Google Workspace Suite Gmail API

The Gmail API from Google Workspace Suite — 8 operation(s) for gmail.

Operations 10

GET /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/profile Get user profile #
GET /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages List messages #
GET /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{id} Get a message #
POST /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/send Send a message #
GET /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/threads List threads #
GET /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/threads/{id} Get a thread #
GET /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/labels List labels #
POST /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/labels Create label #
GET /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/drafts List drafts #
POST /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/drafts Create draft #

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OpenAPI Specification

google-suite-docs-sheets-slides-gmail-gmail-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Google Workspace Suite (, Sheets, Slides, ) Docs Gmail API
  description: Best-effort OpenAPI 3.1 covering the most commonly used REST endpoints across the Google Docs API (docs.googleapis.com), Google Sheets API (sheets.googleapis.com), Google Slides API (slides.googleapis.com), and the Gmail API (gmail.googleapis.com). All services use Google OAuth 2.0 user or service-account credentials.
  version: v1
servers:
- url: https://docs.googleapis.com
  description: Google Docs API
- url: https://sheets.googleapis.com
  description: Google Sheets API
- url: https://slides.googleapis.com
  description: Google Slides API
- url: https://gmail.googleapis.com
  description: Gmail API
security:
- googleOAuth: []
tags:
- name: Gmail
paths:
  /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/profile:
    get:
      tags:
      - Gmail
      summary: Get user profile
      operationId: gmail.users.getProfile
      servers:
      - url: https://gmail.googleapis.com
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: userId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: me
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Profile
  /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages:
    get:
      tags:
      - Gmail
      summary: List messages
      operationId: gmail.users.messages.list
      servers:
      - url: https://gmail.googleapis.com
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: userId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: q
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: maxResults
        schema:
          type: integer
      - in: query
        name: pageToken
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: labelIds
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of messages
  /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Gmail
      summary: Get a message
      operationId: gmail.users.messages.get
      servers:
      - url: https://gmail.googleapis.com
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: userId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: format
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - minimal
          - full
          - raw
          - metadata
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Message
  /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/send:
    post:
      tags:
      - Gmail
      summary: Send a message
      operationId: gmail.users.messages.send
      servers:
      - url: https://gmail.googleapis.com
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: userId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Sent message
  /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/threads:
    get:
      tags:
      - Gmail
      summary: List threads
      operationId: gmail.users.threads.list
      servers:
      - url: https://gmail.googleapis.com
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: userId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: q
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Threads
  /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/threads/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Gmail
      summary: Get a thread
      operationId: gmail.users.threads.get
      servers:
      - url: https://gmail.googleapis.com
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: userId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Thread
  /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/labels:
    get:
      tags:
      - Gmail
      summary: List labels
      operationId: gmail.users.labels.list
      servers:
      - url: https://gmail.googleapis.com
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: userId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Labels
    post:
      tags:
      - Gmail
      summary: Create label
      operationId: gmail.users.labels.create
      servers:
      - url: https://gmail.googleapis.com
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: userId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Label'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Label created
  /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/drafts:
    get:
      tags:
      - Gmail
      summary: List drafts
      operationId: gmail.users.drafts.list
      servers:
      - url: https://gmail.googleapis.com
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: userId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Drafts
    post:
      tags:
      - Gmail
      summary: Create draft
      operationId: gmail.users.drafts.create
      servers:
      - url: https://gmail.googleapis.com
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: userId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                message:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Message'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Draft created
components:
  schemas:
    Label:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - system
          - user
        labelListVisibility:
          type: string
          enum:
          - labelShow
          - labelShowIfUnread
          - labelHide
        messageListVisibility:
          type: string
          enum:
          - show
          - hide
    Message:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        threadId:
          type: string
        labelIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        snippet:
          type: string
        raw:
          type: string
          description: Base64url-encoded RFC 2822 message
        payload:
          type: object
  securitySchemes:
    googleOAuth:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
          scopes:
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents: Read/write Google Docs
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets: Read/write Google Sheets
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations: Read/write Google Slides
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify: Read/write Gmail (no permanent delete)
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send: Send mail on behalf of user
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly: Read-only access to Gmail