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Gmail#

Gmail is an email service developed by Google. Users can access Gmail on the web and using third-party programs that synchronize email content through POP or IMAP protocols.

Credentials

You can find authentication information for this node here.

Basic Operations#

  • Draft
    • Create a new email draft
    • Delete a draft
    • Get a draft
    • Get all drafts
  • Label
    • Create a new label
    • Delete a label
    • Get a label
    • Get all labels
  • Message
    • Send an email
    • Delete a message
    • Get a message
    • Get all messages
    • Reply to an email
  • Message Label
    • Add a label to a message
    • Remove a label from a message

Example Usage#

This workflow allows you to get all messages with a certain label, remove the label from the messages, and add a new label to the messages. You can also find the workflow on n8n.io. This example usage workflow would use the following nodes. - Start - Gmail

The final workflow should look like the following image.

A workflow with the Gmail node

1. Start node#

The start node exists by default when you create a new workflow.

2. Gmail node (getAll: message)#

This node will return ten messages with the label n8n from Gmail. If you want to return all the messages toggle Return All to true.

  1. First of all, you'll have to enter credentials for the Gmail node. You can find out how to do that here.
  2. Select 'Message' from the Resource dropdown list.
  3. Select 'Get All' from the Operation dropdown list.
  4. Click on the Add Field button and select 'Format' from the dropdown list.
  5. Select 'Full' from Format dropdown menu. This option will return the full email message data with the body content parsed in the payload field.
  6. Click on the Add Field button and select 'Label IDs' from the dropdown list.
  7. Select the label from the Label IDs dropdown list.
  8. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node returns ten email messages with the label n8n.

Using the Gmail node to get all messages with a particular label

3. Gmail1 node (remove: messageLabel)#

This node will remove the label n8n from all the messages that you received in the previous node. If you want to remove a different label, select that label instead.

  1. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous Gmail node.
  2. Select 'Message Label' from the Resource dropdown list.
  3. Select 'Remove' from the Operation dropdown list.
  4. Click on the gears icon next to the Message ID field and click on Add Expression.
  5. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Gmail > Output Data > JSON > id. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Gmail"].json["id"]}}.
  6. Select the label from the Label IDs dropdown list.
  7. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node removes the n8n label from the messages that we received from the previous node.

Using the Gmail node to remove a label from the messages

4. Gmail2 node (add: messageLabel)#

This node will add a new label nodemation to the messages that we received from the Gmail node. If you want to add a different label, select that label instead.

  1. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous Gmail node.
  2. Select 'Message Label' from the Resource dropdown list.
  3. Click on the gears icon next to the Message ID field and click on Add Expression.
  4. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Gmail > Output Data > JSON > id. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Gmail"].json["id"]}}.
  5. Select the label from the Label IDs dropdown list.
  6. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node adds a new label nodemation to the messages that we received from the Gmail node.

Using the Gmail node to add a label to the messages

FAQs#

How to return all the messages with a particular label?#

To return all the messages with a particular label, follow the steps mentioned below.

  1. Select 'Message' from the Resource dropdown list.
  2. Select 'Get All' from the Operation dropdown list.
  3. If you want to all return all the messages with a particular, toggle Return All to true.
  4. Click on Add Field and select 'Query'.
  5. Enter label:LABEL_NAME in the Query field. Replace LABEL_NAME with your label name.
  6. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

Refer to Search operators you can use with Gmail to learn more about filtering your search results.