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Move a GMail Message to Trash

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Moves a specific GMail email message to trash. Go

    success := false

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

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

    // The id of the GMail message to move to Trash.
    id := "16678c485e7f0a0c"
    userId := "me"

    http.SetUrlVar("userId","me")
    http.SetUrlVar("id",id)

    // Move to trash by POSTing w/ an empty request body.
    url := "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}/trash"
    resp := chilkat.NewHttpResponse()
    success = http.HttpStr("POST",url,"","","",resp)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        resp.DisposeHttpResponse()
        return
    }

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

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

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

    // {
    //  "id": "16678c485e7f0a0c",
    //  "threadId": "16678c485e7f0a0c",
    //  "labelIds": [
    //   "TRASH",
    //   "CATEGORY_SOCIAL"
    //  ]
    // }

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

    fmt.Println("Message moved to trash!")

    http.DisposeHttp()
    resp.DisposeHttpResponse()