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Using EWS Java API to set custom headers on a draft email
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
//You'll need: https://github.com/OfficeDev/ews-java-api/
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.core.ExchangeService;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.core.PropertySet;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.core.service.folder.Folder;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.core.service.item.Item;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.core.service.schema.EmailMessageSchema;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.core.service.schema.ItemSchema;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.credential.WebCredentials;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.enumeration.ComparisonMode;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.enumeration.ConflictResolutionMode;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.enumeration.ContainmentMode;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.enumeration.DefaultExtendedPropertySet;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.enumeration.ExchangeVersion;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.enumeration.MapiPropertyType;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.enumeration.SortDirection;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.enumeration.WellKnownFolderName;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.property.complex.MessageBody;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.property.definition.ExtendedPropertyDefinition;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.search.FindItemsResults;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.search.ItemView;
import microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.search.filter.SearchFilter;
public class EmailTweaker {
private static final ExchangeVersion EV = ExchangeVersion.Exchange2010_SP2;
private static final URI EWS_URI = URI.create("https://email.example.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx");
private static final String DOMAIN = "EXAMPLE_DOMAIN";
public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
if (args.length != 2) {
System.err.println("Supply only username and password as arguments please");
System.exit(1);
}
String username = args[0];
String password = args[1];
try (ExchangeService service = new ExchangeService(EV)) {
service.setUrl(EWS_URI);
service.setCredentials(new WebCredentials(username, password, DOMAIN));
new EmailTweaker(service).run();
}
}
private final ExchangeService service;
private EmailTweaker(ExchangeService service) {
this.service = service;
}
private final int PAGE_SIZE = 100;
private static final Pattern HEADERS=Pattern.compile("(?<=(?:>|^))SetHeader:\\s*([!-9;-~]+):\\s*(.+?)(?=(?:<|$))");
private static final SearchFilter FILTER = new SearchFilter.ContainsSubstring(ItemSchema.Subject, "HEADERS ", ContainmentMode.Prefixed, ComparisonMode.Exact);
private void run() throws Exception {
Folder folder = Folder.bind(service, WellKnownFolderName.Drafts);
ItemView view = new ItemView(PAGE_SIZE);
view.setPropertySet(PropertySet.getIdOnly());
view.getOrderBy().add(EmailMessageSchema.DateTimeSent,
SortDirection.Ascending);
FindItemsResults<Item> results;
do {
results = folder.findItems(FILTER, view);
for (Item item : results) {
// Sadly, the view won't let us just load all of these.
item.load(new PropertySet(ItemSchema.Body,ItemSchema.Subject));
MessageBody body = item.getBody();
String bodyString = body.toString();
Matcher bodyMatcher = HEADERS.matcher(bodyString);
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(bodyString.length());
while(bodyMatcher.find()) {
String key = bodyMatcher.group(1);
String value = bodyMatcher.group(2);
System.out.printf("Setting %s:%s\n",key,value);
ExtendedPropertyDefinition header = new ExtendedPropertyDefinition(DefaultExtendedPropertySet.InternetHeaders,
key,
MapiPropertyType.String);
item.setExtendedProperty(header, value);
bodyMatcher.appendReplacement(sb, "");
}
bodyMatcher.appendTail(sb);
String newBodyString = sb.toString();
//Dealing with HTML bodies, sometimes Outlook / OWA sucks and splits lines.
//When this happens, it helps to see the raw message body so you can edit and try again.
if(!newBodyString.equals(bodyString)) {
//Even if you get here, not all of the custom headers may be put in place.
item.setSubject(item.getSubject().substring(8));
body.setText(sb.toString());
item.update(ConflictResolutionMode.AlwaysOverwrite);
System.out.println(item.getId());
} else {
System.err.printf("Subject: %s ,Id: %s\n\t%s\n\n",item.getSubject(),item.getId(),newBodyString);
}
}
} while (results.isMoreAvailable());
}
}
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