Contact Update for Dictionaries not working

[javpla]

Using Contact.Update() method to update fields that are stored in Dictionaries (e.g. EmailAddresses) does not actually update those fields in the server, even though the transaction is successful.
Using the same method to update other fields (e.g. JobTitle) succeeds to get the updates in the server as expected.

Server is running Exchange 2010 SP2.

The following code reflect the described behaviour using Nodejs :

var ews = require('ews-javascript-api');
ews.EwsLogging.DebugLogEnabled = false;

var ADMIN_USR = 'admin';
var USER = 'username';
var PWD = 'password';
var URL = 'exchange_server_url';

var exch = new ews.ExchangeService(ews.ExchangeVersion.Exchange2010_SP2);
exch.Credentials = new ews.ExchangeCredentials(ADMIN_USR, PWD);
exch.Url = new ews.Uri(URL);

var userId = USER;
exch.ImpersonatedUserId = new ews.ImpersonatedUserId(ews.ConnectingIdType.SmtpAddress, userId);

var itemId = new ews.ItemId("AAMkADhlZDI5NjVmLTJlMTEtNDc4Yy04MjY3LWZjODA2NDYyM2M2NABGAAAAAAD6zwymntSnSZc2CLbI+SPhBwCCwiP5Mi5BTZxZKiwS2GujAAAA4eQoAACCwiP5Mi5BTZxZKiwS2GujAAAA5DiLAAA=");

updateContact();

function printProperties(contact) {
    // console.log(contact.propertyBag.properties.keys);
    console.log('GivenName: %s', contact.GivenName);
    if (contact.propertyBag.properties.objects.PhoneNumbers && contact.propertyBag.properties.objects.PhoneNumbers.entries) {
        console.log('PhoneNumbers Entries: \n%s', JSON.stringify(contact.propertyBag.properties.objects.PhoneNumbers.entries.objects));
    }
    if (contact.propertyBag.properties.objects.EmailAddresses && contact.propertyBag.properties.objects.EmailAddresses.entries) {
        console.log('EmailAddresses Entries: \n%s', JSON.stringify(contact.propertyBag.properties.objects.EmailAddresses.entries.objects));
    }
}

function updateContact() {
    ews.Contact.Bind(exch, itemId).then(function (contact) {
        console.log();
        console.log("OLD CONTACT:");
        printProperties(contact);

        contact.GivenName = "NEW Name";
        // update phone
        var key = ews.PhoneNumberKey.MobilePhone;
        var keyStr = 'MobilePhone';
        var phoneEntry = new ews.PhoneNumberEntry(keyStr, '111111111');
        contact.PhoneNumbers.Entries.set(ews.PhoneNumberKey.MobilePhone, phoneEntry);

        // update email
        var email = "new@email.com";
        var emailEntry1 = new ews.EmailAddressEntry('EmailAddress1', new ews.EmailAddress('home', email));
        contact.EmailAddresses.Entries.set(ews.EmailAddressKey.EmailAddress1, emailEntry1);

        contact.FileAsMapping = undefined; // FileAsMapping is not available in Exchange 2010

        console.log();
        console.log("UPDATING CONTACT:");
        printProperties(contact);

        // alt 1: UpdateContact
        contact.Update(ews.ConflictResolutionMode.AlwaysOverwrite).then(function () {
            ews.Contact.Bind(exch, itemId).then(function (contactUpdated) {
                console.log();
                console.log("UPDATED CONTACT:");
                printProperties(contactUpdated);
            }, function (err) {
                console.error(err);
            });
        }, function (err) {
            console.error(err);
        });
    }, function (err) {
        console.error(err);
    });
}

The console output:
(notice how emails and phone numbers are not changed whereas GivenName is)

OLD CONTACT:
GivenName: OLD Name
PhoneNumbers Entries: 
{"MobilePhone":{"___implementsInterface":["ISelfValidate","IJsonSerializable"],"___typeName":"ComplexProperty","Namespace":2,"OnChange":[null],"key":11,"phoneNumber":"000000000"}}
EmailAddresses Entries: 
{"EmailAddress1":{"___implementsInterface":["ISelfValidate","IJsonSerializable"],"___typeName":"ComplexProperty","Namespace":2,"OnChange":[null],"key":0,"emailAddress":{"___implementsInterface":["ISelfValidate","IJsonSerializable"],"___typeName":"ComplexProperty","Namespace":2,"OnChange":[null],"name":"other","address":"old@email.com","routingType":"SMTP","mailboxType":6,"id":null}}}

