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List Yahoo Mail IMAP Mailboxes

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List Yahoo Mail mailboxes.

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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
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    --  See Get Yahoo Mail OAuth2 Access Token for Desktop App 
    --  for sample code showing how to obtain a Yahoo Mail access token.

    --  In this example, our access token was previously saved to the following file which contains JSON like this:
    --  {
    --    "access_token": "kCVQdnOdul...LHucA--",
    --    "refresh_token": "AIenVXETSo0jklFBVkPS8vVm8E.Ej9ToRG.xDbDYmZ65WIs5t6CZhDrD",
    --    "expires_in": 3600,
    --    "token_type": "bearer",
    --    "xoauth_yahoo_guid": "HGDQCVF5JB4YDOWHITQJFBHCWA"
    --  }

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

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/yahooMail.json'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Failed to load Yahoo Mail access token file.'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        RETURN
      END
    DECLARE @accessToken nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @accessToken OUT, 'access_token'

    --  Do OAuth2 authentication by using the access token as the password in the Login method below...
    DECLARE @imap int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Imap', @imap OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Ssl', 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Port', 993

    --  Connect to the Yahoo IMAP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'imap.mail.yahoo.com'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    --  Indicate that XOAUTH2 authentication is to be used:
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'AuthMethod', 'XOAUTH2'

    --  Login
    --  Use the email address of the Yahoo Mail account that granted authorization.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Login', @success OUT, 'user@yahoo.com', @accessToken
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
      END
    ELSE
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Successfully authenticated with Yahoo IMAP using XOAUTH2!'
      END

    --  Get the list of mailboxes.
    DECLARE @refName nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @refName = ''
    DECLARE @wildcardedMailbox nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @wildcardedMailbox = '*'
    DECLARE @subscribed int
    SELECT @subscribed = 0

    DECLARE @mboxes int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Mailboxes', @mboxes OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'MbxList', @success OUT, @subscribed, @refName, @wildcardedMailbox, @mboxes
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mboxes
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mboxes, 'Count', @iTmp0 OUT
    WHILE @i < @iTmp0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @mboxes, 'GetName', @sTmp0 OUT, @i
        PRINT @sTmp0
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

    --  Sample output looks like this:

    --  Archive
    --  Bulk Mail
    --  Draft
    --  Inbox
    --  Inbox/emailsWithAttach
    --  Inbox/test
    --  Sent
    --  Trash

    --  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Disconnect', @success OUT

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mboxes


END
GO