Mulesoft connector to gmail

MuleSoft provides a connector for integrating with Gmail, which allows you to connect to your Gmail account and retrieve or send emails, attachments, and other data. Here are the details:

MuleSoft Gmail Connector

The MuleSoft Gmail Connector is a pre-built connector that allows you to connect to your Gmail account and perform various operations, such as:

  1. Retrieve emails: Retrieve emails from your Gmail inbox, including subject, body, sender, and recipient information.
  2. Send emails: Send new emails from your Mule application to a Gmail account.
  3. Delete emails: Delete emails from your Gmail inbox.
  4. Update emails: Update email metadata, such as labels or flags.

Connector Configuration

To use the Gmail Connector in your Mule application, you need to configure it with your Gmail account credentials. You'll need to provide the following information:

  1. Username: Your Gmail username (e.g., your email address).
  2. Password: Your Gmail password.
  3. App Password: If you have 2-Step Verification enabled on your Gmail account, you'll need to generate an App Password and use it instead of your regular password.
  4. Label: The label or folder you want to retrieve or send emails from/to.

Connector Operations

The Gmail Connector provides several operations that you can use in your Mule application:

  1. getInbox: Retrieve emails from your Gmail inbox.
  2. getThread: Retrieve a specific email thread (conversation).
  3. getDrafts: Retrieve drafts from your Gmail account.
  4. getSent: Retrieve sent emails from your Gmail account.
  5. getTrash: Retrieve emails from your Gmail trash folder.
  6. send: Send a new email from your Mule application to a Gmail account.
  7. delete: Delete an email from your Gmail account.
  8. update: Update email metadata, such as labels or flags.

Example Use Case

Here's an example use case where you can use the Gmail Connector:

Suppose you want to retrieve all unread emails from your Gmail inbox and process them in your Mule application. You can use the getInbox operation with a filter to retrieve only unread emails:

<gmail:inbox-get config-ref="gmailConfig" filter="is:unread" />

This will retrieve all unread emails from your Gmail inbox and return them as a list of email objects.

Conclusion

The MuleSoft Gmail Connector provides a convenient way to integrate your Mule application with your Gmail account. With its various operations and configuration options, you can automate email-related tasks, such as retrieving emails, sending emails, and updating email metadata.