Query: Find or Send Email

Gmail Operation

The Find or Send Email query searches for an existing email in Gmail or sends a new one if it doesn't exist.

Example User Story

I want to check if I’ve already emailed a lead about our new product, or send a follow-up if I haven’t.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
query	String	No
to	String	Yes
subject	String	Yes
body	String	Yes

Related Connections

Gmail

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "find-or-send-email",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Find or Send Email",
    "description": "Find an email in Gmail or send a new email if not found."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "query",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Search query to find the email."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "to",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Recipient email address."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "subject",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Subject of the email."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "body",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Body content of the email."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "emailFound",
      "type": "Boolean",
      "selector": ["found"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "Indicates if an email was found."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "emailId",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "ID of the found or sent email."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "GET",
        "path": "/gmail/v1/users/me/messages",
        "queryParams": {
          "q": "{{query}}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "taq",
      "taq": {
        "condition": "{{not .found}}",
        "steps": [
          {
            "type": "http",
            "http": {
              "method": "POST",
              "path": "/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send",
              "bodyTemplate": {
                "value": "{\"raw\": \"{{base64Encode .body}}\"}",
                "placeholders": [
                  {
                    "name": "body",
                    "type": "String",
                    "description": "Base64 encoded email body.",
                    "required": true
                  }
                ]
              },
              "headers": {
                "Content-Type": "application/json"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}