Lianja
Create GMail Draft

Demonstrates how to create a new GMail draft email.
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Lianja
llSuccess = .F.

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

// Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
loEmail = createobject("CkEmail")
loEmail.Subject = "This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat."
loEmail.Charset = "utf-8"
loEmail.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is a test")
loEmail.AddHtmlAlternativeBody("<html><body><p>This is a <b>test</b></body></html>")

// We'll need to get the full MIME of the email encoded to a base64url string.
loSbMime = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loEmail.GetMimeSb(loSbMime)
loSbMime.Encode("base64url","utf-8")

// The body of the HTTP request will be JSON..
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateSb("message.raw",loSbMime)

// Upload the email to GMail as a draft.
loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")
loHttp.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

lcUrl = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/drafts"
loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpJson("POST",lcUrl,loJson,"application/json",loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loEmail
    release loSbMime
    release loJson
    release loHttp
    release loResp
    return
endif

// A status code of 200 indicates success.
? "Response status code: " + str(loResp.StatusCode)
? "Response body:"
? loResp.BodyStr

// The response body contains JSON.
// Use the online tool at Generate JSON Parsing Code
// to generate JSON parsing code.

// A sample successful JSON response:

// {
//  "id": "r-2607584557788895307",
//  "message": {
//   "id": "166f09932c662e93",
//   "threadId": "166f09932c662e93",
//   "labelIds": [
//    "DRAFT"
//   ]
//  }
// }


release loEmail
release loSbMime
release loJson
release loHttp
release loResp