React Native

Create a New GMail Label

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Demonstrates how to create a new GMail label. React Native

import { Http, HttpResponse, JsonObject } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const http = new Http();
  http.authToken = 'GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN';

  const 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".
  const json = new JsonObject();
  json.updateString('name', 'questions');
  json.updateString('labelListVisibility', 'labelShow');
  json.updateString('messageListVisibility', 'show');

  json.emitCompact = false;
  console.log(json.emit());

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

  const url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/labels';
  const resp = new HttpResponse();
  try {
    await http.httpJsonAsync('POST', url, json, 'application/json', resp);
  } catch {
    console.log(http.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log(`status = ${resp.statusCode}`);

  // A 200 response status indicate success.
  if (resp.statusCode !== 200) {
    console.log(resp.bodyStr);
    console.log('Failed.');
    return;
  }

  // A successful repsonse contains JSON that looks like this:

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

  console.log('response body:');
  console.log(resp.bodyStr);

  console.log('GMail label created!');
}