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Examine Yahoo Mail IMAP Session Log

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To examine the IMAP session log, set the KeepSessionLog property = _TRUE_, and then examine the contents of the SessionLog property.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# 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"
# }

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$success = $json->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json");
if ($success != 1) {
    print "Failed to load Yahoo Mail access token file." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$accessToken = $json->stringOf("access_token");

# Do OAuth2 authentication by using the access token as the password in the Login method below...
$imap = chilkat::CkImap->new();

$imap->put_Ssl(1);
$imap->put_Port(993);

# Tell Chilkat IMAP to keep a session log.
$imap->put_KeepSessionLog(1);

# Connect to the Yahoo IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Connect("imap.mail.yahoo.com");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Indicate that XOAUTH2 authentication is to be used:
$imap->put_AuthMethod("XOAUTH2");

# Login
# Use the email address of the Yahoo Mail account that granted authorization.
$success = $imap->Login('user@yahoo.com',$accessToken);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print "Successfully authenticated with Yahoo IMAP using XOAUTH2!" . "\r\n";
}

# Get the list of mailboxes.
$refName = "";
$wildcardedMailbox = "*";
$subscribed = 0;

$mboxes = chilkat::CkMailboxes->new();
$success = $imap->MbxList($subscribed,$refName,$wildcardedMailbox,$mboxes);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$i = 0;
while ($i < $mboxes->get_Count()) {
    print $mboxes->getName($i) . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Sample output looks like this:

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

# Examine the session log
print $imap->sessionLog() . "\r\n";

# Sample session log

# ----INFO----
# Connecting to IMAP server at imap.mail.yahoo.com:993
# ----IMAP RESPONSE----
# * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=XOAUTH2 AUTH=OAUTHBEARER ID MOVE NAMESPACE XYMHIGHESTMODSEQ UIDPLUS LITERAL+ CHILDREN X-MSG-EXT OBJECTID] IMAP4rev1 Hello
# ----IMAP REQUEST----
# aaab AUTHENTICATE XOAUTH2 
# ----IMAP RESPONSE----
# aaab OK AUTHENTICATE completed
# ----IMAP REQUEST----
# aaac LIST "" "*"
# ----IMAP RESPONSE----
# * LIST (\Archive \HasNoChildren) "/" "Archive"
# * LIST (\Junk \HasNoChildren) "/" "Bulk Mail"
# * LIST (\Drafts \HasNoChildren) "/" "Draft"
# * LIST (\HasChildren) "/" "Inbox"
# * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Inbox/emailsWithAttach"
# * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Inbox/test"
# * LIST (\Sent \HasNoChildren) "/" "Sent"
# * LIST (\Trash \HasNoChildren) "/" "Trash"
# aaac OK LIST completed

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Disconnect();