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Get GMail Message format=full

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Examines the JSON returned when getting a message using format=full.

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bool success = false;

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

http.AuthToken = "ACCESS_TOKEN";

http.Accept = "application/json";

// This is the ID for a particular message in our mailbox...
string id = "1712bc1dc22da2a2";

// Download the message using format=full
http.SetUrlVar("id",id);

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpNoBody("GET","https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/userId/messages/{$id}?format=full",resp);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code: " + Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode));

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.Load(resp.BodyStr);
json.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit());

if (resp.StatusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
    return;
}

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

// Here is a sample "format=full" response that contains 4 attachments:
// The JSON parsing source code is shown below...

// {
//   "id": "1712bc1dc22da2a2",
//   "threadId": "1712bc1dc22da2a2",
//   "labelIds": [
//     "UNREAD",
//     "IMPORTANT",
//     "CATEGORY_PERSONAL",
//     "INBOX"
//   ],
//   "snippet": "Hello, this is a test email with attachments..",
//   "historyId": "759379",
//   "internalDate": "1585577056000",
//   "payload": {
//     "partId": "",
//     "mimeType": "multipart/mixed",
//     "filename": "",
//     "headers": [
//       {
//         "name": "Delivered-To",
//         "value": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Received",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "X-Received",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "X-Google-Smtp-Source",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "X-Received",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "ARC-Seal",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "ARC-Message-Signature",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "ARC-Authentication-Results",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Return-Path",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Received",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Received-SPF",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Authentication-Results",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "DKIM-Signature",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "DKIM-Signature",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Subject",
//         "value": "Test email with attachments"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "From",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "To",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Date",
//         "value": "Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:04:16 +0000"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Mime-Version",
//         "value": "1.0"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Content-Type",
//         "value": "multipart/mixed;  boundary=\"=_wNvwW3YTnQBZ24pmfFNfay3S6M-pHT7KdZIkXwYF-BFiPYNE\""
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "References",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "X-Mailer",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Thread-Index",
//         "value": "AQHWBpwYB0UZvgGPT1KluJJUCF0BGg=="
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Thread-Topic",
//         "value": "Test email with attachments"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Message-ID",
//         "value": "..."
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "X-SES-Outgoing",
//         "value": "2020.03.30-54.240.27.106"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "Feedback-ID",
//         "value": "..."
//       }
//     ],
//     "body": {
//       "size": 0
//     },
//     "parts": [
//       {
//         "partId": "0",
//         "mimeType": "multipart/alternative",
//         "filename": "",
//         "headers": [
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Type",
//             "value": "multipart/alternative;  boundary=\"=_wNvwHW2hdOZkYPaJAhdOY4+XBEFNAcvIZ1sQcW4JkBcAdDqA\""
