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7. Sending Mail via GMail API

This document provides a step-by-step guide for sending emails using the Gmail API, starting from creating a Google Cloud account to setting up a Python environment. It includes instructions for enabling the Gmail API, creating credentials, and writing a Python script to send emails with attachments. The document emphasizes the importance of keeping the client secret file secure and provides code snippets for authentication and email sending functionalities.

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7. Sending Mail via GMail API

This document provides a step-by-step guide for sending emails using the Gmail API, starting from creating a Google Cloud account to setting up a Python environment. It includes instructions for enabling the Gmail API, creating credentials, and writing a Python script to send emails with attachments. The document emphasizes the importance of keeping the client secret file secure and provides code snippets for authentication and email sending functionalities.

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Sending Mail via GMail API

 Goto console.cloud.google.com and create an account

 Complete the setup of account


 Create a New Project by navigating the top pane
 Change the project to new project from top pane

 Goto APIs & Services from the left pane then select Enabled API & Services.
Then select Enable API & Services
Search for Gmail * Then select Enable

 Click Credentials → then click Create Credentials

Select Application type → Destop app


Give the app a relevant name or choose the default
name. Click on Create
Download the client secret in .json format and rename it to
client_secrets.json . The client_secret.json file contains critical account
information and should not be shared with anyone.

 Create a project directory and change directory


mkdir gmail_api cd gmail_api

 Create a python virtual environment and activate it

python -m venv venv/ source venv/bin/activate

 Install the gmail library inside the virtual environment

pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlib

 Move the client secret (client_secrets.json) downloaded in step 8 to


gmail_api/ directory and do not share this file anywhere else since your
gmail account can be accessed by anyone using these credentials.

 Create a new python file inside gmail _api/ titled send _ mail.py:

'''
This module sends emails with attachments to the participants
Reference - https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/quickstart/python
'''

import os

from google.auth.transport.requests import Request


from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
import base64

# If modifying these scopes, delete the file token.json.


SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send']

def aunthentication():
creds = None
# The file token.json stores the user's access and refresh tokens,
and is
# created automatically when the authorization flow completes for the
first
# time.
if os.path.exists('token.json'):
creds = Credentials.from_authorized_user_file('token.json',
SCOPES)
# If there are no (valid) credentials available, let the user log in.
if not creds or not creds.valid:
if creds and creds.expired and creds.refresh_token:
creds.refresh(Request())
else:
flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(
'client_secrets.json', SCOPES)
creds = flow.run_local_server(port=0)
# Save the credentials for the next run
with open('token.json', 'w') as token:
token.write(creds.to_json())
return creds

def prepare_and_send_email(recipient, subject, message_text):


"""Prepares and send email with attachment to the participants
"""
creds = aunthentication()

try:
# Call the Gmail API
service = build('gmail', 'v1', credentials=creds)

#create message
msg = create_message('anubhav.patrick@giindia.com', recipient,
subject, message_text)
send_message(service, 'me', msg)

except HttpError as error:


# TODO(developer) - Handle errors from gmail API.
print(f'An error occurred: {error}')

def create_message(sender, to, subject, message_text):


"""Create a message for an email.

Args:
sender: Email address of the sender.
to: Email address of the receiver.
subject: The subject of the email message.
message_text: The text of the email message.

Returns:
An object containing a base64url encoded email object.
"""
message = MIMEText(message_text)
message['from'] = sender
message['to'] = to
message['subject'] = subject
return {'raw':
base64.urlsafe_b64encode(message.as_string().encode()).decode()}

def send_message(service, user_id, message):


"""Send an email message.

Args:
service: Authorized Gmail API service instance.
user_id: User's email address. The special value "me"
can be used to indicate the authenticated user.
message: Message to be sent.

Returns:
Sent Message.
"""
try:
message = (service.users().messages().send(userId=user_id,
body=message)
.execute())
print('Message Id: %s' % message['id'])
return message
except HttpError as error:
print('An error occurred: %s' % error)

if name == ' main ':


prepare_and_send_email('anubhavpatrick@gmail.com', 'Greeting from
Global Infoventures', 'This is a test email for our upcoming app')

 Run the python file. At the first time you will be prompted to enter you
Google account credentials. Use the same credentials that you used
to sign up in Google Cloud.

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