Java

Create a New GMail Label

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Demonstrates how to create a new GMail label. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Http http = new Http();
        http.setAuthToken("GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN");

        String userId = "me";
        http.setUrlVar("userId", userId);

        // Create the JSON to be sent in the HTTP request body.
        // The name of the new label is "questions".
        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
        json.updateString("name", "questions");
        json.updateString("labelListVisibility", "labelShow");
        json.updateString("messageListVisibility", "show");

        json.setEmitCompact(false);
        System.out.println(json.emit());

        // The JSON contains this:
        // {
        //   "name": "questions",
        //   "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
        //   "messageListVisibility": "show"
        // }

        String url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/labels";
        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpJson("POST", url, json, "application/json", resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("status = " + resp.getStatusCode());

        // A 200 response status indicate success.
        if (resp.getStatusCode() != 200) {
            System.out.println(resp.getBodyStr());
            System.out.println("Failed.");
            return;
        }

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

        // {
        //  "id": "Label_43",
        //  "name": "questions",
        //  "messageListVisibility": "show",
        //  "labelListVisibility": "labelShow"
        // }

        System.out.println("response body:");
        System.out.println(resp.getBodyStr());

        System.out.println("GMail label created!");
    }
}