//           }
//         ],
//         "body": {
//           "size": 0
//         },
//         "parts": [
//           {
//             "partId": "0.0",
//             "mimeType": "text/plain",
//             "filename": "",
//             "headers": [
//               {
//                 "name": "Content-Type",
//                 "value": "text/plain; charset=UTF-8"
//               },
//               {
//                 "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
//                 "value": "7bit"
//               }
//             ],
//             "body": {
//               "size": 129,
//               "data": "SGVsbG8sIHRoaXMgaXMgYSB0ZXN0IGVtYWlsIHdpdGggYXR0YWNobWVudHMuLg0KIA0KIA0KIA0KLS0gDQogQmVzdCBSZWdhcmRzLA0KIE1hdHQgRmF1c2V5DQogQ2hpbGthdCBTb2Z0d2FyZSwgSW5jLiANCg0KIA0KDQogDQog"
//             }
//           },
//           {
//             "partId": "0.1",
//             "mimeType": "multipart/related",
//             "filename": "",
//             "headers": [
//               {
//                 "name": "Content-Type",
//                 "value": "multipart/related;  boundary=\"=_wNvw-LQZP2xD5vBm4q4esgoD5F4j3w+DRPUkkzOidpnpXAre\""
//               }
//             ],
//             "body": {
//               "size": 0
//             },
//             "parts": [
//               {
//                 "partId": "0.1.0",
//                 "mimeType": "text/html",
//                 "filename": "",
//                 "headers": [
//                   {
//                     "name": "Content-Type",
//                     "value": "text/html; charset=utf-8"
//                   },
//                   {
//                     "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
//                     "value": "7bit"
//                   }
//                 ],
//                 "body": {
//                   "size": 530,
//                   "data": "PGh0bWw-DQogIDxoZWFkPg0KDQogICAgPG1ldGEgaHR0cC1lcXVpdj0iY29udGVudC10eXBlIiBjb250ZW50PSJ0ZXh0L2h0bWw7IGNoYXJzZXQ9VVRGLTgiPg0KICA8L2hlYWQ-DQogIDxib2R5Pg0KICAgIEhlbGxvLCB0aGlzIGlzIGE8Zm9udCBjb2xvcj0iI2ZmMDAwMCI-IHRlc3Q8L2ZvbnQ-IGVtYWlsIHdpdGgNCiAgICBhdHRhY2htZW50cy4uPGJyPg0KICAgIDxicj4NCiAgICA8aW1nIG1vei1kby1ub3Qtc2VuZD0iZmFsc2UiDQogICAgICBzcmM9ImNpZDpwYXJ0MS5GMEI1MzVEQi5DQjZFN0ExMkBjaGlsa2F0c29mdC5jb20iIGFsdD0ic2VhaG9yc2UiDQogICAgICB3aWR0aD0iMTIwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEyMCI-PGJyPg0KICAgIDxkaXYgY2xhc3M9Im1vei1zaWduYXR1cmUiPi0tIDxicj4NCiAgICAgIEJlc3QgUmVnYXJkcyw8YnI-DQogICAgICBNYXR0IEZhdXNleTxicj4NCiAgICAgIENoaWxrYXQgU29mdHdhcmUsIEluYy4NCiAgICAgIDxwPg0KICAgICAgPC9wPg0KICAgIDwvZGl2Pg0KICA8L2JvZHk-DQo8L2h0bWw-DQo="
//                 }
//               },
//               {
//                 "partId": "0.1.1",
//                 "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
//                 "filename": "seahorse.jpg",
//                 "headers": [
//                   {
//                     "name": "Content-Type",
//                     "value": "image/jpeg"
//                   },
//                   {
//                     "name": "Content-Id",
//                     "value": "\u003cpart1.F0B535DB.CB6E7A12@chilkatsoft.com\u003e"
//                   },
//                   {
//                     "name": "Content-Disposition",
//                     "value": "inline; filename=seahorse.jpg"
//                   },
//                   {
//                     "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
//                     "value": "base64"
//                   }
//                 ],
//                 "body": {
//                   "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ-Z1c9gUGsEzexYYEsF5nLHGUaNiZQs5HkuFQVPo5jq1eze8poigmarvERUIRj1coKUaftiQPWhiZWaFyLDcyjFbfLdjWyyO3AxRO8pY5liAhVp1bt_5f79Nk0vfnZXL0OnZmNAMdrcFe645DbsajwDZcoYnWVcsV9Fe6PCNq41e6XW8Ko4Ex7zMzkATiwlLyx0RLcR0hl-FuZ-UVpQI0JeMTkNi4eN5-9L4dRU7HTo9qEyFW_p3__vXrnEJvmEvWXNUqxKLktcZvkvql6mnAVMDiIapqsE6x0EAvFobre7sf1_T6ieVlA-m92vrtELC2HHdxzkU-qhC_LuoOSOz8nd8tfWsrB8zex0v6NFFP9mJmBUb1QGtCGTxLdI40z_LdMOSiaqmeCq4o_s",
//                   "size": 24388
//                 }
//               }
//             ]
//           }
//         ]
//       },
//       {
//         "partId": "1",
//         "mimeType": "application/pdf",
