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Create a New GMail Label

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Demonstrates how to create a new GMail label.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'AuthToken', 'GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN'

    DECLARE @userId nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @userId = 'me'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetUrlVar', @success OUT, 'userId', @userId

    -- Create the JSON to be sent in the HTTP request body.
    -- The name of the new label is "questions".
    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'name', 'questions'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'labelListVisibility', 'labelShow'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'messageListVisibility', 'show'

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

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

    DECLARE @url nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/labels'
    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @resp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpJson', @success OUT, 'POST', @url, @json, 'application/json', @resp
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END


    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    PRINT 'status = ' + @iTmp0

    -- A 200 response status indicate success.
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 200
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        PRINT 'Failed.'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END

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

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


    PRINT 'response body:'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0


    PRINT 'GMail label created!'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp


END
GO