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Retrieve an email from Gmail

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Retrieve an email.

Application

  • Gmail

Inputs (what you have)

Name

Description

Data Type

Required?

Example

Gmail credentials

The connected account to use for the request

Connected Account

Yes

Message ID

Gmail's unique ID for the sent message. Example: 17c5ac1d6b1d84c3

Text (Short)

Yes

17c5ac1d6b1d84c3

Email address

The email address you would like to search in. Defaults to ‘me’

Email

No

Format

The email content you would like to return

Text (Short)

No

Full

Raw message?

Retrieve the entire email message in an RFC 2822 formatted and base64url encoded string?

True/False

No

true

Outputs (what you get)

Name

Description

Data Type

Required?

Example

Gmail message ID

Gmail's unique ID for the sent message

Text (Short)

No

17c5ac1d6b1d84c3

Timestamp

Exact time the message was sent in

Datetime

No

Gmail thread ID

Gmail conversation thread ID

Text (Short)

No

Label IDs

List of IDs of labels applied to this message

Text (Long)

No

["SENT", "IMPORTANT"]

Email snippet

A short part of the message text, used for preview or quick reference

Text (Long)

No

Hi team, here's the update...

History ID

The ID of the last history record that modified this message

Text (Short)

No

6543210

Size estimate

Estimated size in bytes of the message

Number

No

1024

Raw message

If raw is selected, the entire email message in RFC 2822 format and base64url-encoded string

Text (Long)

No

QmFzZTY0ZW5jb2RlZCBib2R5...

From

Sender's email address

Email

No

To

Comma-separated list of recipients

Text (Long)

No

CC

Comma-separated list of carbon copy recipients

Text (Long)

No

Bcc

Comma-separated list of blind carbon copy recipients

Text (Long)

No

Subject

Subject line of the email

Text (Long)

No

Weekly Sync Update

Date

Date and time from the "Date" header

Datetime

No

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:33:00 -0400

Message as text

Body of the email in plain text format

Text (Long)

No

Hi team, here’s the update...

Message as HTML

Body of the email in HTML format

Text (Long)

No

Hi team, here’s...

Has attachments?

Indicates if the message has any file attachments

True/False

No

true

Outcomes

Name

Description

Success

This status is selected if the job has successfully completed.

Requirements

  • N/A

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