B4X

Permanently Delete a Specific GMail Message

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Immediately and permanently deletes the specified message. This operation cannot be undone. (This is not the same as moving a message to Trash.) B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")
http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

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

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

'  Delete the email.
Dim url As String = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}"
Dim responseStr As String = http.QuickDeleteStr(url)
If http.LastMethodSuccess <> True Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("status = " & http.LastStatus)

'  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
    Log(responseStr)
    Log("Failed.")
    Return
End If


Log("Message deleted!")