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Gmail

With Gmail modules in Make, you can manage the emails, email labels, and attachments in your Gmail account.

To use the Gmail modules, you must have a Gmail account. You can create an account at myaccount.google.com.

Refer to the Gmail API documentation for a list of available endpoints.

Note

Make's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy.

Connect Gmail to Make

Important

To connect an email ending in @gmail or @googlemail, you need to create a custom OAuth client in the Google Cloud Platform and get your project client credentials to establish the connection in Make.

To establish the connection in Make:

  1. Log in to your Make account, add a Gmail module to your scenario, and click Create a connection.

  2. Optional: In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.

  3. Optional for Gmail users with non-@gmail or @googlemail domains: Switch on the Show advanced settings toggle and enter your Google Cloud Platform project client credentials. For more information, see the Create and configure a Google Cloud Platform project for Gmail section below.

  4. Click Sign in with Google.

  5. If prompted, authenticate your account, grant all requested permissions, and confirm access.

You have successfully established the connection. You can now edit your scenario and add more Gmail modules. If your connection requires reauthorization at any point, follow the connection renewal steps here.

Create and configure a Google Cloud Platform project for Gmail

To connect to Make using your own client credentials, you can create and configure a project in the Google Cloud Platform.

Important

You need to follow the procedure if you use an email address that ends with @gmail or @googlemail.

Create a Google Cloud Platform project for Gmail

To create a Google Cloud Platform project:

  1. Log in to the Google Cloud Platform using your Google credentials.

  2. On the welcome page, click Create or select a project > New project.

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  3. Enter a Project name and select the Location for your project.

  4. Click Create.

  5. In the top menu, check if your new project is selected in the Select a project dropdown. If not, select the project you just created.

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Note

To create a new project or work in the existing one, you need to have the serviceusage.services.enable permission. If you don’t have this permission, ask the Google Cloud Platform Project Owner or Project IAM Admin to grant it to you.

Enable APIs for Gmail

To enable the required APIs:

  1. Open the left navigation menu and go to APIs & Services > Library.

  2. Search for the following API: Gmail API

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  3. Click Gmail API, then click Enable.

Create your Gmail client credentials

To create your client credentials:

  1. In Google Auth Platform, click Clients.

  2. Click + Create Client.

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  3. In the Application type dropdown, select Web application.

  4. Update the Name of your OAuth client. This will help you identify it in the platform.

  5. In the Authorized redirect URIs section, click + Add URI and enter the following redirect URI:

    https://www.integromat.com/oauth/cb/google-restricted

  6. Click Create.

  7. Click the OAuth 2.0 Client you created, copy your Client ID and Client secret values, and store them in a safe place.

You will use these values in the Client ID and Client Secret fields in Make.

Build Gmail Scenarios

After connecting the app, you can perform the following actions:

Triggers

Watch Emails

Triggers when a new email is received to be processed according to specified criteria.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Gmail account.

Folder

Select the email folder you want to watch.

Filter type

Select Simple filter to filter emails by selecting criteria, or Gmail filter to filter emails by entering the query.

Criteria

Select the option to filter watched emails by.

Query

Use the Gmail search syntax. To search for messages containing an icon of a specific color, use the following search query:

  • Yellow Star: l:^ss_sy

  • Blue Star: l:^ss_sb

  • Red Star: l:^ss_sr

  • Orange Star: l:^ss_so

  • Green Star: l:^ss_sg

  • Purple Star: l:^ss_sp

  • Red Bang: l:^ss_cr

  • Yellow Bang: l:^ss_cy

  • Blue Info: l:^ss_cb

  • Orange Guillment: l:^ss_co

  • Green Check: l:^ss_cg

  • Purple Question: l:^ss_cp

Sender email address

Enter the email addresses that you want to filter emails by.

Subject

Enter the characters string in the email subject that you want to filter emails by.

Search phrase

Enter the characters string in the email subject or body that you want to filter emails by.

Mark email message(s) as read when fetched

Select whether you want to mark retrieved emails as read.

Maximum number of results

Set the maximum number of results that Make will work with during one cycle.

Actions

Copy an Email

Copies an email or a draft into a selected folder.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Gmail account.

Folder

Select the email source folder that contains an email you want to copy.

Destination folder

Select the email destination folder where you want to copy an email to.

Email ID (UID)

Enter the ID of the email you want to copy. To get the Email ID (UID), use the Email > Get Emails module. You will see the value in the output.

Create a Draft

Creates a new draft and adds it to a selected folder.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Gmail account.

Folder

Select the folder you want to add a draft to.

To

Enter the recipient's email address.

Subject

Enter the email draft subject.

Content

Enter the email message body. You can use HTML tags.

Attachments

File name

Enter the name of the file to be uploaded, including the file extension. For example, myFile.png.

