(Node.js) Get GMail Message Metadata

Demonstrates how to get the metadata for each message in a list of message IDs.

For more information, see https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/v1/reference/users/messages/get

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

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

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    http.AuthToken = "ACCESS_TOKEN";

    http.Accept = "application/json";

    // Let's say we have the following JSON containing a list of message ID's

    // {
    //   "messages": [
    //     {
    //       "id": "1712bc1dc22da2a2",
    //       "threadId": "1712bc1dc22da2a2"
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "id": "1712b94fa2168040",
    //       "threadId": "1712b94fa2168040"
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "id": "1711e4bd96ded05e",
    //       "threadId": "1711e4bd96ded05e"
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "id": "1711de0d119e751e",
    //       "threadId": "1711de0d119e751e"
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "id": "1711c81a43050f59",
    //       "threadId": "1711c81a43050f59"
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "id": "1711c2c1516abce5",
    //       "threadId": "1711c2c1516abce5"
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "id": "1711c161e655c915",
    //       "threadId": "1711c161e655c915"
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "id": "171199c6e454558c",
    //       "threadId": "171199c6e454558c"
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "id": "17119474c8aa248e",
    //       "threadId": "17119474c8aa248e"
    //     }
    //   ],
    //   "nextPageToken": "16710921492249671162",
    //   "resultSizeEstimate": 309
    // }

    // Normally your program would have the above JSON in a string variable (obtained from a previous call to get
    // a list of message IDs from a GMail mailbox).  In this example, we'll load the JSON from a file.
    var jsonMsgIds = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    var success = jsonMsgIds.LoadFile("qa_data/json/gmail_message_ids.json");

    var id;
    var i = 0;
    var count_i = jsonMsgIds.SizeOfArray("messages");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jsonMsgIds.I = i;
        id = jsonMsgIds.StringOf("messages[i].id");

        // Get the metadata for this message ID.
        http.SetUrlVar("id",id);

        // resp: HttpResponse
        var resp = http.QuickRequest("GET","https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/userId/messages/{$id}?format=metadata");
        if (http.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
            console.log(http.LastErrorText);
            return;
        }

        console.log("Response Status Code: " + resp.StatusCode);

        var jsonResponse = new chilkat.JsonObject();
        jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr);
        jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;
        console.log(jsonResponse.Emit());

        if (resp.StatusCode !== 200) {
            console.log("Failed.");

            return;
        }

        i = i+1;
    }

    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

}

chilkatExample();