Action: Send Email

Gmail Operation

The Send Email action delivers a composed message from your Gmail account to the specified recipient(s).

Example User Story

I want to send a meeting confirmation email to all participants so everyone has the details.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required	Description
to	String	Yes	Recipient email address. Examples: [e-mail] or John Doe <[e-mail]>
subject	String	Yes	Email subject. Example: Weekly Status Report
body	String	Yes	Email body (plain text, supports multiline). Example: Hello...\n\nBest,\nAutomation
from	String	No	Sender email address (defaults to authenticated user). Example: Sales Team <[e-mail]>

Related Connections

Gmail

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "send-email",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Send Email",
    "description": "Sends an email using the Gmail API."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "to",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Recipient email address"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "subject",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Email subject"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "body",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Email body (plain text)"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "from",
      "type": "String",
      "meta": {
        "description": "Sender email address (defaults to authenticated user)"
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "messageId",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": [
        "id"
      ],
      "meta": {
        "description": "ID of the sent email message"
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "mime_build",
      "mime_build": {
        "to": "{{to}}",
        "subject": "{{subject}}",
        "body": "{{body}}",
        "from": "{{from}}",
        "output": "raw"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": {
          "value": "users/me/messages/send"
        },
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": {
            "value": "application/json"
          }
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"raw\": \"{{raw}}\"}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}