Action: Create Draft Reply

Gmail Operation

The Create Draft Reply action generates a new draft email in response to a selected message in Gmail.

Example User Story

I want to create a draft reply to an email so I can finish and send it later when I have more time.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
messageId	String	Yes
subject	String	No
body	String	Yes
to	String	No
draftId	String	No

Related Connections

Gmail

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "create-draft-reply",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Create Draft Reply",
    "description": "Creates a draft reply to an existing email in Gmail."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "messageId",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the message to reply to."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "subject",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The subject of the reply."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "body",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The body content of the reply."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "to",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The recipient email address."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "draftId",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the created draft."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/{{messageId}}/createDraft",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"message\": {\"raw\": \"{{base64EncodedEmail}}\"}}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "accessToken",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The OAuth access token for Gmail API.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "base64EncodedEmail",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The base64 URL-safe encoded email content.",
              "required": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}