UPDATING CONTACT:
GivenName: NEW Name
PhoneNumbers Entries: 
{"MobilePhone":{"___implementsInterface":["ISelfValidate","IJsonSerializable"],"___typeName":"ComplexProperty","Namespace":2,"OnChange":[],"key":"MobilePhone","phoneNumber":"111111111"}}
EmailAddresses Entries: 
{"EmailAddress1":{"___implementsInterface":["ISelfValidate","IJsonSerializable"],"___typeName":"ComplexProperty","Namespace":2,"OnChange":[],"key":"EmailAddress1","emailAddress":{"___implementsInterface":["ISelfValidate","IJsonSerializable"],"___typeName":"ComplexProperty","Namespace":2,"OnChange":[null],"name":"home","address":"new@email.com","routingType":null,"mailboxType":null,"id":null}}}

UPDATED CONTACT:
GivenName: NEW Name
PhoneNumbers Entries: 
{"MobilePhone":{"___implementsInterface":["ISelfValidate","IJsonSerializable"],"___typeName":"ComplexProperty","Namespace":2,"OnChange":[null],"key":11,"phoneNumber":"000000000"}}
EmailAddresses Entries: 
{"EmailAddress1":{"___implementsInterface":["ISelfValidate","IJsonSerializable"],"___typeName":"ComplexProperty","Namespace":2,"OnChange":[null],"key":0,"emailAddress":{"___implementsInterface":["ISelfValidate","IJsonSerializable"],"___typeName":"ComplexProperty","Namespace":2,"OnChange":[null],"name":"other","address":"old@email.com","routingType":"SMTP","mailboxType":6,"id":null}}}````

[gautamsi]

do not use contact.EmailAddresses.Entries.set(ews.EmailAddressKey.EmailAddress1, emailEntry1);

use contact.EmailAddresses._setItem(ews.EmailAddressKey.EmailAddress1, emailEntry1);

jsdoc documentation of many classes are not updated (started porting jsdoc very late), the not all internal properties and classes are hidden in Typing. JavaScript based intellisense may still expose all the internal stuffs.

[javpla]

This worked for PhoneNumbers but not for EmailAddresses

[gautamsi]

I have to implement event delegation for changed or updates events. hopefully in a week or so.

[gautamsi]

can you try installing dev version and provide feedback. npm i ews-javascript-api@next.

there is a caveat in removing/replacing these entries, see the blog for more details

[javpla]

I tried it with ews-javascript-api@next and got the same behaveiour. The code I use to update looks like this: contact.FileAsMapping = undefined; // FileAsMapping is not available in Exchange 2010 contact.Update(ews.ConflictResolutionMode.AlwaysOverwrite).then(function() { resolve(c.exchangeUniqueId); }, function(err) { reject(err); });

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On 28 Dec 2016, at 19:29, Gautam Singh ***@***.***> wrote: can you try installing dev version and provide feedback. npm i ***@***.*** there is a caveat in removing/replacing these entries, see the blog for more details <https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/emeamsgdev/2012/05/17/ews-managed-api-how-to-remove-email1-email2-email3-from-a-contact/> — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#123 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFS1XiSoBEa9IszgD0T0xpzKaVVEVBZcks5rMqp-gaJpZM4Kvqqh>.

[gautamsi]

did you update the code I suggested contact.EmailAddresses._setItem(ews.EmailAddressKey.EmailAddress1, emailEntry1); similarly for Phone Number use contact.PhoneNumbers.__setItem(ews.PhoneNumberKey.MobilePhone, phoneEntry);

also, you can use any value for FileAsMapping it all values available in 2010 onward, I see your server is 2010_SP2. do not use undefined value for FileAsMapping. remove the line contact.FileAsMapping = undefined; // FileAsMapping is not available in Exchange 2010

[javpla]

I was not using the recommended code. Now I did and it is working correctly for both emails and phone numbers! This is how it looks now in my code: var emailEntry1 = new ews.EmailAddressEntry('EmailAddress1', ea); // contact.EmailAddresses.Entries.set(ews.EmailAddressKey.EmailAddress1, emailEntry1); contact.EmailAddresses._setItem(ews.EmailAddressKey.EmailAddress1, ea); ... var phoneEntry = new ews.PhoneNumberEntry(keyStr, stringAsXmlValue(phoneNumber.value)); // contact.PhoneNumbers.Entries.Add(key, phoneEntry); contact.PhoneNumbers._setItem(key, stringAsXmlValue(phoneNumber.value)); So actually the second parameter in the _setItem function is the string, not the entry as I was using before. Cool!

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On 29 Dec 2016, at 11:02, Gautam Singh ***@***.***> wrote: FileAsMapping