PureBasic

Download a Specific GMail Message into a Chilkat Email Object

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Demonstrates how to download a GMail message into a Chilkat Email object. PureBasic

IncludeFile "CkHttp.pb"
IncludeFile "CkStringBuilder.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"
IncludeFile "CkEmail.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

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

    http.i = CkHttp::ckCreate()
    If http.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkHttp::setCkAuthToken(http, "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN")

    ; The id of the GMail message to download.
    id.s = "166e50fed0b9b0cb"
    userId.s = "me"

    CkHttp::ckSetUrlVar(http,"userId","me")
    CkHttp::ckSetUrlVar(http,"id",id)

    ; Fetch the email.
    url.s = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}?format=raw"
    sbJson.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
    If sbJson.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkHttp::ckDownloadSb(http,url,"utf-8",sbJson)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkHttp::ckLastErrorText(http)
        CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbJson)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckLoadSb(json,sbJson)
    CkJsonObject::setCkEmitCompact(json, 0)

    If CkHttp::ckLastStatus(http) <> 200
        Debug CkJsonObject::ckEmit(json)
        Debug "Failed."
        CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbJson)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; The returned JSON contains something like this:

    ; {
    ;   "id": "166e50fed0b9b0cb",
    ;   "threadId": "166e50fed0b9b0cb",
    ;   "labelIds": [
    ;     "CATEGORY_SOCIAL",
    ;     "INBOX"
    ;   ],
    ;   "snippet": "...",
    ;   "historyId": "582477",
    ;   "internalDate": "1541441317000",
    ;   "sizeEstimate": 28603,
    ;   "raw": "BASE64URL_CONTENT"
    ; }

    ; The RFC822 MIME of the email is contained in the "raw" as a base64URL encoded string.
    ; Let's decode and load into a Chilkat email object..
    sbRaw.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
    If sbRaw.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckStringOfSb(json,"raw",sbRaw)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDecode(sbRaw,"base64url","utf-8")

    email.i = CkEmail::ckCreate()
    If email.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkEmail::ckSetFromMimeSb(email,sbRaw)

    ; Now we can use the email API to do whatever we desire..
    Debug "From: " + CkEmail::ckFromAddress(email)
    Debug "Subject: " + CkEmail::ckSubject(email)
    ; ...


    CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbJson)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbRaw)
    CkEmail::ckDispose(email)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure