Java GMail: List all GMail Labels

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Lists all labels in the user's mailbox.

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

CURL Command

curl -X GET https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/labels \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer GMAIL_TOKEN"

Java Example

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean success;

    //  URL: https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/labels
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println("ConnectFailReason: " + rest.get_ConnectFailReason());
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    rest.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer GMAIL_TOKEN");

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/gmail/v1/users/me/labels",sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        System.out.println("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
        System.out.println("Response Header:");
        System.out.println(rest.responseHeader());
        System.out.println("Response Body:");
        System.out.println(sbResponseBody.getAsString());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code
    int i;
    int count_i;

    i = 0;
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("labels");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jsonResponse.put_I(i);
        String id = jsonResponse.stringOf("labels[i].id");
        String name = jsonResponse.stringOf("labels[i].name");
        String messageListVisibility = jsonResponse.stringOf("labels[i].messageListVisibility");
        String labelListVisibility = jsonResponse.stringOf("labels[i].labelListVisibility");
        String type = jsonResponse.stringOf("labels[i].type");
        i = i+1;
        }
  }
}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "labels": [
    {
      "id": "Label_5",
      "name": "QA",
      "messageListVisibility": "show",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
      "type": "user"
    },
    {
      "id": "Label_21",
      "name": "[Gmail]/testFolder",
      "type": "user"
    },
    {
      "id": "CATEGORY_PERSONAL",
      "name": "CATEGORY_PERSONAL",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "Label_8",
      "name": "old",
      "type": "user"
    },
    {
      "id": "CATEGORY_SOCIAL",
      "name": "CATEGORY_SOCIAL",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "Label_7",
      "name": "labél with space",
      "type": "user"
    },
    {
      "id": "Label_41",
      "name": "QA/qa_fetchSingleAsMime",
      "type": "user"
    },
    {
      "id": "Label_4",
      "name": "[Imap]/Trash",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
      "type": "user"
    },
    {
      "id": "Label_1",
      "name": "\"test\"",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
      "type": "user"
    },
    {
      "id": "Label_6",
      "name": "QA/Entwürfe",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
      "type": "user"
    },
    {
      "id": "CATEGORY_FORUMS",
      "name": "CATEGORY_FORUMS",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "Label_42",
      "name": "[Gmail]/フルタイムの共有ソリューションはjapan",
      "type": "user"
    },
    {
      "id": "Label_3",
      "name": "[Gmail]/ö",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
      "type": "user"
    },
    {
      "id": "IMPORTANT",
      "name": "IMPORTANT",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "Label_2",
      "name": "[Gmail]/X&Y",
      "type": "user"
    },
    {
      "id": "CATEGORY_UPDATES",
      "name": "CATEGORY_UPDATES",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "CHAT",
      "name": "CHAT",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "SENT",
      "name": "SENT",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "INBOX",
      "name": "INBOX",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "TRASH",
      "name": "TRASH",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelHide",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "CATEGORY_PROMOTIONS",
      "name": "CATEGORY_PROMOTIONS",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "DRAFT",
      "name": "DRAFT",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "SPAM",
      "name": "SPAM",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelHide",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "STARRED",
      "name": "STARRED",
      "messageListVisibility": "hide",
      "labelListVisibility": "labelShow",
      "type": "system"
    },
    {
      "id": "UNREAD",
      "name": "UNREAD",
      "type": "system"
    }
  ]
}