek inside distribution lists, you might find that there are two kinds:

Distribution Lists – these are Exchange groups, or mail enabled Active Directory groups. These are managed by the enterprise IT and contain a list of email addresses and/or other distributions lists.
Contact Lists / Private Distribution Lists – these are personal lists created by the user that can contain similar objects.

For an Office Add-in, you must use the makeEwsRequestAsync() command to submit EWS to Exchange. And the specific command you will need to use is ExpandDL to get the members of a DL (or contact list). With regards to the first item in the list above, it is pretty straight forward. For the second item there is this blurb on the page:

Private distribution lists are located in the Contacts folder of a user’s mailbox. Private distribution lists do not have e-mail addresses so their store item identifiers are used in an ExpandDL request. Members of a private distribution list can be any mail-enabled user, contacts or distribution lists from Active Directory, or contacts or private distribution lists from a user’s Contacts folder.

The bold part is key. But where do you get this. When you request a to.getAsync() and receive “Bob’s Favorite People” as a recipient item what do you do with it?

The key is to call the EWS method ResolveNames. When you call this on “Bob’s Favorite People” you will get a return value with PrivateDL and an ItemID (the Exchange Store Item ID in the users Contact folder) that you will then send that ItemId to ExpandDL. Here is what the soap response would look like from ResolveNames:

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<!– Note: EwsEditor has replaced the "utf-16" text in the first line with"utf-8" in order for the XML to render in the response web control. –>
	<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
	<s:Header>
	<h:ServerVersionInfo MajorVersion="15" MinorVersion="20" MajorBuildNumber="2305" MinorBuildNumber="24" Version="V2018_01_08" xmlns:h="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" />
	</s:Header>
	<s:Body>
	<m:ResolveNamesResponse xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
	<m:ResponseMessages>
	<m:ResolveNamesResponseMessage ResponseClass="Success">
	<m:ResponseCode>NoError</m:ResponseCode>
	<m:ResolutionSet TotalItemsInView="1" IncludesLastItemInRange="true">
	<t:Resolution>
	<t:Mailbox>
	<t:Name>Bob's Favorite People</t:Name>
	<t:RoutingType>MAPIPDL</t:RoutingType>
	<t:MailboxType>PrivateDL</t:MailboxType>
	<t:ItemId Id="AAMkADU2NjQzOWIxLWZkMTktNDU2NC04MGYwLTc4OGUxZTQ3ZTQ4OQBGAAAAAABU0Ha8nllhSqfh0CtR+4+uBwAdo3MIorCqSaC1lyH8qlH1AAAAAAEOAAAdo3MIorCqSaC1lyH8qlH1AAQQFxCnAAA=" ChangeKey="EgAAABYAAAAdo3MIorCqSaC1lyH8qlH1AAQQUFsg" />
	</t:Mailbox>
	</t:Resolution>
	</m:ResolutionSet>
	</m:ResolveNamesResponseMessage>
	</m:ResponseMessages>
	</m:ResolveNamesResponse>
	</s:Body>
	</s:Envelope>

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You can then make your ExpandDL request like this:

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
	<soap:Header>
	<t:RequestServerVersion Version="Exchange2016" />
	</soap:Header>
	<soap:Body>
	<m:ExpandDL>
	<m:Mailbox>
	<t:ItemId Id="AAMkADU2NjQzOWIxLWZkMTktNDU2NC04MGYwLTc4OGUxZTQ3ZTQ4OQBGAAAAAABU0Ha8nllhSqfh0CtR+4+uBwAdo3MIorCqSaC1lyH8qlH1AAAAAAEOAAAdo3MIorCqSaC1lyH8qlH1AAQQFxCnAAA=" />
	</m:Mailbox>
	</m:ExpandDL>
	</soap:Body>
	</soap:Envelope>

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The result will be a list of all the email addresses, like this:

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<!– Note: EwsEditor has replaced the "utf-16" text in the first line with"utf-8" in order for the XML to render in the response web control. –>
	<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
	<s:Header>
	<h:ServerVersionInfo MajorVersion="15" MinorVersion="20" MajorBuildNumber="2305" MinorBuildNumber="24" Version="V2018_01_08" xmlns:h="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" />
	</s:Header>
	<s:Body>
	<m:ExpandDLResponse xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
	<m:ResponseMessages>
	<m:ExpandDLResponseMessage ResponseClass="Success">
	<m:ResponseCode>NoError</m:ResponseCode>
	<m:DLExpansion TotalItemsInView="3" IncludesLastItemInRange="true">
	<t:Mailbox>
	<t:Name>Bill S. Preston Esquire</t:Name>
	<t:EmailAddress>bill@WyldStallyns.ooo</t:EmailAddress>
	<t:RoutingType>SMTP</t:RoutingType>
	<t:MailboxType>Contact</t:MailboxType>
	</t:Mailbox>
	<t:Mailbox>
	<t:Name>Theodore Logan</t:Name>
	<t:EmailAddress>ted@WyldStallyns.ooo</t:EmailAddress>
	<t:RoutingType>SMTP</t:RoutingType>
	<t:MailboxType>Contact</t:MailboxType>
	</t:Mailbox>
	<t:Mailbox>
	<t:Name>Wyld Stallyns Fans</t:Name>
	<t:EmailAddress>fans@WyldStallyns.ooo</t:EmailAddress>
	<t:RoutingType>SMTP</t:RoutingType>
	<t:MailboxType>Contact</t:MailboxType>
	</t:Mailbox>
	</m:DLExpansion>
	</m:ExpandDLResponseMessage>
	</m:ResponseMessages>
	</m:ExpandDLResponse>
	</s:Body>
	</s:Envelope>

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NOTE: For now the ResolveNames operation is not supported in my library easyEws. I am working to add it in the coming weeks.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions or questions.

NOTE: I am not an Exchange Web Services (EWS) expert, but have some experience with it through the OfficeJS makeEwsRequestAsync() command. To get the answer for this blog entry, I had to go to a real EWS expert to figure this one out. Many thanks to Dan Bagley (EwsEditor) for his assistance.