React Native

Move a GMail Message to Trash

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Moves a specific GMail email message to trash. React Native

import { Http, HttpResponse } 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';

  // The id of the GMail message to move to Trash.
  const id = '16678c485e7f0a0c';
  const userId = 'me';

  http.setUrlVar('userId', 'me');
  http.setUrlVar('id', id);

  // Move to trash by POSTing w/ an empty request body.
  const url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}/trash';
  const resp = new HttpResponse();
  try {
    await http.httpStrAsync('POST', url, '', '', '', 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": "16678c485e7f0a0c",
  //  "threadId": "16678c485e7f0a0c",
  //  "labelIds": [
  //   "TRASH",
  //   "CATEGORY_SOCIAL"
  //  ]
  // }

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

  console.log('Message moved to trash!');
}