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# Action: Create Draft Reply

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<p align="center">The Create Draft Reply action generates a new draft email in response to a selected message in Gmail.</p>

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#### 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](/human-connections/google/gmail.md)

### 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
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

```

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