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Move a GMail Message to Trash

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Moves a specific GMail email message to trash. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL cId
LOCAL cUserId
LOCAL cUrl
LOCAL oResp

nSuccess := 0

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

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
oHttp:AuthToken := "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

//  The id of the GMail message to move to Trash.
cId := "16678c485e7f0a0c"
cUserId := "me"

oHttp:SetUrlVar("userId", "me")
oHttp:SetUrlVar("id", cId)

//  Move to trash by POSTing w/ an empty request body.
cUrl := "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}/trash"
oResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpStr("POST", cUrl, "", "", "", oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oHttp:destroy()
    oResp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "status = " + Str(oResp:StatusCode)

//  A 200 response status indicate success.
IF (oResp:StatusCode != 200)
    ? oResp:BodyStr
    ? "Failed."
    oHttp:destroy()
    oResp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

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

//  {
//   "id": "16678c485e7f0a0c",
//   "threadId": "16678c485e7f0a0c",
//   "labelIds": [
//    "TRASH",
//    "CATEGORY_SOCIAL"
//   ]
//  }

? "response body:"
? oResp:BodyStr

? "Message moved to trash!"

oHttp:destroy()
oResp:destroy()