PowerBuilder

Create a New GMail Label

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Demonstrates how to create a new GMail label. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_UserId
oleobject loo_Json
string ls_Url
oleobject loo_Resp

li_Success = 0

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
loo_Http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

ls_UserId = "me"
loo_Http.SetUrlVar("userId",ls_UserId)

// Create the JSON to be sent in the HTTP request body.
// The name of the new label is "questions".
loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.UpdateString("name","questions")
loo_Json.UpdateString("labelListVisibility","labelShow")
loo_Json.UpdateString("messageListVisibility","show")

loo_Json.EmitCompact = 0
Write-Debug loo_Json.Emit()

// The JSON contains this:
// {
//   "name": "questions",
//   "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
//   "messageListVisibility": "show"
// }

ls_Url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/labels"
loo_Resp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Resp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpJson("POST",ls_Url,loo_Json,"application/json",loo_Resp)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_Resp
    return
end if

Write-Debug "status = " + string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)

// A 200 response status indicate success.
if loo_Resp.StatusCode <> 200 then
    Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr
    Write-Debug "Failed."
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_Resp
    return
end if

// A successful repsonse contains JSON that looks like this:

// {
//  "id": "Label_43",
//  "name": "questions",
//  "messageListVisibility": "show",
//  "labelListVisibility": "labelShow"
// }

Write-Debug "response body:"
Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr

Write-Debug "GMail label created!"


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_Resp