VB.NET GMail: Get a specific message (format="full")

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Gets a specific message using format=full.

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


Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest
Dim success As Boolean

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

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


rest.AddPathParam("messageId","15fc23688c553739")

rest.AddQueryParam("format","full")

Dim sbJson As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/messageId",sbJson)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


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


Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.LoadSb(sbJson)

'  The following code parses the JSON response.
'  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
Dim id As String
Dim threadId As String
Dim snippet As String
Dim historyId As String
Dim internalDate As String
Dim payloadPartId As String
Dim payloadMimeType As String
Dim payloadFilename As String
Dim payloadBodySize As Integer
Dim sizeEstimate As Integer
Dim i As Integer
Dim count_i As Integer
Dim strVal As String
Dim name As String
Dim value As String
Dim partId As String
Dim mimeType As String
Dim filename As String
Dim bodySize As Integer
Dim bodyAttachmentId As String
Dim j As Integer
Dim count_j As Integer
Dim k As Integer
Dim count_k As Integer
Dim bodyData As String
Dim i1 As Integer
Dim count_i1 As Integer
Dim json1 As Chilkat.JsonObject

id = json.StringOf("id")
threadId = json.StringOf("threadId")
snippet = json.StringOf("snippet")
historyId = json.StringOf("historyId")
internalDate = json.StringOf("internalDate")
payloadPartId = json.StringOf("payload.partId")
payloadMimeType = json.StringOf("payload.mimeType")
payloadFilename = json.StringOf("payload.filename")
payloadBodySize = json.IntOf("payload.body.size")
sizeEstimate = json.IntOf("sizeEstimate")
i = 0
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("labelIds")
While i < count_i
    json.I = i
    strVal = json.StringOf("labelIds[i]")
    i = i + 1
End While
i = 0
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("payload.headers")
While i < count_i
    json.I = i
    name = json.StringOf("payload.headers[i].name")
    value = json.StringOf("payload.headers[i].value")
    i = i + 1
End While
i = 0
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("payload.parts")
While i < count_i
    json.I = i
    partId = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].partId")
    mimeType = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].mimeType")
    filename = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].filename")
    bodySize = json.IntOf("payload.parts[i].body.size")
    bodyAttachmentId = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].body.attachmentId")
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("payload.parts[i].headers")
    While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        name = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].headers[j].name")
        value = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].headers[j].value")
        j = j + 1
    End While
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("payload.parts[i].parts")
    While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        partId = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].partId")
        mimeType = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].mimeType")
        filename = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].filename")
        bodySize = json.IntOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].body.size")
        bodyAttachmentId = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].body.attachmentId")
        k = 0
        count_k = json.SizeOfArray("payload.parts[i].parts[j].headers")
        While k < count_k
            json.K = k
            name = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].headers[k].name")
            value = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].headers[k].value")
            k = k + 1
        End While
        k = 0
        count_k = json.SizeOfArray("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts")
        While k < count_k
            json.K = k
            partId = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].partId")
            mimeType = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].mimeType")
            filename = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].filename")
            bodySize = json.IntOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].body.size")
            bodyData = json.StringOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k].body.data")

            json1 = json.ObjectOf("payload.parts[i].parts[j].parts[k]")
            i1 = 0
            count_i1 = json1.SizeOfArray("headers")
            While i1 < count_i1
                json1.I = i1
                name = json1.StringOf("headers[i].name")
                value = json1.StringOf("headers[i].value")
                i1 = i1 + 1
            End While

            k = k + 1
        End While
        j = j + 1
    End While
    i = i + 1
End While



Debug.WriteLine("Example Completed.")