//         "filename": "helloWorld.pdf",
//         "headers": [
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Type",
//             "value": "application/pdf; name=helloWorld.pdf"
//           },
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
//             "value": "base64"
//           },
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Disposition",
//             "value": "attachment; filename=helloWorld.pdf"
//           }
//         ],
//         "body": {
//           "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ-oy3aCuZISJKLAhUdaEksCEklbAPyMaWzFgqOMGbPCRkgwgeu_Kttd99C17OBTHROkDZGekibTKWXGfscB5ww7fw4E65_V1dQ-jHhb2TD1Cdm58-BbNw2iDxzptco8iILPiSnLLfFn5Ps7nsRcxHaGTt3r0yqFKCuIYNnPK1vM04BXI_cfzo-HnI4I3tD6oHNHOGVQrL01MdShFQjPELPUjXM8z1qs7Kom-QyvV1iOldUN-66UuhynsmDX-CMM5TIdB-8KD_lmdhf-0DqG8JnCA20XpXyfqwS8XFkPA-t-QSjb7SdkHQFtQ4lz2PcBREFzZ2eI5j0l0Y_dQHRPYTeMwkVl1yl4MfFT4C4iso3VSF-eqaIjiFCbXKCFNyeEIW5WFsv189dhlSqU",
//           "size": 934
//         }
//       },
//       {
//         "partId": "2",
//         "mimeType": "application/x-gzip",
//         "filename": "hamlet.xml.gz",
//         "headers": [
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Type",
//             "value": "application/x-gzip; name=hamlet.xml.gz"
//           },
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
//             "value": "base64"
//           },
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Disposition",
//             "value": "attachment; filename=hamlet.xml.gz"
//           }
//         ],
//         "body": {
//           "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ9rvj1ebIc-f0cXG0kwsb6pDBkRCNk3IQXbJ5z0-s2mEcVat3Pp6pVm3rTkRLOyeXHzRcTuel7nxRFJX6WVAKtG-5B-GL_b6DlsOWOzH4A_IKlyJ9U4aeWT02CgQL8oRwlCu1h0BtnY6lT8zureboGOqR7qoa-i5jH8xr6ds0nUDZp71lAwfOjji3eG6Wg6HfzWzWUThYPH3ba0_q35Jii8JIMhyJwwZnGjN3lvW_VhN6UIL1DIpop95b8rdwJdpyUavm7VhGtdNrI-mpgWQtT7WIAdIe6a-O74Zf4AB7uG7bp9R-IMBqQT-1jQqkN2_xlSpe3meWbuNu-4zsYfXN-IqM-Iy4dudAXjt0aY3Y8zxuHfW5qT7o4u8wSszhTIjM1j8lt-N7GZqnwJ",
//           "size": 77409
//         }
//       },
//       {
//         "partId": "3",
//         "mimeType": "text/plain",
//         "filename": "brasil_cert.pem",
//         "headers": [
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Type",
//             "value": "text/plain; name=brasil_cert.pem"
//           },
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
//             "value": "base64"
//           },
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Disposition",
//             "value": "attachment; filename=brasil_cert.pem"
//           }
//         ],
//         "body": {
//           "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ8nGD_xRHvjDwNIaSUleWCWk15ksUleks0fJ29gfGVOebzjBOUnAHYgKPefUQ6d6ExtqYubpvGCka1kJAB4gFwsnhQeflBhFNkORBqtb6FAGq0FcNgrbuxyKywmoHOUV4GDsNs4OGroEcFhBeZNQ8XKEdEoaO8ht8DARn2LncjxioQ4TmZ6jawmMF-mLbW1mz4QjwNir5jLOsE11tYZV2tLDoqjsubKeJJA8xojWo9r50zWfJFgWJKXZJwyNvKyZTwLmmBL_ATFxLFp4Nvo4K37uuVdUCG8WXiWwNr0oIV1RZOd_ZOA7M6Jif0wUcppJdxXRqlsFJqGlcVsLowkVGrJNAMe-fLY1x4w5od3axZIdZQgBPlVRKYYu5xopPTrLJsn4ld7pNyAhpZW",
//           "size": 2952
//         }
//       },
//       {
//         "partId": "4",
//         "mimeType": "application/x-zip-compressed",
//         "filename": "helloWorld.zip",
//         "headers": [
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Type",
//             "value": "application/x-zip-compressed; name=helloWorld.zip"
//           },
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
//             "value": "base64"
//           },
//           {
//             "name": "Content-Disposition",
//             "value": "attachment; filename=helloWorld.zip"
//           }
//         ],
//         "body": {
//           "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ9nWglkRNneBVGFk5GwSg83COa0zBeiTAvoMYniPklY03-w93dmEVHJTB9CAu5WMFW_yhV4ou2oX2w9SlpZjjyTgSc7sfYWeuX3pt29z67agy9WUVYeNGpo_30LSPgeyNk_Nm0DTAaektJTEMSy65rjRyK03VkHahNpMLY6Kd_pdfrk50oceuXzwNJZ-V-bftmIluueoQMqLcWQSGBRvEdIcl6EcPFFw8KuMLrjZZJwq8_bb8uM6zUvV23Q9LsLTgWg8FaBWejBf0wuIFXl3ZhtSLa-Y8OXCApHPdUnn45hccAzaQEmy4ZG7cgvCdN_jA9eFX46HYHty7ewleKPFGLTVof2JWsMiIi9BPqfohqQ5FPm1WXlGG_bOHvaMdoWcoqbKMMvF8lWZsfz",
//           "size": 174
//         }
//       }
//     ]
//   },
//   "sizeEstimate": 152847
// }

