Delphi ActiveX GMail: Parse GMail REST API Error Response

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Gets the current user's Gmail profile, but shows an error response and how to parse it..

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

var
rest: TChilkatRest;
success: Integer;
oauth2: TChilkatOAuth2;
sbJson: TChilkatStringBuilder;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
errorCode: Integer;
errorMessage: WideString;
i: Integer;
count_i: Integer;
domain: WideString;
reason: WideString;
message: WideString;
extendedHelp: WideString;

begin
rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

//   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
oauth2 := TChilkatOAuth2.Create(Self);
oauth2.AccessToken := 'OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN';
rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2.ControlInterface);

success := rest.Connect('www.googleapis.com',443,1,1);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

rest.AddPathParam('userId','matt@chilkat.io');

sbJson := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
success := rest.FullRequestNoBodySb('GET','/gmail/v1/users/userId/profile',sbJson.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Received error response code: ' + IntToStr(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response body:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sbJson.GetAsString());
    Exit;
  end;

json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.LoadSb(sbJson.ControlInterface);

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

errorCode := json.IntOf('error.code');
errorMessage := json.StringOf('error.message');
i := 0;
count_i := json.SizeOfArray('error.errors');
while i < count_i do
  begin
    json.I := i;
    domain := json.StringOf('error.errors[i].domain');
    reason := json.StringOf('error.errors[i].reason');
    message := json.StringOf('error.errors[i].message');
    extendedHelp := json.StringOf('error.errors[i].extendedHelp');
    i := i + 1;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Example Completed.');

Sample JSON Response Body

{
 "error": {
  "errors": [
   {
    "domain": "usageLimits",
    "reason": "accessNotConfigured",
    "message": "Access Not Configured. Gmail API has not been used in project 377697329735 before or it is disabled. Enable it by visiting https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/gmail.googleapis.com/overview?project=377697329735 then retry. If you enabled this API recently, wait a few minutes for the action to propagate to our systems and retry.",
    "extendedHelp": "https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/gmail.googleapis.com/overview?project=377697329735"
   }
  ],
  "code": 403,
  "message": "Access Not Configured. Gmail API has not been used in project 377697329735 before or it is disabled. Enable it by visiting https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/gmail.googleapis.com/overview?project=377697329735 then retry. If you enabled this API recently, wait a few minutes for the action to propagate to our systems and retry."
 }
}