Method: users.messages.send
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Sends the specified message to the recipients in the To
, Cc
, and Bcc
headers. For example usage, see Sending email.
HTTP request
- Upload URI, for media upload requests:
POST https://gmail.googleapis.com/upload/gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/send
- Metadata URI, for metadata-only requests:
POST https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/send
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
Parameters |
userId |
string
The user's email address. The special value me can be used to indicate the authenticated user.
|
Request body
The request body contains an instance of Message
.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Message
.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://mail.google.com/
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.compose
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2023-05-23 UTC.
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