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Get GMail Message format=full

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Examines the JSON returned when getting a message using format=full.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

http.auth_token = "ACCESS_TOKEN"

http.accept = "application/json"

-- This is the ID for a particular message in our mailbox...
local id = "1712bc1dc22da2a2"

-- Download the message using format=full
http:set_url_var("id", id)

local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
local success = http:http_no_body("GET", "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/userId/messages/{$id}?format=full", resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Response Status Code: " .. resp.status_code)

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json:load(resp.body_str)
json.emit_compact = false
print(json:emit())

if resp.status_code ~= 200 then
    print("Failed.")
    return
end

-- Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
-- Generate Parsing Code from JSON

-- Here is a sample "format=full" response that contains 4 attachments:
-- The JSON parsing source code is shown below...

-- {
--   "id": "1712bc1dc22da2a2",
--   "threadId": "1712bc1dc22da2a2",
--   "labelIds": [
--     "UNREAD",
--     "IMPORTANT",
--     "CATEGORY_PERSONAL",
--     "INBOX"
--   ],
--   "snippet": "Hello, this is a test email with attachments..",
--   "historyId": "759379",
--   "internalDate": "1585577056000",
--   "payload": {
--     "partId": "",
--     "mimeType": "multipart/mixed",
--     "filename": "",
--     "headers": [
--       {
--         "name": "Delivered-To",
--         "value": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Received",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "X-Received",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "X-Google-Smtp-Source",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "X-Received",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "ARC-Seal",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "ARC-Message-Signature",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "ARC-Authentication-Results",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Return-Path",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Received",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Received-SPF",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Authentication-Results",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "DKIM-Signature",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "DKIM-Signature",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Subject",
--         "value": "Test email with attachments"
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "From",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "To",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Date",
--         "value": "Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:04:16 +0000"
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Mime-Version",
--         "value": "1.0"
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Content-Type",
--         "value": "multipart/mixed;  boundary=\"=_wNvwW3YTnQBZ24pmfFNfay3S6M-pHT7KdZIkXwYF-BFiPYNE\""
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "References",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "X-Mailer",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Thread-Index",
--         "value": "AQHWBpwYB0UZvgGPT1KluJJUCF0BGg=="
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Thread-Topic",
--         "value": "Test email with attachments"
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Message-ID",
--         "value": "..."
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "X-SES-Outgoing",
--         "value": "2020.03.30-54.240.27.106"
--       },
--       {
--         "name": "Feedback-ID",
--         "value": "..."
--       }
--     ],
--     "body": {
--       "size": 0
--     },
--     "parts": [
--       {
--         "partId": "0",
--         "mimeType": "multipart/alternative",
--         "filename": "",
--         "headers": [
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Type",
--             "value": "multipart/alternative;  boundary=\"=_wNvwHW2hdOZkYPaJAhdOY4+XBEFNAcvIZ1sQcW4JkBcAdDqA\""
