Xojo Plugin

Permanently Delete a Specific GMail Message

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Immediately and permanently deletes the specified message. This operation cannot be undone. (This is not the same as moving a message to Trash.) Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

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

// The id of the GMail message to delete.
Dim id As String
id = "1669cc9a926bb8c1"
Dim userId As String
userId = "me"

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

// Delete the email.
Dim url As String
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}"
Dim responseStr As String
responseStr = http.QuickDeleteStr(url)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("status = " + Str(http.LastStatus))

// A 204 response indicate success.
// It is common for HTTP DELETE operations to respond with a 204 status code with an empty body for success.
// You'll find many REST APIs follow this custom..
If (http.LastStatus <> 204) Then
    System.DebugLog(responseStr)
    System.DebugLog("Failed.")
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Message deleted!")