React Native
React Native
Create GMail Draft
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Demonstrates how to create a new GMail draft email.Chilkat React Native Downloads
import { Email, Http, HttpResponse, JsonObject, StringBuilder } from '@chilkat/react-native'
async function chilkatExample() {
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
// Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
const email = new Email();
email.subject = 'This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat.';
email.charset = 'utf-8';
email.addPlainTextAlternativeBody('This is a test');
email.addHtmlAlternativeBody('<html><body><p>This is a <b>test</b></body></html>');
// We'll need to get the full MIME of the email encoded to a base64url string.
const sbMime = new StringBuilder();
email.getMimeSb(sbMime);
sbMime.encode('base64url', 'utf-8');
// The body of the HTTP request will be JSON..
const json = new JsonObject();
json.updateSb('message.raw', sbMime);
// Upload the email to GMail as a draft.
const http = new Http();
http.authToken = 'GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN';
const url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/drafts';
const resp = new HttpResponse();
try {
await http.httpJsonAsync('POST', url, json, 'application/json', resp);
} catch {
console.log(http.lastErrorText);
return;
}
// A status code of 200 indicates success.
console.log(`Response status code: ${resp.statusCode}`);
console.log('Response body:');
console.log(resp.bodyStr);
// The response body contains JSON.
// Use the online tool at Generate JSON Parsing Code
// to generate JSON parsing code.
// A sample successful JSON response:
// {
// "id": "r-2607584557788895307",
// "message": {
// "id": "166f09932c662e93",
// "threadId": "166f09932c662e93",
// "labelIds": [
// "DRAFT"
// ]
// }
// }
}