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Permanently Delete a Specific GMail Message

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Immediately and permanently deletes the specified message. This operation cannot be undone. (This is not the same as moving a message to Trash.) Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")
loHttp.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

// The id of the GMail message to delete.
lcId = "1669cc9a926bb8c1"
lcUserId = "me"

loHttp.SetUrlVar("userId","me")
loHttp.SetUrlVar("id",lcId)

// Delete the email.
lcUrl = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}"
lcResponseStr = loHttp.QuickDeleteStr(lcUrl)
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    return
endif

? "status = " + str(loHttp.LastStatus)

// A 204 response indicate success.
// It is common for HTTP DELETE operations to respond with a 204 status code with an empty body for success.
// You'll find many REST APIs follow this custom..
if (loHttp.LastStatus <> 204) then
    ? lcResponseStr
    ? "Failed."
    release loHttp
    return
endif

? "Message deleted!"


release loHttp