B4X

Move a GMail Message to Trash

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Moves a specific GMail email message to trash. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")
http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

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

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

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


Log("status = " & resp.StatusCode)

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


'  A successful repsonse contains JSON that looks like this:

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

Log("response body:")
Log(resp.BodyStr)

Log("Message moved to trash!")