--           }
--         ],
--         "body": {
--           "size": 0
--         },
--         "parts": [
--           {
--             "partId": "0.0",
--             "mimeType": "text/plain",
--             "filename": "",
--             "headers": [
--               {
--                 "name": "Content-Type",
--                 "value": "text/plain; charset=UTF-8"
--               },
--               {
--                 "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
--                 "value": "7bit"
--               }
--             ],
--             "body": {
--               "size": 129,
--               "data": "SGVsbG8sIHRoaXMgaXMgYSB0ZXN0IGVtYWlsIHdpdGggYXR0YWNobWVudHMuLg0KIA0KIA0KIA0KLS0gDQogQmVzdCBSZWdhcmRzLA0KIE1hdHQgRmF1c2V5DQogQ2hpbGthdCBTb2Z0d2FyZSwgSW5jLiANCg0KIA0KDQogDQog"
--             }
--           },
--           {
--             "partId": "0.1",
--             "mimeType": "multipart/related",
--             "filename": "",
--             "headers": [
--               {
--                 "name": "Content-Type",
--                 "value": "multipart/related;  boundary=\"=_wNvw-LQZP2xD5vBm4q4esgoD5F4j3w+DRPUkkzOidpnpXAre\""
--               }
--             ],
--             "body": {
--               "size": 0
--             },
--             "parts": [
--               {
--                 "partId": "0.1.0",
--                 "mimeType": "text/html",
--                 "filename": "",
--                 "headers": [
--                   {
--                     "name": "Content-Type",
--                     "value": "text/html; charset=utf-8"
--                   },
--                   {
--                     "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
--                     "value": "7bit"
--                   }
--                 ],
--                 "body": {
--                   "size": 530,
--                   "data": "PGh0bWw-DQogIDxoZWFkPg0KDQogICAgPG1ldGEgaHR0cC1lcXVpdj0iY29udGVudC10eXBlIiBjb250ZW50PSJ0ZXh0L2h0bWw7IGNoYXJzZXQ9VVRGLTgiPg0KICA8L2hlYWQ-DQogIDxib2R5Pg0KICAgIEhlbGxvLCB0aGlzIGlzIGE8Zm9udCBjb2xvcj0iI2ZmMDAwMCI-IHRlc3Q8L2ZvbnQ-IGVtYWlsIHdpdGgNCiAgICBhdHRhY2htZW50cy4uPGJyPg0KICAgIDxicj4NCiAgICA8aW1nIG1vei1kby1ub3Qtc2VuZD0iZmFsc2UiDQogICAgICBzcmM9ImNpZDpwYXJ0MS5GMEI1MzVEQi5DQjZFN0ExMkBjaGlsa2F0c29mdC5jb20iIGFsdD0ic2VhaG9yc2UiDQogICAgICB3aWR0aD0iMTIwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEyMCI-PGJyPg0KICAgIDxkaXYgY2xhc3M9Im1vei1zaWduYXR1cmUiPi0tIDxicj4NCiAgICAgIEJlc3QgUmVnYXJkcyw8YnI-DQogICAgICBNYXR0IEZhdXNleTxicj4NCiAgICAgIENoaWxrYXQgU29mdHdhcmUsIEluYy4NCiAgICAgIDxwPg0KICAgICAgPC9wPg0KICAgIDwvZGl2Pg0KICA8L2JvZHk-DQo8L2h0bWw-DQo="
--                 }
--               },
--               {
--                 "partId": "0.1.1",
--                 "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
--                 "filename": "seahorse.jpg",
--                 "headers": [
--                   {
--                     "name": "Content-Type",
--                     "value": "image/jpeg"
--                   },
--                   {
--                     "name": "Content-Id",
--                     "value": "\u003cpart1.F0B535DB.CB6E7A12@chilkatsoft.com\u003e"
--                   },
--                   {
--                     "name": "Content-Disposition",
--                     "value": "inline; filename=seahorse.jpg"
--                   },
--                   {
--                     "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
--                     "value": "base64"
--                   }
--                 ],
--                 "body": {
--                   "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ-Z1c9gUGsEzexYYEsF5nLHGUaNiZQs5HkuFQVPo5jq1eze8poigmarvERUIRj1coKUaftiQPWhiZWaFyLDcyjFbfLdjWyyO3AxRO8pY5liAhVp1bt_5f79Nk0vfnZXL0OnZmNAMdrcFe645DbsajwDZcoYnWVcsV9Fe6PCNq41e6XW8Ko4Ex7zMzkATiwlLyx0RLcR0hl-FuZ-UVpQI0JeMTkNi4eN5-9L4dRU7HTo9qEyFW_p3__vXrnEJvmEvWXNUqxKLktcZvkvql6mnAVMDiIapqsE6x0EAvFobre7sf1_T6ieVlA-m92vrtELC2HHdxzkU-qhC_LuoOSOz8nd8tfWsrB8zex0v6NFFP9mJmBUb1QGtCGTxLdI40z_LdMOSiaqmeCq4o_s",
--                   "size": 24388
--                 }
--               }
--             ]
--           }
--         ]
--       },
--       {
--         "partId": "1",
--         "mimeType": "application/pdf",
