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Create GMail Draft

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Demonstrates how to create a new GMail draft email.

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Node.js
NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    //  Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
    var email = new chilkat.Email();
    email.Subject = "This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat.";
    email.Charset = "utf-8";
    email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is a test");
    email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody("<html><body><p>This is a <b>test</b></body></html>");

    //  We'll need to get the full MIME of the email encoded to a base64url string.
    var sbMime = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    email.GetMimeSb(sbMime);
    sbMime.Encode("base64url","utf-8");

    //  The body of the HTTP request will be JSON..
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.UpdateSb("message.raw",sbMime);

    //  Upload the email to GMail as a draft.
    var http = new chilkat.Http();
    http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN";

    var url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/drafts";
    var resp = new chilkat.HttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST",url,json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  A status code of 200 indicates success.
    console.log("Response status code: " + resp.StatusCode);
    console.log("Response body:");
    console.log(resp.BodyStr);

    //  The response body contains JSON.
    //  Use the online tool at Generate JSON Parsing Code
    //  to generate JSON parsing code.

    //  A sample successful JSON response:

    //  {
    //   "id": "r-2607584557788895307",
    //   "message": {
    //    "id": "166f09932c662e93",
    //    "threadId": "166f09932c662e93",
    //    "labelIds": [
    //     "DRAFT"
    //    ]
    //   }
    //  }

}

chilkatExample();