Action: Reply to Email

Gmail Operation

The Reply to Email action sends a response to the sender of a selected email in Gmail.

Example User Story

I want to reply to a client's inquiry email to provide a solution and close the ticket.

Fields

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

Related Connections

Gmail

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "reply-to-email",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Reply to Email",
    "description": "Send a reply to a specific email in Gmail."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "messageId",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the email to reply to."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "subject",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The subject of the reply email."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "body",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The body content of the reply email."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "from",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The sender email address."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "to",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The recipient email address."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "success",
      "type": "Boolean",
      "selector": ["success"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "Indicates if the reply was sent successfully."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "messageId",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["messageId"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the sent reply email."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\n  \"raw\": \"{{base64EncodedEmail}}\"\n}",
          "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 message.",
              "required": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}