Chapter 56. GoogleMail

GoogleMail component

Available as of Camel 2.15

Component Description

The Google Mail component provides access to Gmail via the Google Mail Web APIs.

Google Mail uses the OAuth 2.0 protocol for authenticating a Google account and authorizing access to user data. Before you can use this component, you will need to create an account and generate OAuth credentials. Credentials comprise of a clientId, clientSecret, and a refreshToken. A handy resource for generating a long-lived refreshToken is the OAuth playground.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
        <artifactId>camel-google-mail</artifactId>
        <version>2.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>

URI Format

The GoogleMail Component uses the following URI format:

google-mail://endpoint-prefix/endpoint?[options]

Endpoint prefix can be one of:

attachments
drafts
history
labels
messages
threads
users

GoogleMailComponent

The GoogleMail Component can be configured with the options below. These options can be provided using the component's bean property configuration of type org.apache.camel.component.google.mail.GoogleMailConfiguration.

Option	Type
accessToken	String	OAuth 2 access token. This typically expires after an hour so refreshToken is recommended for long term usage.
applicationName	String	Google drive application name. Example would be "camel-google-mail/1.0"
clientId	String	Client ID of the drive application
clientSecret	String	Client secret of the drive application
refreshToken	String	OAuth 2 refresh token. Using this, the Google Mail component can obtain a new accessToken whenever the current one expires - a necessity if the application is long-lived.
scopes	List<String>	Specifies the level of permissions you want a drive application to have to a user account. See https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/auth/scopes for more info.

Producer Endpoints

Producer endpoints can use endpoint prefixes followed by endpoint names and associated options described next. A shorthand alias can be used for some endpoints. The endpoint URI MUST contain a prefix.

Endpoint options that are not mandatory are denoted by []. When there are no mandatory options for an endpoint, one of the set of [] options MUST be provided. Producer endpoints can also use a special option inBody that in turn should contain the name of the endpoint option whose value will be contained in the Camel Exchange In message.

Any of the endpoint options can be provided in either the endpoint URI, or dynamically in a message header. The message header name must be of the format CamelGoogleMail.<option>. Note that the inBody option overrides message header, i.e. the endpoint option inBody=option would override a CamelGoogleMail.option header.

For more information on the endpoints and options see API documentation at: https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/v1/reference/

1. Endpoint Prefix attachments

The following endpoints can be invoked with the prefix attachments as follows:

google-mail://attachments/endpoint?[options]

Endpoint	Shorthand Alias	Options	Result Body Type
get		id, messageId, userId	com.google.api.services.gmail.model.MessagePartBody

URI Options for attachments

Name	Type
id	String
messageId	String
userId	String

2. Endpoint Prefix drafts

The following endpoints can be invoked with the prefix drafts as follows:

google-mail://drafts/endpoint?[options]

Endpoint	Options	Result Body Type
create	[mediaContent], content, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Draft`
delete	id, userId
get	id, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Draft`
list	userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.ListDraftsResponse`
send	[mediaContent], content, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Message`
update	[mediaContent], content, id, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Draft`

URI Options for drafts

Name	Type
content	com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Draft
id	String
mediaContent	com.google.api.client.http.AbstractInputStreamContent
userId	String

3. Endpoint Prefix history

The following endpoints can be invoked with the prefix history as follows:

google-mail://history/endpoint?[options]

Endpoint	Shorthand Alias	Options	Result Body Type
list		userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.ListHistoryResponse`

URI Options for history

Name	Type
userId	String

4. Endpoint Prefix labels

The following endpoints can be invoked with the prefix labels as follows:

google-mail://labels/endpoint?[options]

Endpoint	Options	Result Body Type
create	content, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Label`
delete	id, userId
get	id, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Label`
list	userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.ListLabelsResponse`
patch	content, id, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Label`
update	content, id, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Label`

URI Options for labels

Name	Type
content	com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Label
id	String
userId	String

5. Endpoint Prefix messages

The following endpoints can be invoked with the prefix messages as follows:

google-mail://messages/endpoint?[options]

Endpoint	Options	Result Body Type
delete	id, userId
get	id, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Message`
gmailImport	[mediaContent], content, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Message`
insert	[mediaContent], content, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Message`
list	userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.ListMessagesResponse`
modify	id, modifyMessageRequest, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Message`
send	[mediaContent], content, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Message`
trash	id, userId
untrash	id, userId

URI Options for messages

Name	Type
content	com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Message
id	String
mediaContent	com.google.api.client.http.AbstractInputStreamContent
modifyMessageRequest	com.google.api.services.gmail.model.ModifyMessageRequest
userId	String

6. Endpoint Prefix threads

The following endpoints can be invoked with the prefix threads as follows:

google-mail://threads/endpoint?[options]

Endpoint	Options	Result Body Type
delete	id, userId
get	id, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Thread`
list	userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.ListThreadsResponse`
modify	content, id, userId	`com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Thread`
trash	id, userId
untrash	id, userId

URI Options for threads

Name	Type
content	com.google.api.services.gmail.model.ModifyThreadRequest
id	String
userId	String

7. Endpoint Prefix users

The following endpoints can be invoked with the prefix users as follows:

google-mail://users/endpoint?[options]

Endpoint	Shorthand Alias	Options	Result Body Type
getProfile		userId	com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Profile

URI Options for users

Name	Type
userId	String

Consumer Endpoints

Any of the producer endpoints can be used as a consumer endpoint. Consumer endpoints can use Scheduled Poll Consumer Options with a consumer. prefix to schedule endpoint invocation. Consumer endpoints that return an array or collection will generate one exchange per element, and their routes will be executed once for each exchange.

Message Headers

Any URI option can be provided in a message header for producer endpoints with a CamelGoogleMail. prefix.

Message Body

All result message bodies utilize objects provided by the underlying APIs used by the GoogleMailComponent. Producer endpoints can specify the option name for incoming message body in the inBody endpoint URI parameter. For endpoints that return an array or collection, a consumer endpoint will map every element to distinct messages.