Classic ASP
Classic ASP
Download GMail Message Attachment by ID
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Demonstrates how to download a GMail email attachment by the attachment ID.Chilkat Classic ASP Downloads
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<%
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 = "ACCESS_TOKEN"
http.Accept = "application/json"
' See the following example: Get GMail Message (format=full)
' It shows how to download an email by message ID, and it shows how to parse the JSON
' response which includes attachment names, ids, and other information.
' This example will assume we already have the attachment id and filename.
' This is the attachment ID for a file named "helloWorld.pdf".
attachmentId = "ANGjdJ-oy3aCuZISJKLAhUdaEksCEklbAPyMaWzFgqOMGbPCRkgwgeu_Kttd99C17OBTHROkDZGekibTKWXGfscB5ww7fw4E65_V1dQ-jHhb2TD1Cdm58-BbNw2iDxzptco8iILPiSnLLfFn5Ps7nsRcxHaGTt3r0yqFKCuIYNnPK1vM04BXI_cfzo-HnI4I3tD6oHNHOGVQrL01MdShFQjPELPUjXM8z1qs7Kom-QyvV1iOldUN-66UuhynsmDX-CMM5TIdB-8KD_lmdhf-0DqG8JnCA20XpXyfqwS8XFkPA-t-QSjb7SdkHQFtQ4lz2PcBREFzZ2eI5j0l0Y_dQHRPYTeMwkVl1yl4MfFT4C4iso3VSF-eqaIjiFCbXKCFNyeEIW5WFsv189dhlSqU"
messageId = "1712bc1dc22da2a2"
success = http.SetUrlVar("messageId",messageId)
success = http.SetUrlVar("attachmentId",attachmentId)
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/userId/messages/{$messageId}/attachments/{$attachmentId}"
' When we download, the response is JSON that contains the attachment data base64url encoded, like this:
' {
' "size": 934,
' "data": "JVBERi0xLjM ... CiUlRU9GCg=="
' }
outputFilePath = "qa_output/helloWorld.pdf"
' Download into a StringBuilder.
set sbJson = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = http.DownloadSb(url,"utf-8",sbJson)
If (success = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
If (http.LastStatus <> 200) Then
' Something failed.
' the JSON contains an error message.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sbJson.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' Load into a Chilkat JSON object.
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.LoadSb(sbJson)
' Extract the base64url data into a BinData.
set bd = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = json.BytesOf("data","base64url",bd)
' Save the data to a file.
success = bd.WriteFile("qa_output/helloWorld.pdf")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success.") & "</pre>"
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