Concepts

Concepts used in Gmail BDK Book.

Gmail email

A Gmail Email represents an email message in Gmail.

Field Name	Description	Type
id	The unique identifier for the email.	text
thread_id	The unique identifier for the thread containing the email.	text
labels	The list of labels applied to the email.	list of text
state	The state of the email (draft, unread, or read).	text
sender	The sender of the email.	text
recipients	The recipients of the email.	list of text
message_id	The unique identifier for the message.	optional[text]
cc_recipients	The cc recipients of the email.	list of text
bcc_recipients	The bcc recipients of the email.	list of text
attachments	The attachments of the email.	list of gmail attachment reference
subject	The subject of the email.	optional[text]
plain_body	The plain text body of the email.	optional[text]
html_body	The html body of the email.	optional[text]
sent_date_time	The date and time the email was sent.	optional[datetime]
received_date_time	The date and time the email was received.	optional[datetime]

Gmail attachment reference

A Gmail Attachment Reference represents a reference to a file attached to an email in Gmail.

Field Name	Description	Type
id	The unique identifier for the attachment.	text
email_id	The unique identifier for the email.	text
file_name	The name of the attachment.	text
file_size	The size of the file in bytes.	number

Gmail attachment

A Gmail Attachment represents a file with name.

Field Name	Description	Type
file_name	The name of the attachment.	text
content	The content of the attachment.	file