CkPython

Insert Email into GMail Folder

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Directly inserts a message into only this user's mailbox similar to IMAP APPEND, bypassing most scanning and classification. Does not send a message.

This example will create a Chilkat Email object and upload/insert it into GMail. Then adds the "INBOX" label to the email to make it appear in INBOX

CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

email = chilkat.CkEmail()

# This example chooses to load an email from a file.
success = email.LoadEml("qa_data/eml/testEmail.eml")
if (success == False):
    print(email.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Get the email as MIME.
sbMime = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
email.GetMimeSb(sbMime)

http = chilkat.CkHttp()
resp = chilkat.CkHttpResponse()

http.put_AuthToken("GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN")

# Upload to GMail (does not send, but just inserts).

# IMPORTANT: After uploading/inserting, you won't see the message in the Inbox.
# In your web browser, if you go to "All Mail", you will see it.

url = "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/gmail/v1/users/me/messages?uploadType=media"
http.put_UncommonOptions("SendGzipped")
success = http.HttpSb("POST",url,sbMime,"utf-8","message/rfc822",resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

http.put_UncommonOptions("")

# A status code of 200 indicates success.
print("Response status code: " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))
print("Response body:")
print(resp.bodyStr())

# The response body contains JSON.
# A sample successful JSON response:

# {
#  "id": "166f583051d36144",
#  "threadId": "166f5529e079a456"
# }

json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
json.Load(resp.bodyStr())
id = json.stringOf("id")

# Add the Inbox label to the inserted email so that it appears in Inbox.
print("---- Adding the Inbox label to the newly inserted email. ----")

# Create the following JSON to be sent in a POST to modify labels for this message.
# {
#   "addLabelIds": [
#     "INBOX"
#     ]
# }

json2 = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
json2.UpdateString("addLabelIds[0]","INBOX")

http.SetUrlVar("id",id)
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/{$id}/modify"

success = http.HttpJson("POST",url,json2,"application/json",resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# A status code of 200 indicates success.
print("Response status code: " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))
print("Response body:")
print(resp.bodyStr())

# The response body contains JSON.
# A sample successful JSON response:

# {
#  "id": "166f583051d36144",
#  "threadId": "166f583051d36144",
#  "labelIds": [
#   "INBOX"
#  ]
# }