Procedures

Automation procedures in the Gmail book.

The following documentation is for Gmail v2.0.0 (BDK).

Ensure that you have installed or connected the Gmail book and created a new playground before using these automation procedures.

to add a label to an (email)

Add a label to one or more emails.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
label	The label to add.	text	Yes	(no default)
email	the email or emails to add the label to	gmail email or list of gmail email	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
email	the email: The email or emails with the label added	gmail email or list of gmail email

Examples

Add a label to emails

add a label to the email with
... the label is "IMPORTANT"

to download an (email's attachments)

FILTER - CAPABLE

Download an email attachment and return it as an IO object.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
email	The email containing the attachment	gmail email	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
email's attachments	The attachment as an IO object	gmail attachment

Examples

Download an attachment

download the attachment

to forward an email

Forward an email to new recipients.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
email	The email to forward	gmail email	Yes	(no default)
recipients	The recipients to forward the email to	list of text or text	Yes	(no default)
body	Optional additional message to include	text	No	(no default)
html body	Optional additional HTML message to include	text	No	(no default)
cc recipients	Optional CC recipients	list of text or text	No	(no default)
bcc recipients	Optional BCC recipients	list of text or text	No	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
answer	The sent email	gmail email

Examples

Forward an email to someone

forward the email to "[email protected]"

Forward an email with additional message

forward the email to "[email protected]" with
... the body is "Please see the forwarded email below."

to get some (label's emails)

FILTER - CAPABLE

Retrieve emails from a specified label in Gmail.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
label	The name of the label from which to retrieve emails.	text	Yes	(no default)
max result count	Maximum number of emails to retrieve (default: 10).	number	No	10

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
label's emails	the label's emails: List of GmailEmail objects representing the retrieved emails.	gmail email

Examples

Retrieve all emails from inbox

get some "INBOX"'s emails

Retrieve emails with specific subject

get some "INBOX"'s emails whose subject is "Important Meeting"

to list (labels)

List all labels in the user's Gmail account.

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
labels	A list of all labels.	text

Examples

List all labels

list labels

to remove a label from an (email)

Remove a label from one or more emails.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
label	The label to remove.	text	Yes	(no default)
email	The email or emails to remove the label from.	gmail email or list of gmail email	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
email	the email: The email or emails with the label removed	gmail email or list of gmail email

Examples

Remove a label from an email

remove a label from the email with
... the label is "IMPORTANT"

to reply an email

Reply to an email.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
email	The email to reply to	gmail email	Yes	(no default)
body	The body of the reply	text	No	(no default)
html body	The html body of the reply	text	No	(no default)
additional recipients	Additional recipients to include in the reply	list of text or text	No	(no default)
attachments	Optional list of attachments to include in the reply	gmail attachment	No	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
answer	The sent email	gmail email

Examples

Reply to an email

reply to the email with
... the body is "This is a test reply"

to send an email

Send an email using Gmail API.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
recipients	The list of recipient email addresses.	list of text or text	Yes	(no default)
subject	The subject line of the email.	text	Yes	(no default)
body	The plain text content of the email.	text	No	(no default)
html body	The HTML content of the email.	text	No	(no default)
cc recipients	Optional list of CC recipients.	list of text or text	No	(no default)
bcc recipients	Optional list of BCC recipients.	list of text or text	No	(no default)
attachments	Optional list of file attachments.	gmail attachment	No	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
answer	The sent email	gmail email

Examples

Send a basic email

send an email with
... the recipients are ["[email protected]"]
... the subject is "Hello"
... the body is "This is a test email"

Send an email with CC and BCC

send an email with
... the recipients are ["[email protected]"]
... the subject is "Meeting Notes"
... the body is "Please find the meeting notes attached"
... the cc recipients are ["[email protected]"]
... the bcc recipients are ["[email protected]"]