C GMail: Lists the messages in the user's mailbox.

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Lists the messages in the user's mailbox.

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/v1/reference/users/messages/list

#include <C_CkRest.h>
#include <C_CkOAuth2.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL success;
    HCkOAuth2 oauth2;
    HCkStringBuilder sbJson;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    int resultSizeEstimate;
    int i;
    int count_i;
    const char *id;
    const char *threadId;

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    //   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    oauth2 = CkOAuth2_Create();
    CkOAuth2_putAccessToken(oauth2,"OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    CkRest_SetAuthOAuth2(rest,oauth2);

    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"www.googleapis.com",443,TRUE,TRUE);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
        return;
    }

    sbJson = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    success = CkRest_FullRequestNoBodySb(rest,"GET","/gmail/v1/users/me/messages",sbJson);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbJson);
        return;
    }

    if (CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest) != 200) {
        printf("Received error response code: %d\n",CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest));
        printf("Response body:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbJson));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbJson);
        return;
    }

    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_LoadSb(json,sbJson);

    //  The following code parses the JSON response.
    //  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.

    resultSizeEstimate = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"resultSizeEstimate");
    i = 0;
    count_i = CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(json,"messages");
    while (i < count_i) {
        CkJsonObject_putI(json,i);
        id = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"messages[i].id");
        threadId = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"messages[i].threadId");
        i = i + 1;
    }

    printf("Example Completed.\n");


    CkRest_Dispose(rest);
    CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbJson);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);

    }

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "15fc237e79da4174",
      "threadId": "15fc237e79da4174"
    },
    {
      "id": "15fc23688c553739",
      "threadId": "15fc23688c553739"
    },
    {
      "id": "15fbd37d3a8f9950",
      "threadId": "15fbd37d3a8f9950"
    },
    {
      "id": "15fb5e49b822ac1d",
      "threadId": "15fb5e49b822ac1d"
    },
    {
      "id": "15fb5e49b7a0739b",
      "threadId": "15fb5e49b7a0739b"
    }
  ],
  "resultSizeEstimate": 5
}