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "id": "15fc23688c553739",
  "threadId": "15fc23688c553739",
  "labelIds": [
    "IMPORTANT",
    "SENT",
    "INBOX"
  ],
  "snippet": "This is a test. \u200b",
  "historyId": "1438",
  "internalDate": "1510791874000",
  "payload": {
    "partId": "",
    "mimeType": "multipart/mixed",
    "filename": "",
    "headers": [
      {
        "name": "MIME-Version",
        "value": "1.0"
      },
      {
        "name": "Received",
        "value": "by 10.25.23.105 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:24:34 -0800 (PST)"
      },
      {
        "name": "X-Originating-IP",
        "value": "[2601:249:e00:9093:e894:b27f:e5d6:d01d]"
      },
      {
        "name": "Date",
        "value": "Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:24:34 -0600"
      },
      {
        "name": "Delivered-To",
        "value": "matt@chilkat.io"
      },
      {
        "name": "Message-ID",
        "value": "\u003cCAPhjyBM1qqXS6NVB65W8Zt5-McF03qWSRDjW5am66wTMuard=w@mail.gmail.com\u003e"
      },
      {
        "name": "Subject",
        "value": "Test HTML email with image and attachment."
      },
      {
        "name": "From",
        "value": "Matt Fausey \u003cmatt@chilkat.io\u003e"
      },
      {
        "name": "To",
        "value": "Matt Fausey \u003cmatt@chilkat.io\u003e"
      },
      {
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "value": "multipart/mixed; boundary=\"001a11401a6c097887055e0ea572\""
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "size": 0
    },
    "parts": [
      {
        "partId": "0",
        "mimeType": "multipart/related",
        "filename": "",
        "headers": [
          {
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "multipart/related; boundary=\"001a11401a6c097885055e0ea571\""
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "size": 0
        },
        "parts": [
          {
            "partId": "0.0",
            "mimeType": "multipart/alternative",
            "filename": "",
            "headers": [
              {
                "name": "Content-Type",
                "value": "multipart/alternative; boundary=\"001a11401a6c097882055e0ea570\""
              }
            ],
            "body": {
              "size": 0
            },
            "parts": [
              {
                "partId": "0.0.0",
                "mimeType": "text/plain",
                "filename": "",
                "headers": [
                  {
                    "name": "Content-Type",
                    "value": "text/plain; charset=\"UTF-8\""
                  },
                  {
                    "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
                    "value": "quoted-printable"
                  }
                ],
                "body": {
                  "size": 22,
                  "data": "VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3QuDQrigIsNCg=="
                }
              },
              {
                "partId": "0.0.1",
                "mimeType": "text/html",
                "filename": "",
                "headers": [
                  {
                    "name": "Content-Type",
                    "value": "text/html; charset=\"UTF-8\""
                  },
                  {
                    "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
                    "value": "quoted-printable"
                  }
                ],
                "body": {
                  "size": 115,
                  "data": "PGRpdiBkaXI9Imx0ciI-VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3QuPGltZyB3aWR0aD0iMTIwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEyMCIgc3JjPSJjaWQ6aWlfamExcWY5MGwwXzE1ZmMyMzUzOWJkMDA3MjciPjxicj7igIs8L2Rpdj4NCg=="
                }
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "partId": "0.1",
            "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
            "filename": "starfish.jpg",
            "headers": [
              {
                "name": "Content-Type",
                "value": "image/jpeg; name=\"starfish.jpg\""
              },
              {
                "name": "Content-Disposition",
                "value": "inline; filename=\"starfish.jpg\""
              },
              {
                "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
                "value": "base64"
              },
              {
                "name": "Content-ID",
                "value": "\u003cii_ja1qf90l0_15fc23539bd00727\u003e"
              },
              {
                "name": "X-Attachment-Id",
                "value": "ii_ja1qf90l0_15fc23539bd00727"
              },
              {
                "name": "MIME-Version",
                "value": "1.0"
              },
              {
                "name": "Date",
                "value": "Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:23:08 -0800"
              },
              {
                "name": "Message-ID",
                "value": "\u003cCAPhjyBMicJ9k-EXY5Efcvp8o_z_J3x8_G=mnC_znLXnyBogemQ@mail.gmail.com\u003e"
              },
              {
                "name": "Subject",
                "value": "Attachment"
              },
              {
                "name": "From",
                "value": "Matt Fausey \u003cmatt@chilkat.io\u003e"
              }
            ],
            "body": {
              "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ_ueuzzM9bpQ8l_tD27oDfn-smCe77viIAF1wy8ZeI09tK5vAuSS6V9Bahow4ikqaGleXqdQBeq8xhFkJ7WN-KKBSKvOfT2yD-XMlA1FC8AOKS2A8tBi5dDDbFrbnns33rfqEIRFAISslhdE481uB6sYfVoYjpuDThtW6Y96YA0Aso0P9txbKJwcwOeD0RxDav_vPzDjHuRuOYsGxbVTxesMB2eiMMw3i1y-WAu-pyWHqF0xMFehZmd7d-krKKdvI4UEgtzD9siXnnaH6MG55ykjBsjFRsmjKc-4K5fHeYHOf586Pkej5K238A",
              "size": 6229
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "partId": "1",
        "mimeType": "application/pdf",
        "filename": "helloWorld.pdf",
        "headers": [
          {
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/pdf; name=\"helloWorld.pdf\""
          },
          {
            "name": "Content-Disposition",
            "value": "attachment; filename=\"helloWorld.pdf\""
          },
          {
            "name": "Content-Transfer-Encoding",
            "value": "base64"
          },
          {
            "name": "X-Attachment-Id",
            "value": "f_ja1qgya31"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "attachmentId": "ANGjdJ934ScA-kvdsvBvOjO9z-RYmRLyO8PvqOCzwkk-smeLVpKqeoxXNIn9FL_RbzA6qmTWKQTJehrBVmX4NqYtFsivmwRfzIWj-A-SqvJATRhjEGOntUeBS0fPZ9xy_enmH5Qgi0iSdBmwAn1CBnNghEKdMjvxTMjLxqn2mSO4gvxIh8ahJZDMN1p8KMYO98dM2XfyNndltnK-sd_DizNR9BQu10w5WSTLeFfOh61SxGKeq4Dt3W5USQlx7dEG7dRiBDvjFM6wo2HVeSnGEVphOwx80t1MQdhRN-YOHCAahIqy7Z0-BkPIIjTeUtl_pST8oMi0IgJoo9x1oomY3JZp2OxWuNyOVWDGVsDavGHc6wRhwK5pJrDceCWxNdPEwExeYA84WOAFXE2D6I3m",
          "size": 934
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "sizeEstimate": 11716
}