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Create a New GMail Label

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Demonstrates how to create a new GMail label. Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();
    http.setAuthToken("GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    const user_id = "me";
    http.setUrlVar("userId", user_id) catch {};

    // Create the JSON to be sent in the HTTP request body.
    // The name of the new label is "questions".
    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.updateString("name", "questions") catch {};
    json.updateString("labelListVisibility", "labelShow") catch {};
    json.updateString("messageListVisibility", "show") catch {};

    json.setEmitCompact(false);
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});

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

    const url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/labels";
    const resp = try chilkat.HttpResponse.init();
    defer resp.deinit();
    http.httpJson("POST", url, json, "application/json", resp) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("status = {d}\n", .{resp.getStatusCode()});

    // A 200 response status indicate success.
    if (resp.getStatusCode() != 200) {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try resp.getBodyStr(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("Failed.\n", .{});
        return;
    }

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

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

    std.debug.print("response body:\n", .{});
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try resp.getBodyStr(alloc)});

    std.debug.print("GMail label created!\n", .{});
}