Visual Basic 6.0 GMail: Get User's GMail Profile

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Gets the current user's Gmail profile.

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

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim success As Long

'   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
Dim oauth2 As New ChilkatOAuth2
oauth2.AccessToken = "OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN"
success = rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2)

success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = rest.AddPathParam("userId","matt@chilkat.io")

Dim sbJson As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/gmail/v1/users/userId/profile",sbJson)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "Received error response code: " & rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "Response body:"
    Debug.Print sbJson.GetAsString()
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.LoadSb(sbJson)

'  The following code parses the JSON response.
'  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
Dim emailAddress As String
Dim messagesTotal As Long
Dim threadsTotal As Long
Dim historyId As String

emailAddress = json.StringOf("emailAddress")
messagesTotal = json.IntOf("messagesTotal")
threadsTotal = json.IntOf("threadsTotal")
historyId = json.StringOf("historyId")

Debug.Print "Example Completed."

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "emailAddress": "matt@chilkat.io",
  "messagesTotal": 3,
  "threadsTotal": 3,
  "historyId": "1257"
}