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Gmail Plugin
============

Configuration
=============
The *Gmail Plugin* integrates an Odoo database with a Gmail inbox, so users can keep track of all
their work between Gmail and Odoo, without losing any information.

The Gmail :doc:`Mail Plugin <../mail_plugins>` needs to be configured both on Odoo and Gmail.
Odoo Online users
=================

.. _mail-plugin/gmail/enable-mail-plugin:
For databases hosted on Odoo Online (or Odoo.sh), follow the steps below to configure the Gmail
Plugin.

Enable Mail Plugin
------------------
Install the Gmail Plugin
------------------------

First, you need to enable the *Mail Plugin* feature in your database. Go to :menuselection:`Settings
--> General Settings --> Integrations`, enable *Mail Plugin*, and *Save* the configuration.
First, log in to the Gmail account that the user wishes to connect to Odoo.

.. _mail-plugin/gmail/install-plugin:
From the Gmail inbox, click the plus sign icon on the right side panel to get add-ons. If the side
panel is not visible, click on the arrow icon at the bottom right corner of the inbox to reveal it.

Install the Gmail Plugin
------------------------
.. image:: gmail/gmail-side-panel.png
:align: center
:alt: Plus sign icon on the Gmail inbox side panel.

Then, use the search bar to search for `Odoo` and locate the :guilabel:`Odoo Inbox Addin`.

.. image:: gmail/google-workspace-marketplace.png
:align: center
:alt: Odoo Inbox Addin on Google Workspace Marketplace.

Or, go directly to the :guilabel:`Odoo Inbox Addin` page on the `Google Workspace Marketplace
<https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/odoo_inbox_addin/873497133275>`_.

Once the plugin is located, click :guilabel:`Install`. Then, click :guilabel:`Continue` to start
the installation.

Next, select which Gmail account the user wishes to connect to Odoo. Then click :guilabel:`Allow`
to let Odoo access the Google account. Google will then show a pop-up window confirming that the
installation was successful.

Configure the Odoo database
---------------------------

#. Open the `Gmail Plugin Apps Script project
<https://script.google.com/d/1n7cxtaR4fGXKcP0RwinNQmL8S4FhVqpo-ZZ_cUAhYuuDpZAP_CnHE_7q/edit>`_.
The :guilabel:`Mail Plugin` feature must be enabled in the Odoo database in order to use the Gmail
Plugin. To enable the feature, go to :menuselection:`Settings --> General Settings`. Under the
:guilabel:`Integrations` section, activate :guilabel:`Mail Plugin`, and then click
:guilabel:`Save`.

#. Verify you are logged in using the Google account you want to install the plugin on.
.. image:: gmail/mail-plugin-setting.png
:align: center
:alt: The Mail Plugin feature in the Settings.

#. Click on *Publish* then *Deploy from manifest...*
Configure the Gmail inbox
-------------------------

.. image:: gmail/deploy-from-manifest.png
:align: center
:alt: Deploying from manifest the Gmail Plugin from the Apps Script project
In the Gmail inbox, a purple Odoo icon is now visible on the right side panel. Click on the Odoo
icon to open up the Odoo plugin window. Then, click on any email in the inbox. Click
:guilabel:`Authorize Access` in the plugin window to grant Odoo access to the Gmail inbox.

.. important::
Make sure you are using the legacy editor; otherwise the *Deploy from manifest* functionality
may not be available.
.. image:: gmail/authorize-access.png
:align: center
:alt: The Authorize Access button in the right sidebar of the Odoo plugin panel.

Next, click :guilabel:`Login`. Then, enter the URL of the Odoo database that the user wishes to
connect to the Gmail inbox, and log in to the database.

.. note::
Use the general URL for the database, not the URL of a specific page in the database. For
example, use `https://mycompany.odoo.com`, not
`https://mycompany.odoo.com/web#cids=1&action=menu`.

Finally, click :guilabel:`Allow` to let Gmail access the Odoo database. The browser will then show
a :guilabel:`Success!` message. After that, close the window. The Gmail inbox and Odoo database are
now connected.

Odoo On-Premise users
=====================

For databases hosted on servers other than Odoo Online (or Odoo.sh), follow the steps below to
configure the Gmail Plugin.

.. note::
As part of their security guidelines, Google requires add-on creators to provide a list of URLs
that can be used in actions and redirections launched by the add-on. This protects users by
ensuring, for example, that no add-on redirects users toward a malicious website. (Read more on
`Google Apps Script <https://developers.google.com/apps-script/manifest/allowlist-url>`_.)

Since Odoo can only list the `odoo.com` domain and not every on-premise customer's unique server
domain, on-premise customers cannot install the Gmail Plugin from the Google Workspace
Marketplace.

