(PowerShell) Create a New GMail Label

Demonstrates how to create a new GMail label.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http
$http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

$userId = "me"
$http.SetUrlVar("userId",$userId)

# Create the JSON to be sent in the HTTP request body.
# The name of the new label is "questions".
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateString("name","questions")
$json.UpdateString("labelListVisibility","labelShow")
$json.UpdateString("messageListVisibility","show")

$json.EmitCompact = $false
$($json.Emit())

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

$url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/labels"
$resp = $http.PostJson3($url,"application/json",$json)
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("status = " + $resp.StatusCode)

# A 200 response status indicate success.
if ($resp.StatusCode -ne 200) {
    $($resp.BodyStr)
    $("Failed.")

    exit
}

# A successful repsonse contains JSON that looks like this:

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

$("response body:")
$($resp.BodyStr)

$("GMail label created!")