Rails error: unknown auth type - "XOAUTH2"

[jrgoodner]

Hi Nicolas, thanks so much for writing this up!

Any idea why I'm getting the following error when I run these commands?

require "net/http"
require "net/imap"
require 'oauth2'
require 'gmail_xoauth'

...

server = 'IMAP.gmail.com'
port = '993'
email = 'XXXXXX@gmail.com'
token = 'XYXYXYXYYXYXYXYYXYXYXYXYYXYXYYXYXYXYYX'
gmail_imap = Net::IMAP.new(server,port,usessl = true, certs = nil, verify = false)
gmail_imap.authenticate('XOAUTH2', email, token)

I'm reasonable certain that the email / token are valid (though I'm not sure how to validate them). Thanks a million for your help!

Best,
Jared

[nfo]

Hi Jared, you apparently did not install the last version of gmail_xoauth, which is 0.4.0.

Try a bundle update gmail_xoauth if you use Bundler, or just a gem install gmail_xoauth otherwise.

By the way, you can easily test your tokens thanks to the oauth2.py tool.

python oauth2.py --test_imap_authentication --access_token=yyyyy --user=xxx@gmail.com

Also, I made a typo in the README, it's not gmail_imap.authenticate('XOAUTH2', email, token), but gmail_imap.authenticate('XOAUTH2', email, :token => token). Fixing it.

[nfo]

By the way, I'm changing this :token => token stuff. No need to give a Hash when you just need a String. Will be in 0.4.1.

[nfo]

0.4.1 released, please check the README