(Node.js) Send GMail using REST API

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Demonstrates how to send an email using the GMail REST API.

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on Windows, Linux, MacOSX, and ARM

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 success;

    // Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
    var email = new chilkat.Email();

    // The From name/address don't need to be specified. 
    // GMail will automatically use your Gmail address if the following 2 lines are omitted.
    email.FromName = "My Name";
    email.FromAddress = "my_account_name@gmail.com";

    email.AddTo("John Smith","somebody@somewhere.com");
    // To add more recipients, make additional calls to AddTo or AddCC, one per recipient...

    email.Subject = "This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat.";
    email.Charset = "utf-8";
    email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is a test");

    // Create an HTML email body with an embedded image.
    var cid = email.AddRelatedFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
    var sbHtml = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sbHtml.Append("<html><body>This is a <b>test</b><br><img src=\"cid:STARFISH_CID\"/></body></html>");
    var numReplacements = sbHtml.Replace("STARFISH_CID",cid);

    email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody(sbHtml.GetAsString());

    // OK.. we now have an HTML email with an embedded JPG image
    // We'll need to get the full MIME of the email encoded to a base64url string.
    var sbMime = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    email.GetMimeSb(sbMime);
    sbMime.Encode("base64url","utf-8");

    // The body of the HTTP request will be JSON..
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.UpdateSb("raw",sbMime);

    // Send the email...
    var http = new chilkat.Http();
    http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN";

    var url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send";
    // resp: HttpResponse
    var resp = http.PostJson3(url,"application/json",json);
    if (http.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // A status code of 200 indicates success.
    console.log("Response status code: " + resp.StatusCode);
    console.log("Response body:");
    console.log(resp.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": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
    //  "threadId": "166f0d4ac39e50bf",
    //  "labelIds": [
    //   "SENT"
    //  ]
    // }

}

chilkatExample();