(Go) Create a New GMail Label

Demonstrates how to create a new GMail label.

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

    var success bool

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()
    http.SetAuthToken("GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN")

    userId := "me"
    http.SetUrlVar("userId",userId)

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

    json.SetEmitCompact(false)
    fmt.Println(*json.Emit())

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

    url := "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/labels"
    resp := http.PostJson3(url,"application/json",json)
    if http.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("status = ", resp.StatusCode())

    // A 200 response status indicate success.
    if resp.StatusCode() != 200 {
        fmt.Println(resp.BodyStr())
        fmt.Println("Failed.")
        resp.DisposeHttpResponse()
        http.DisposeHttp()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

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

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

    fmt.Println("response body:")
    fmt.Println(resp.BodyStr())

    resp.DisposeHttpResponse()

    fmt.Println("GMail label created!")

    http.DisposeHttp()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()