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Get a List of Message IDs in GMail User's Mailbox

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Demonstrates how to get a list of message IDs in a GMail mailbox. The "userId" can be either the user's email address or the special value "me" to indicate the authenticated user.

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C++
#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkHttp http;

    http.put_AuthToken("ACCESS_TOKEN");

    http.put_Accept("application/json");

    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpNoBody("GET","https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/userId/messages",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Response Status Code: " << resp.get_StatusCode() << "\r\n";

    CkJsonObject jsonResponse;
    jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false);
    std::cout << jsonResponse.emit() << "\r\n";

    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        std::cout << "Failed." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // {
    //   "messages": [
    //     users.messages Resource
    //   ],
    //   "nextPageToken": string,
    //   "resultSizeEstimate": unsigned integer
    // }

    // Chilkat functions returning "const char *" return a pointer to temporary internal memory owned and managed by Chilkat.
    // See this example explaining how this memory should be used: const char * functions.

    const char *id = 0;
    const char *threadId = 0;

    int resultSizeEstimate = jsonResponse.IntOf("resultSizeEstimate");
    int i = 0;
    int count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("messages");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jsonResponse.put_I(i);
        id = jsonResponse.stringOf("messages[i].id");
        threadId = jsonResponse.stringOf("messages[i].threadId");
        i = i + 1;
    }
    }