Data

Enter the file data. Refer to our Help Center to learn how to work with files.

Copy recipient

Enter the copy recipient's email address. (CC:)

Blind copy recipient

Enter the blind copy recipient's email address. (BCC:)

Delete an Email

Removes an email or a draft from a selected folder.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Gmail account.

Gmail Message ID

Enter the ID of the message you want to delete. To get the Gmail Message ID, use the Gmail > Watch Emails module. You will see the value in the output.

Permanently

Select whether you want to move the email to the thrash folder or to permanently delete it.

Mark an Email as Read

Marks an email or a draft in a selected directory as read by setting the "Read" flag.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Gmail account.

Folder

Select the folder that contains the email you want to mark as Read.

Email ID (UID)

Enter the ID of the email you want to copy. To get the Email ID (UID), use the Email > Get Emails module. You will see the value in the output.

Mark an Email as Unread

Marks an email in a selected directory as read by setting the "Unread" flag.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Gmail account.

Folder

Select the folder that contains the email you want to mark as Unread.

Email ID (UID)

Enter the ID of the email you want to copy. To get the Email ID (UID), use the Email > Get Emails module. You will see the value in the output.

Modify Email Labels

Modifies labels on the specified email message.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Gmail account.

Gmail Message ID

Enter the ID of the message whose labels you want to modify. To get the Gmail Message ID, use the Gmail > Watch Emails module. You will see the value in the output.

Labels to add

Select the labels you want to attach to the email.

Labels to remove

Select the labels you want to detach from the email.

Move an Email

Moves a chosen email to a selected folder.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Gmail account.

Folder

Select the email source folder that contains an email you want to move.

Destination folder

Select the email destination folder where you want to move an email to.

Email ID (UID)

Enter the ID of the email you want to copy. To get the Email ID (UID), use the Email > Get Emails module. You will see the value in the output.

Send an Email

Sends a new email.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Gmail account.

From

Enter a custom sender email address.

There are two options for entering:

To

Enter the recipient's email address.

Subject

Enter the email subject.

Content

Enter the email message body. You can use HTML tags.

Attachments

File name

Enter the name of the file to be uploaded, including the file extension. For example, myFile.png.

Data

Enter the file data. Refer to our Help Center to learn how to work with files.

Content ID

Enter a Content ID to attach inline images. This allows you to create an ID for the attachment, which you can then use in HTML: <img src="cid:ii_jrc3r9mw1"> where ii_jrc3r9mw1 is a content ID.

Copy recipient

Enter the copy recipient's email address. (CC:)

Blind copy recipient

Enter the blind copy recipient's email address. (BCC:)

Iterators

Iterate Attachments

Iterates through received attachments.

Source module

Select another Gmail module whose output contains attachments you want to iterate.

Common Problems

Here you can find solutions for the most common issues when working with Gmail in Make.

Error 400: Failed to Verify a Connection

Your connection has expired and is no longer valid. You need to reauthorize the connection every seven days.

This error affects non-Google Workspace accounts. For more details, please refer to Google OAuth documentation.

Due to Google's updated security policy, unpublished apps can only have a 7-day authorization period. After the OAuth security token expires, the connection is no longer authorized and any module relying on it will fail.

Solution

Option 1:

To avoid weekly reauthorization, you can update the publishing status of your project.

If you update your project to the In production status, you will not be required to reauthorize the connection weekly.

Change the status of your project by following these steps:

  1. Log in to the Google Cloud Platform using your Google credentials.

  2. Navigate to the Oauth consent screen.

  3. Click the Publish app button next to your app.

  4. If the Needs verification message appears, choose whether to go through the Google verification process for the app or to connect to your unverified app. Currently connecting to unverified apps works in Make, but we cannot guarantee the Google will allow connections to unverified apps for an indefinite period.

For more information regarding publishing statuses, refer to the Publishing status section of Google's Setting up your OAuth consent screen help and our Community page.

Option 2

If you keep your project in the Testing status, you will be required to reauthorize your connection in Make every week.

Reauthorize your Google connection by following these steps:

  1. Log in to Make.

  2. Go to Connections.

  3. Find your Google connection and click the Reauthorize button.

    Note

    To prevent the expiration of your Google connection, we suggest you to reauthorize the connection every week.

Error 403: Access Denied

You didn't add a test user for your project in Google Cloud Platform, and the project has the Testing status. You need to add the email address associated with the Google account you want to connect with Make as a Test user.

  1. Log in to the Google Cloud Platform using your Google credentials.

  2. Go to APIs & Services > OAuth consent screen.

  3. Under Test users, + Add Users and enter an email of a user that you want to create a connection for.

  4. Click Save.

Error 403: Access Not Configured

The Gmail API was disabled in the Google Cloud Platform. You need to enable it again.

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