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76 changes: 76 additions & 0 deletions gmail/snippet/list_messages.py
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# Copyright 2025 Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.

# [START gmail_list_messages]
import os.path
from google.auth.transport.requests import Request
from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError

# If modifying these scopes, delete the file token.json.
SCOPES = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly"]


def main():
"""Shows basic usage of the Gmail API.
Lists the user's Gmail messages.
"""
creds = None
# The file token.json stores the user's access and refresh tokens, and is
# created automatically when the authorization flow completes for the first
# time.
if os.path.exists("token.json"):
creds = Credentials.from_authorized_user_file("token.json", SCOPES)
# If there are no (valid) credentials available, let the user log in.
if not creds or not creds.valid:
if creds and creds.expired and creds.refresh_token:
creds.refresh(Request())
else:
flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file("credentials.json", SCOPES)
creds = flow.run_local_server(port=0)
# Save the credentials for the next run
with open("token.json", "w") as token:
token.write(creds.to_json())

try:
# Call the Gmail API
service = build("gmail", "v1", credentials=creds)
results = (
service.users().messages().list(userId="me", labelIds=["INBOX"]).execute()
)
messages = results.get("messages", [])

if not messages:
print("No messages found.")
return

print("Messages:")
for message in messages:
print(f'Message ID: {message["id"]}')
msg = (
service.users().messages().get(userId="me", id=message["id"]).execute()
)
print(f' Subject: {msg["snippet"]}')

except HttpError as error:
# TODO(developer) - Handle errors from gmail API.
print(f"An error occurred: {error}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

# [END gmail_list_messages]
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