(PowerShell) Examine Yahoo Mail IMAP Session Log

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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

$success = $false

# 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 = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$success = $json.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $("Failed to load Yahoo Mail access token file.")
    exit
}

$accessToken = $json.StringOf("access_token")

# Do OAuth2 authentication by using the access token as the password in the Login method below...
$imap = New-Object Chilkat.Imap

$imap.Ssl = $true
$imap.Port = 993

# Tell Chilkat IMAP to keep a session log.
$imap.KeepSessionLog = $true

# Connect to the Yahoo IMAP server.
$success = $imap.Connect("imap.mail.yahoo.com")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Indicate that XOAUTH2 authentication is to be used:
$imap.AuthMethod = "XOAUTH2"

# Login
# Use the email address of the Yahoo Mail account that granted authorization.
$success = $imap.Login("user@yahoo.com",$accessToken)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
}
else {
    $("Successfully authenticated with Yahoo IMAP using XOAUTH2!")
}

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

$mboxes = New-Object Chilkat.Mailboxes
$success = $imap.MbxList($subscribed,$refName,$wildcardedMailbox,$mboxes)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($imap.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$i = 0
while ($i -lt $mboxes.Count) {
    $($mboxes.GetName($i))
    $i = $i + 1
}

# Sample output looks like this:

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

# Examine the session log
$($imap.SessionLog)

# 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()