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

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();
bool success;

//   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
Chilkat.OAuth2 oauth2 = new Chilkat.OAuth2();
oauth2.AccessToken = "OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN";
rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2);

success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,true);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbJson = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/gmail/v1/users/me/messages",sbJson);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Received error response code: " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response body:");
    Debug.WriteLine(sbJson.GetAsString());
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.LoadSb(sbJson);

//  The following code parses the JSON response.
//  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
int resultSizeEstimate;
int i;
int count_i;
string id;
string threadId;

resultSizeEstimate = json.IntOf("resultSizeEstimate");
i = 0;
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("messages");
while (i < count_i) {
    json.I = i;
    id = json.StringOf("messages[i].id");
    threadId = json.StringOf("messages[i].threadId");
    i = i + 1;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Example Completed.");

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
}