Xojo Plugin

Move a GMail Message to Trash

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Moves a specific GMail email 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 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 Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpStr("POST",url,"","","",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("status = " + Str(resp.StatusCode))

// A 200 response status indicate success.
If (resp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    System.DebugLog(resp.BodyStr)
    System.DebugLog("Failed.")
    Return
End If

// A successful repsonse contains JSON that looks like this:

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

System.DebugLog("response body:")
System.DebugLog(resp.BodyStr)

System.DebugLog("Message moved to trash!")