string strVal;
string name;
string value;
string partId;
string mimeType;
string filename;
int bodySize;
string bodyAttachmentId;
int j;
int count_j;
string bodyData;
int k;
int count_k;
Chilkat.JsonObject json1 = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
int i1;
int count_i1;

string id = json.StringOf("id");
string threadId = json.StringOf("threadId");
string snippet = json.StringOf("snippet");
string historyId = json.StringOf("historyId");
string internalDate = json.StringOf("internalDate");
string payloadPartId = json.StringOf("payload.partId");
string payloadMimeType = json.StringOf("payload.mimeType");
string payloadFilename = json.StringOf("payload.filename");
int payloadBodySize = json.IntOf("payload.body.size");
int sizeEstimate = json.IntOf("sizeEstimate");
int i = 0;
int count_i = json.SizeOfArray("labelIds");
while (i < count_i) {
    json.I = i;
    strVal = json.StringOf("labelIds[i]");
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("payload.headers");
while (i < count_i) {
    json.I = i;
    name = json.StringOf("payload.headers[i].name");
    value = json.StringOf("payload.headers[i].value");
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("payload.parts");
while (i < count_i) {
    json.I = i;
    partId = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].partId");
    mimeType = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].mimeType");
    filename = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].filename");
    bodySize = json.IntOf("payload.parts[i].body.size");
    bodyAttachmentId = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].body.attachmentId");
    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("payload.parts[i].headers");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        name = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].headers[j].name");
        value = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].headers[j].value");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("payload.parts[i].parts");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        partId = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].partId");
        mimeType = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].mimeType");
        filename = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].filename");
        bodySize = json.IntOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].body.size");
        bodyData = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].body.data");
        k = 0;
        count_k = json.SizeOfArray("payload.parts[i].parts[j].headers");
        while (k < count_k) {
            json.K = k;
            name = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].headers[k].name");
            value = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].headers[k].value");
            k = k + 1;
        }

        k = 0;
        count_k = json.SizeOfArray("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts");
        while (k < count_k) {
            json.K = k;
            partId = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].partId");
            mimeType = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].mimeType");
            filename = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].filename");
            bodySize = json.IntOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].body.size");
            bodyData = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].body.data");
            bodyAttachmentId = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].body.attachmentId");
            json.ObjectOf2("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k]",json1);

            i1 = 0;
            count_i1 = json1.SizeOfArray("headers");
            while (i1 < count_i1) {
                json1.I = i1;
                name = json1.StringOf("headers[i].name");
                value = json1.StringOf("headers[i].value");
                i1 = i1 + 1;
            }

            k = k + 1;
        }

        j = j + 1;
    }

    i = i + 1;
}