VBScript 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"

VBScript Example

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")

'  URL: https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/labels
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason)
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = rest.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer GMAIL_TOKEN")

set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/gmail/v1/users/me/labels",sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Body:")
    outFile.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    WScript.Quit
End If

set jsonResponse = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

'  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("labels")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    id = jsonResponse.StringOf("labels[i].id")
    name = jsonResponse.StringOf("labels[i].name")
    messageListVisibility = jsonResponse.StringOf("labels[i].messageListVisibility")
    labelListVisibility = jsonResponse.StringOf("labels[i].labelListVisibility")
    type = jsonResponse.StringOf("labels[i].type")
    i = i + 1
Loop

outFile.Close

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"
    }
  ]
}