--         "filename": "helloWorld.pdf",
--         "headers": [
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Type",
--             "value": "application/pdf; name=helloWorld.pdf"
--           },
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
--             "value": "base64"
--           },
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Disposition",
--             "value": "attachment; filename=helloWorld.pdf"
--           }
--         ],
--         "body": {
--           "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ-oy3aCuZISJKLAhUdaEksCEklbAPyMaWzFgqOMGbPCRkgwgeu_Kttd99C17OBTHROkDZGekibTKWXGfscB5ww7fw4E65_V1dQ-jHhb2TD1Cdm58-BbNw2iDxzptco8iILPiSnLLfFn5Ps7nsRcxHaGTt3r0yqFKCuIYNnPK1vM04BXI_cfzo-HnI4I3tD6oHNHOGVQrL01MdShFQjPELPUjXM8z1qs7Kom-QyvV1iOldUN-66UuhynsmDX-CMM5TIdB-8KD_lmdhf-0DqG8JnCA20XpXyfqwS8XFkPA-t-QSjb7SdkHQFtQ4lz2PcBREFzZ2eI5j0l0Y_dQHRPYTeMwkVl1yl4MfFT4C4iso3VSF-eqaIjiFCbXKCFNyeEIW5WFsv189dhlSqU",
--           "size": 934
--         }
--       },
--       {
--         "partId": "2",
--         "mimeType": "application/x-gzip",
--         "filename": "hamlet.xml.gz",
--         "headers": [
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Type",
--             "value": "application/x-gzip; name=hamlet.xml.gz"
--           },
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
--             "value": "base64"
--           },
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Disposition",
--             "value": "attachment; filename=hamlet.xml.gz"
--           }
--         ],
--         "body": {
--           "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ9rvj1ebIc-f0cXG0kwsb6pDBkRCNk3IQXbJ5z0-s2mEcVat3Pp6pVm3rTkRLOyeXHzRcTuel7nxRFJX6WVAKtG-5B-GL_b6DlsOWOzH4A_IKlyJ9U4aeWT02CgQL8oRwlCu1h0BtnY6lT8zureboGOqR7qoa-i5jH8xr6ds0nUDZp71lAwfOjji3eG6Wg6HfzWzWUThYPH3ba0_q35Jii8JIMhyJwwZnGjN3lvW_VhN6UIL1DIpop95b8rdwJdpyUavm7VhGtdNrI-mpgWQtT7WIAdIe6a-O74Zf4AB7uG7bp9R-IMBqQT-1jQqkN2_xlSpe3meWbuNu-4zsYfXN-IqM-Iy4dudAXjt0aY3Y8zxuHfW5qT7o4u8wSszhTIjM1j8lt-N7GZqnwJ",
--           "size": 77409
--         }
--       },
--       {
--         "partId": "3",
--         "mimeType": "text/plain",
--         "filename": "brasil_cert.pem",
--         "headers": [
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Type",
--             "value": "text/plain; name=brasil_cert.pem"
--           },
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
--             "value": "base64"
--           },
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Disposition",
--             "value": "attachment; filename=brasil_cert.pem"
--           }
--         ],
--         "body": {
--           "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ8nGD_xRHvjDwNIaSUleWCWk15ksUleks0fJ29gfGVOebzjBOUnAHYgKPefUQ6d6ExtqYubpvGCka1kJAB4gFwsnhQeflBhFNkORBqtb6FAGq0FcNgrbuxyKywmoHOUV4GDsNs4OGroEcFhBeZNQ8XKEdEoaO8ht8DARn2LncjxioQ4TmZ6jawmMF-mLbW1mz4QjwNir5jLOsE11tYZV2tLDoqjsubKeJJA8xojWo9r50zWfJFgWJKXZJwyNvKyZTwLmmBL_ATFxLFp4Nvo4K37uuVdUCG8WXiWwNr0oIV1RZOd_ZOA7M6Jif0wUcppJdxXRqlsFJqGlcVsLowkVGrJNAMe-fLY1x4w5od3axZIdZQgBPlVRKYYu5xopPTrLJsn4ld7pNyAhpZW",
--           "size": 2952
--         }
--       },
--       {
--         "partId": "4",
--         "mimeType": "application/x-zip-compressed",
--         "filename": "helloWorld.zip",
--         "headers": [
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Type",
--             "value": "application/x-zip-compressed; name=helloWorld.zip"
--           },
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
--             "value": "base64"
--           },
--           {
--             "name": "Content-Disposition",
--             "value": "attachment; filename=helloWorld.zip"
--           }
--         ],
--         "body": {
--           "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ9nWglkRNneBVGFk5GwSg83COa0zBeiTAvoMYniPklY03-w93dmEVHJTB9CAu5WMFW_yhV4ou2oX2w9SlpZjjyTgSc7sfYWeuX3pt29z67agy9WUVYeNGpo_30LSPgeyNk_Nm0DTAaektJTEMSy65rjRyK03VkHahNpMLY6Kd_pdfrk50oceuXzwNJZ-V-bftmIluueoQMqLcWQSGBRvEdIcl6EcPFFw8KuMLrjZZJwq8_bb8uM6zUvV23Q9LsLTgWg8FaBWejBf0wuIFXl3ZhtSLa-Y8OXCApHPdUnn45hccAzaQEmy4ZG7cgvCdN_jA9eFX46HYHty7ewleKPFGLTVof2JWsMiIi9BPqfohqQ5FPm1WXlGG_bOHvaMdoWcoqbKMMvF8lWZsfz",
--           "size": 174
--         }
--       }
--     ]
--   },
--   "sizeEstimate": 152847
-- }