Install the Gmail Plugin
------------------------

.. image:: gmail/legacy-editor.png
:align: center
:alt: Using the legacy editor in the Gmail Plugin Apps Script project
First, access the `GitHub repository <https://github.com/odoo/mail-client-extensions>`_ for the
Odoo Mail Plugins. Next, click on the green :guilabel:`Code` button. Then, click
:guilabel:`Download ZIP` to download the Mail Plugin files onto the user's computer.

#. Click on *Install add-on*. A "Deployment installed" notification should appear. You can then
click on *Close*.
.. image:: gmail/gh-download-zip.png
:align: center
:alt: Download the ZIP file from the Odoo GitHub repository for Mail Plugins.

.. image:: gmail/install-add-on.png
:align: center
:alt: Installing the Gmail Plugin from the Apps Script project
Open the ZIP file on the computer. Then, go to :menuselection:`mail-client-extensions-master -->
gmail --> src --> views`, and open the :file:`login.ts` file using any text editor software,
such as Notepad (Windows), TextEdit (Mac), or Visual Studio Code.

.. _mail-plugin/gmail/configure-mailbox:
Delete the following three lines of text from the :file:`login.ts` file:

Configure your Gmail mailbox
----------------------------
.. code-block::

#. Open any email in your Gmail mailbox. On the right-side panel, click on the Odoo icon and then
*Authorize Access*.
if (!/^https:\/\/([^\/?]*\.)?odoo\.com(\/|$)/.test(validatedUrl)) {
return notify("The URL must be a subdomain of odoo.com");
}

.. image:: gmail/authorize-access.png
:align: center
:alt: Authorizing access to the Gmail Plugin
This removes the `odoo.com` domain constraint from the Gmail Plugin program.

#. Choose the right Google account.
Next, in the ZIP file, go to :menuselection:`mail-client-extensions-master --> gmail`, and open the
file called :guilabel:`README`. Follow the instructions in the :guilabel:`README` file to push the
Gmail Plugin files as a Google Project.

.. image:: gmail/choose-account.png
:align: center
:alt: Choosing your Google account
.. note::
The computer must be able to run Linux commands in order to follow the instructions on the
:guilabel:`README` file.

#. Allow the Gmail Plugin to access some of your data.
After that, share the Google Project with the Gmail account that the user wishes to connect to
Odoo. Then, click :guilabel:`Publish` and :guilabel:`Deploy from manifest`. Lastly, click
:guilabel:`Install the add-on` to install the Gmail Plugin.

.. image:: gmail/allow-permissions.png
:align: center
:alt: Allowing the Gmail Plugin to access Google data
Configure the Odoo database
---------------------------

#. The right-side panel can now display **Company Insights**. At the bottom, click on *Login*.
The :guilabel:`Mail Plugin` feature must be enabled in the Odoo database in order to use the Gmail
Plugin. To enable the feature, go to :menuselection:`Settings --> General Settings`. Under the
:guilabel:`Integrations` section, activate :guilabel:`Mail Plugin`, and then click
:guilabel:`Save`.

.. image:: gmail/panel-login.png
:align: center
:alt: Logging in your Odoo database
.. image:: gmail/mail-plugin-setting.png
:align: center
:alt: The Mail Plugin feature in the Settings.

.. note::
Only a limited amount of *Company Insights* (*Lead Enrichment*) requests are available as a
trial. This feature requires :ref:`prepaid credits <mail_plugins/pricing>`.
Configure the Gmail inbox
-------------------------

#. Enter your Odoo database URL and click on *Login*.
In the Gmail inbox, a purple Odoo icon is now visible on the right side panel. Click on the Odoo
icon to open up the Odoo plugin window. Then, click on any email in the inbox. Click
:guilabel:`Authorize Access` in the plugin window to grant Odoo access to the Gmail inbox.

.. image:: gmail/database-url.png
:align: center
:alt: Entering your Odoo database URL
.. image:: gmail/authorize-access.png
:align: center
:alt: The Authorize Access button in the right sidebar of the Odoo plugin panel.

#. If you aren't logged into your database, enter your credentials.
Next, click :guilabel:`Login`. Then, enter the URL of the Odoo database that the user wishes to
connect to the Gmail inbox, and log in to the database.

#. Click on *Allow* to let the Gmail Plugin connect to your database.
.. note::
Use the general URL for the database, not the URL of a specific page in the database. For
example, use `https://mycompany.odoo.com`, not
`https://mycompany.odoo.com/web#cids=1&action=menu`.

.. image:: gmail/odoo-permission.png
:align: center
:alt: Allowing the Gmail Plugin to connect to a database
Finally, click :guilabel:`Allow` to let Gmail access the Odoo database. The browser will then show
a :guilabel:`Success!` message. After that, close the window. The Gmail inbox and Odoo database are
now connected.
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