(PowerBuilder) Create GMail Draft

Demonstrates how to create a new GMail draft email.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads

ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Email
oleobject loo_SbMime
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_Url
oleobject loo_Resp

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

// Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
loo_Email = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Email" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Email.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Email
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
loo_Email.Subject = "This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat."
loo_Email.Charset = "utf-8"
loo_Email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is a test")
loo_Email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody("<html><body><p>This is a <b>test</b></body></html>")

// We'll need to get the full MIME of the email encoded to a base64url string.
loo_SbMime = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_SbMime.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_Email.GetMimeSb(loo_SbMime)
loo_SbMime.Encode("base64url","utf-8")

// The body of the HTTP request will be JSON..
loo_Json = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.UpdateSb("message.raw",loo_SbMime)

// Upload the email to GMail as a draft.
loo_Http = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")

loo_Http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

ls_Url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/drafts"
loo_Resp = loo_Http.PostJson3(ls_Url,"application/json",loo_Json)
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Email
    destroy loo_SbMime
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_Http
    return
end if

// A status code of 200 indicates success.
Write-Debug "Response status code: " + string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)
Write-Debug "Response body:"
Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr
destroy loo_Resp

// 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": "r-2607584557788895307",
//  "message": {
//   "id": "166f09932c662e93",
//   "threadId": "166f09932c662e93",
//   "labelIds": [
//    "DRAFT"
//   ]
//  }
// }


destroy loo_Email
destroy loo_SbMime
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_Http