local strVal = ""
local name = ""
local value = ""
local partId = ""
local mimeType = ""
local filename = ""
local bodySize = 0
local bodyAttachmentId = ""
local j = 0
local count_j = 0
local bodyData = ""
local k = 0
local count_k = 0
local json1 = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
local i1 = 0
local count_i1 = 0

id = json:string_of("id")
local threadId = json:string_of("threadId")
local snippet = json:string_of("snippet")
local historyId = json:string_of("historyId")
local internalDate = json:string_of("internalDate")
local payloadPartId = json:string_of("payload.partId")
local payloadMimeType = json:string_of("payload.mimeType")
local payloadFilename = json:string_of("payload.filename")
local payloadBodySize = json:int_of("payload.body.size")
local sizeEstimate = json:int_of("sizeEstimate")
local i = 0
local count_i = json:size_of_array("labelIds")
while i < count_i do
    json.i = i
    strVal = json:string_of("labelIds[i]")
    i = i + 1
end

i = 0
count_i = json:size_of_array("payload.headers")
while i < count_i do
    json.i = i
    name = json:string_of("payload.headers[i].name")
    value = json:string_of("payload.headers[i].value")
    i = i + 1
end

i = 0
count_i = json:size_of_array("payload.parts")
while i < count_i do
    json.i = i
    partId = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].partId")
    mimeType = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].mimeType")
    filename = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].filename")
    bodySize = json:int_of("payload.parts[i].body.size")
    bodyAttachmentId = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].body.attachmentId")
    j = 0
    count_j = json:size_of_array("payload.parts[i].headers")
    while j < count_j do
        json.j = j
        name = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].headers[j].name")
        value = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].headers[j].value")
        j = j + 1
    end

    j = 0
    count_j = json:size_of_array("payload.parts[i].parts")
    while j < count_j do
        json.j = j
        partId = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].partId")
        mimeType = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].mimeType")
        filename = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].filename")
        bodySize = json:int_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].body.size")
        bodyData = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].body.data")
        k = 0
        count_k = json:size_of_array("payload.parts[i].parts[j].headers")
        while k < count_k do
            json.k = k
            name = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].headers[k].name")
            value = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].headers[k].value")
            k = k + 1
        end

        k = 0
        count_k = json:size_of_array("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts")
        while k < count_k do
            json.k = k
            partId = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].partId")
            mimeType = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].mimeType")
            filename = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].filename")
            bodySize = json:int_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].body.size")
            bodyData = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].body.data")
            bodyAttachmentId = json:string_of("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].body.attachmentId")
            json:object_of2("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k]", json1)

            i1 = 0
            count_i1 = json1:size_of_array("headers")
            while i1 < count_i1 do
                json1.i = i1
                name = json1:string_of("headers[i].name")
                value = json1:string_of("headers[i].value")
                i1 = i1 + 1
            end

            k = k + 1
        end

        j = j + 1
    end

    i = i + 1
end