(PowerShell) Move a GMail Message to Trash

Moves a specific GMail email message to trash.

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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"

# The id of the GMail message to move to Trash.
$id = "16678c485e7f0a0c"
$userId = "me"

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

# Move to trash by POSTing w/ an empty request body.
$url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}/trash"
$resp = $http.PText("POST",$url,"","","",$false,$false)
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": "16678c485e7f0a0c",
#  "threadId": "16678c485e7f0a0c",
#  "labelIds": [
#   "TRASH",
#   "CATEGORY_SOCIAL"
#  ]
# }

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

$("Message moved to trash!")