Lua

Move a GMail Message to Trash

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Moves a specific GMail email message to trash. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

local http = chilkat.Http.new()
http.auth_token = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

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

http:set_url_var("userId", "me")
http:set_url_var("id", id)

-- Move to trash by POSTing w/ an empty request body.
local url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{$userId}/messages/{$id}/trash"
local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
local success = http:http_str("POST", url, "", "", "", resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("status = " .. resp.status_code)

-- A 200 response status indicate success.
if resp.status_code ~= 200 then
    print(resp.body_str)
    print("Failed.")
    return
end

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

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

print("response body:")
print(resp.body_str)

print("Message moved to trash!")