Java

Download a Specific GMail Message into a Chilkat Email Object

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Demonstrates how to download a GMail message into a Chilkat Email object. Java

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    http.put_AuthToken("GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    // The id of the GMail message to download.
    String id = "166e50fed0b9b0cb";
    String userId = "me";

    http.SetUrlVar("userId","me");
    http.SetUrlVar("id",id);

    // Fetch the email.
    String url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}?format=raw";
    CkStringBuilder sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = http.DownloadSb(url,"utf-8",sbJson);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.LoadSb(sbJson);
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);

    if (http.get_LastStatus() != 200) {
        System.out.println(json.emit());
        System.out.println("Failed.");
        return;
        }

    // The returned JSON contains something like this:

    // {
    //   "id": "166e50fed0b9b0cb",
    //   "threadId": "166e50fed0b9b0cb",
    //   "labelIds": [
    //     "CATEGORY_SOCIAL",
    //     "INBOX"
    //   ],
    //   "snippet": "...",
    //   "historyId": "582477",
    //   "internalDate": "1541441317000",
    //   "sizeEstimate": 28603,
    //   "raw": "BASE64URL_CONTENT"
    // }

    // The RFC822 MIME of the email is contained in the "raw" as a base64URL encoded string.
    // Let's decode and load into a Chilkat email object..
    CkStringBuilder sbRaw = new CkStringBuilder();
    json.StringOfSb("raw",sbRaw);
    sbRaw.Decode("base64url","utf-8");

    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();
    email.SetFromMimeSb(sbRaw);

    // Now we can use the email API to do whatever we desire..
    System.out.println("From: " + email.fromAddress());
    System.out.println("Subject: " + email.subject());
    // ...
  }
}