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# Query: Find Email

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<p align="center">The Find Email query searches for and retrieves a specific email in Gmail based on given criteria.</p>

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#### Example User Story

I want to find the contract email from Client X to reference the agreed terms for our meeting.

#### Fields

| Field Name | Field Type | Required |
| ---------- | ---------- | -------- |
| query      | String     | Yes      |
| maxResults | Integer    | No       |

### Related Connections

[Gmail](/human-connections/google/gmail.md)

### Related Automations

Example link

### Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

```
{
  "handle": "find-email",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Find Email",
    "description": "Search for emails in a Gmail account based on specified criteria."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "query",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The search query to find emails (e.g., 'from:user@example.com')."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "maxResults",
      "type": "Integer",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Maximum number of emails to return.",
        "default": "10"
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "emails",
      "type": "Array",
      "selector": ["emails"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "List of emails matching the search criteria."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "GET",
        "path": "/gmail/v1/users/me/messages",
        "queryParams": {
          "q": "{{query}}",
          "maxResults": "{{maxResults}}"
        },
        "headers": {}
      }
    }
  ]
}

```

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