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Move a GMail Message to Trash

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Moves a specific GMail email message to trash.
Note
This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.
JavaScript
var success = false;

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

var http = new CkHttp();
http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN";

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

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

// Move to trash by POSTing w/ an empty request body.
var url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}/trash";
var resp = new CkHttpResponse();
success = http.HttpStr("POST",url,"","","",resp);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log("status = " + resp.StatusCode);

// A 200 response status indicate success.
if (resp.StatusCode !== 200) {
    console.log(resp.BodyStr);
    console.log("Failed.");
    return;
}

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

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

console.log("response body:");
console.log(resp.BodyStr);

console.log("Message moved to trash!");