C

Create a New GMail Label

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Demonstrates how to create a new GMail label. C

#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttp http;
    const char *userId;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    const char *url;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttp_Create();
    CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,"GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    userId = "me";
    CkHttp_SetUrlVar(http,"userId",userId);

    // Create the JSON to be sent in the HTTP request body.
    // The name of the new label is "questions".
    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"name","questions");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"labelListVisibility","labelShow");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"messageListVisibility","show");

    CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(json,FALSE);
    printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_emit(json));

    // The JSON contains this:
    // {
    //   "name": "questions",
    //   "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
    //   "messageListVisibility": "show"
    // }

    url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/labels";
    resp = CkHttpResponse_Create();
    success = CkHttp_HttpJson(http,"POST",url,json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    printf("status = %d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp));

    // A 200 response status indicate success.
    if (CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp) != 200) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));
        printf("Failed.\n");
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

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

    // {
    //  "id": "Label_43",
    //  "name": "questions",
    //  "messageListVisibility": "show",
    //  "labelListVisibility": "labelShow"
    // }

    printf("response body:\n");
    printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));

    printf("GMail label created!\n");


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

    }