(Node.js) List Yahoo Mail IMAP Mailboxes

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

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

    // See Get Yahoo Mail OAuth2 Access Token for Desktop App 
    // for sample code showing how to obtain a Yahoo Mail access token.

    // In this example, our access token was previously saved to the following file which contains JSON like this:
    // {
    //   "access_token": "kCVQdnOdul...LHucA--",
    //   "refresh_token": "AIenVXETSo0jklFBVkPS8vVm8E.Ej9ToRG.xDbDYmZ65WIs5t6CZhDrD",
    //   "expires_in": 3600,
    //   "token_type": "bearer",
    //   "xoauth_yahoo_guid": "HGDQCVF5JB4YDOWHITQJFBHCWA"
    // }

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    var success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log("Failed to load Yahoo Mail access token file.");
        return;
    }

    var accessToken = json.StringOf("access_token");

    // Do OAuth2 authentication by using the access token as the password in the Login method below...
    var imap = new chilkat.Imap();

    imap.Ssl = true;
    imap.Port = 993;

    // Connect to the Yahoo IMAP server.
    success = imap.Connect("imap.mail.yahoo.com");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Indicate that XOAUTH2 authentication is to be used:
    imap.AuthMethod = "XOAUTH2";

    // Login
    // Use the email address of the Yahoo Mail account that granted authorization.
    success = imap.Login("user@yahoo.com",accessToken);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
    }
    else {
        console.log("Successfully authenticated with Yahoo IMAP using XOAUTH2!");
    }

    // The ListMailboxes method returns a Mailboxes object
    // that contains the collection of mailboxes.
    // It accepts two arguments: a refName and a wildcardedMailbox.

    var refName = "";
    // refName is usually set to an empty string.
    // A non-empty reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of
    // mailbox hierarchy, and indicates the context in which the mailbox
    // name is interpreted.

    // Select all mailboxes matching this pattern:
    var wildcardedMailbox = "*";

    // mboxes: Mailboxes
    var mboxes = imap.ListMailboxes(refName,wildcardedMailbox);
    if (imap.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var i = 0;
    while (i < mboxes.Count) {
        console.log(mboxes.GetName(i));
        i = i+1;
    }

    // Sample output looks like this:

    // Archive
    // Bulk Mail
    // Draft
    // Inbox
    // Inbox/emailsWithAttach
    // Inbox/test
    // Sent
    // Trash

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect();


}

chilkatExample();