Visual Basic 6.0

Move a GMail Message to Trash

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Moves a specific GMail email message to trash. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

' The id of the GMail message to move to Trash.
Dim id As String
id = "16678c485e7f0a0c"
Dim userId As String
userId = "me"

success = http.SetUrlVar("userId","me")
success = http.SetUrlVar("id",id)

' Move to trash by POSTing w/ an empty request body.
Dim url As String
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}/trash"
Dim resp As New ChilkatHttpResponse
success = http.HttpStr("POST",url,"","","",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "status = " & resp.StatusCode

' A 200 response status indicate success.
If (resp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print resp.BodyStr
    Debug.Print "Failed."
    Exit Sub
End If

' A successful repsonse contains JSON that looks like this:

' {
'  "id": "16678c485e7f0a0c",
'  "threadId": "16678c485e7f0a0c",
'  "labelIds": [
'   "TRASH",
'   "CATEGORY_SOCIAL"
'  ]
' }

Debug.Print "response body:"
Debug.Print resp.BodyStr

Debug.Print "Message moved to trash!"