Classic ASP

Permanently Delete a Specific GMail Message

Immediately and permanently deletes the specified message. This operation cannot be undone. (This is not the same as moving a message to Trash.)

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

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

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

' The id of the GMail message to delete.
id = "1669cc9a926bb8c1"
userId = "me"

success = http.SetUrlVar("userId","me")
success = http.SetUrlVar("id",id)

' Delete the email.
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}"
responseStr = http.QuickDeleteStr(url)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "status = " & http.LastStatus) & "</pre>"

' A 204 response indicate success.
' It is common for HTTP DELETE operations to respond with a 204 status code with an empty body for success.
' You'll find many REST APIs follow this custom..
If (http.LastStatus <> 204) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( responseStr) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Message deleted!") & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>