C

Move a GMail Message to Trash

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Moves a specific GMail email message to trash. C

#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttp http;
    const char *id;
    const char *userId;
    const char *url;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttp_Create();
    CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,"GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    // The id of the GMail message to move to Trash.
    id = "16678c485e7f0a0c";
    userId = "me";

    CkHttp_SetUrlVar(http,"userId","me");
    CkHttp_SetUrlVar(http,"id",id);

    // Move to trash by POSTing w/ an empty request body.
    url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}/trash";
    resp = CkHttpResponse_Create();
    success = CkHttp_HttpStr(http,"POST",url,"","","",resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    printf("status = %d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp));

    // A 200 response status indicate success.
    if (CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp) != 200) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));
        printf("Failed.\n");
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

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

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

    printf("response body:\n");
    printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));

    printf("Message moved to trash!\n");


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

    }