(Delphi ActiveX) Examine Yahoo Mail IMAP Session Log

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To examine the IMAP session log, set the KeepSessionLog property = 1, and then examine the contents of the SessionLog property.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
success: Integer;
accessToken: WideString;
imap: TChilkatImap;
refName: WideString;
wildcardedMailbox: WideString;
mboxes: IMailboxes;
i: Integer;

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

// See Get Yahoo Mail OAuth2 Access Token for Desktop App 
// for sample code showing how to obtain a Yahoo Mail access token.

// In this example, our access token was previously saved to the following file which contains JSON like this:
// {
//   "access_token": "kCVQdnOdul...LHucA--",
//   "refresh_token": "AIenVXETSo0jklFBVkPS8vVm8E.Ej9ToRG.xDbDYmZ65WIs5t6CZhDrD",
//   "expires_in": 3600,
//   "token_type": "bearer",
//   "xoauth_yahoo_guid": "HGDQCVF5JB4YDOWHITQJFBHCWA"
// }

json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
success := json.LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to load Yahoo Mail access token file.');
    Exit;
  end;
accessToken := json.StringOf('access_token');

// Do OAuth2 authentication by using the access token as the password in the Login method below...
imap := TChilkatImap.Create(Self);

imap.Ssl := 1;
imap.Port := 993;

// Tell Chilkat IMAP to keep a session log.
imap.KeepSessionLog := 1;

// Connect to the Yahoo IMAP server.
success := imap.Connect('imap.mail.yahoo.com');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Indicate that XOAUTH2 authentication is to be used:
imap.AuthMethod := 'XOAUTH2';

// Login
// Use the email address of the Yahoo Mail account that granted authorization.
success := imap.Login('user@yahoo.com',accessToken);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
  end
else
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Successfully authenticated with Yahoo IMAP using XOAUTH2!');
  end;

// The ListMailboxes method returns a Mailboxes object
// that contains the collection of mailboxes.
// It accepts two arguments: a refName and a wildcardedMailbox.

refName := '';
// refName is usually set to an empty string.
// A non-empty reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of
// mailbox hierarchy, and indicates the context in which the mailbox
// name is interpreted.

// Select all mailboxes matching this pattern:
wildcardedMailbox := '*';

mboxes := imap.ListMailboxes(refName,wildcardedMailbox);
if (imap.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

i := 0;
while i < mboxes.Count do
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(mboxes.GetName(i));
    i := i + 1;
  end;

// Sample output looks like this:

// Archive
// Bulk Mail
// Draft
// Inbox
// Inbox/emailsWithAttach
// Inbox/test
// Sent
// Trash

// Examine the session log
Memo1.Lines.Add(imap.SessionLog);

// Sample session log

// ----INFO----
// Connecting to IMAP server at imap.mail.yahoo.com:993
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=XOAUTH2 AUTH=OAUTHBEARER ID MOVE NAMESPACE XYMHIGHESTMODSEQ UIDPLUS LITERAL+ CHILDREN X-MSG-EXT OBJECTID] IMAP4rev1 Hello
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaab AUTHENTICATE XOAUTH2 
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// aaab OK AUTHENTICATE completed
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaac LIST "" "*"
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * LIST (\Archive \HasNoChildren) "/" "Archive"
// * LIST (\Junk \HasNoChildren) "/" "Bulk Mail"
// * LIST (\Drafts \HasNoChildren) "/" "Draft"
// * LIST (\HasChildren) "/" "Inbox"
// * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Inbox/emailsWithAttach"
// * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Inbox/test"
// * LIST (\Sent \HasNoChildren) "/" "Sent"
// * LIST (\Trash \HasNoChildren) "/" "Trash"
// aaac OK LIST completed

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success := imap.Disconnect();
end;