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Gmail API Wrapper For Python
============================

This is a wrapper for the `google-api-python-client` library by Google.


Behind the scenes
----------------

* *Language*: Python_
* *Testing*: Tox_, Pytest_, Coverage_, Flake8_
* *Deploying*: Ansible_
* *CI*: CircleCI_
* *Code*: Github_


Installation
------------

.. code:: bash

pip install --upgrade gmail-api-wrapper


Setup
-----

`gmail-api-wrapper` uses OAuth authentication

Generate a client ID and client secret Here_ under section
**Step 1: Turn on the Gmail API**. Follow steps **a** to **h**.

After you have downloaded the `client_secret.json` file,
move it to the `~/.credentials/` directory in your home directory.


Env Variables
----------------------------------------------

Set the following `env` variables.

- Get scopes from GMAIL_SCOPES_

.. code:: bash

# Space delimited string
export GAW_SCOPES="'gmail-scopes-1 'gmail-scope-2'"

# client_secret json file path

# If you're using custom SSL certs, set GAW_CA_CERTS_PEM_FILE env variable
export GAW_CA_CERTS_PEM_FILE=<path-to-custom-pem-ssl-cert>

# The user Id to use. Default to 'me'. A special identifier for gmail
# that refers to the email address used to do OAuth2 handshake
export GAW_USER_ID=<your@gmail.address>

# Your preferred application name. Defaults to 'Gmail API Wrapper'
export GAW_APPLICATION_NAME=<your-preferred-application-name>

# Disable ssl certs validation. Defaults to False
export GAW_DISABLE_SSL_CERTS=True


- View the permissions_granted_ to you application



Usage - READ
------------

.. code:: python

from gmail_api_wrapper.crud.read import GmailAPIReadWrapper


gmail_api = GmailAPIReadWrapper()


# Check unread messages. Returns a list of dicts in the below format
gmail_api.check_new_mail()

>>> [

{
'subject': 'Sample Subject',
'base64_msg_body': 'base64string',
'from:' 'exapmle@mail_server.com'
'date': '2017-09-16T10:57:12.4323'
},
]

# Check new mail from specific sender. Returns a list of dicts above
gmail_api.check_new_mail(sender='example@mail_server.com')



# Alternatively, you get all unread messages from a specific sender
gmail_api.get_unread_messages(sender='example@mail_server.com')

>>> [

{
'subject': 'Sample Subject',
'base64_msg_body': 'base64string',
'from:' 'exapmle@mail_server.com'
'date': '2017-09-16T10:57:12.4323'
},
]




# Get all labels present. Returns a list of strings
gmail_api.get_labels()

>>> ['INBOX', 'UNREAD', 'SPAM', 'DRAFTS']



# Get total message count. Returns a formatted json object
gmail_api.get_total_messages()

>>> {
'Total Messages': 2017,
'Total Threads': 123,
'Email Address': 'example@mail_server.com'
}


# Get a list of messages. Defaults to INBOX if no label is specified
gmail_api.list_messages()

>>> [

{
'subject': 'Sample Subject',
'base64_msg_body': 'base64string',
'from:' 'exapmle@mail_server.com'
'date': '2017-09-16T10:57:12.4323'
},
]


# Get a list of messages in DRAFTS and SPAM
gmail_api.list_messages(labels=['DRAFTS', 'SPAM'])

>>> [

{
'subject': 'Sample Subject',
'base64_msg_body': 'base64string',
'from:' 'exapmle@mail_server.com'
'date': '2017-09-16T10:57:12.4323'
},
]


# Get a specific message. `message_id` passed must be a google message id object
gmail_api.get_message('message_id')


Usage - WRITE
-------------

.. code:: python

from gmail_api_wrapper.crud.write import GmailAPIWriteWrapper

api = GmailAPIWriteWrapper()


# compose new mail
api.compose_mail(subject='API Wrapper', body='Py client', to='email1,email2')

>>> {
'id': 'blah-blah',
'labelsIds': ['INBOX', 'SENT', 'UNREAD'],
'threadId': 'blah-blah'
}

# compose new mail with cc and bcc
api.compose_mail(subject='API Wrapper', body='Py client', to='email1,email2', cc='email1,email2', bcc='email1,email2')

>>> {
'id': 'blah-blah',
'labelsIds': ['INBOX', 'SENT', 'UNREAD'],
'threadId': 'blah-blah'
}

# create new label
api.create_label(name='Integrations')

>>> {
'id': 'blah-blah',
'labelListVisibility': 'labelShow',
'messageListVisibility': 'show',
'name': 'Integrations'
}


Authors
-------

* yoda <dee.caranja@gmail.com>


.. _Python: https://www.python.org/
.. _Tox: https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
.. _Pytest: http://doc.pytest.org/en/latest/
.. _Coverage: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/coverage-4.2/
.. _Flake8: http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/
.. _Ansible: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/index.html
.. _CircleCI: https://circleci.com/gh/yoda-yoda/gmail-api-wrapper
.. _Github: https://github.com/yoda-yoda/gmail-api-wrapper
.. _Here: https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/quickstart/python
.. _GMAIL_SCOPES: https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/auth/scopes/
.. _permissions_granted: https://accounts.google.com/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens


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