(Xojo Plugin) Create GMail Draft

Demonstrates how to create a new GMail draft email.

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

Dim success As Boolean

// Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
email.Subject = "This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat."
email.Charset = "utf-8"
success = email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is a test")
success = email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody("<html><body><p>This is a <b>test</b></body></html>")

// We'll need to get the full MIME of the email encoded to a base64url string.
Dim sbMime As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = email.GetMimeSb(sbMime)
success = sbMime.Encode("base64url","utf-8")

// The body of the HTTP request will be JSON..
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.UpdateSb("message.raw",sbMime)

// Upload the email to GMail as a draft.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

Dim url As String
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/drafts"
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson3(url,"application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// A status code of 200 indicates success.
System.DebugLog("Response status code: " + Str(resp.StatusCode))
System.DebugLog("Response body:")
System.DebugLog(resp.BodyStr)

// The response body contains JSON.
// Use the online tool at Generate JSON Parsing Code
// to generate JSON parsing code.

// A sample successful JSON response:

// {
//  "id": "r-2607584557788895307",
//  "message": {
//   "id": "166f09932c662e93",
//   "threadId": "166f09932c662e93",
//   "labelIds": [
//    "DRAFT"
//   ]
//  }
// }