撰写并发送电子邮件

本文档介绍了如何使用 Gmail API 创建和发送电子邮件。

您可以通过两种方式使用 Gmail API 发送电子邮件：

• 您可以使用 messages.send 方法直接发送。
• 您可以使用 drafts.send 方法从草稿中发送邮件。如需详细了解如何发送草稿消息，请参阅发送草稿。

Gmail 邮件以 base64网址 编码的字符串形式在 messages 资源的 raw 字段中发送。如需发送电子邮件，请执行以下操作：

1. 创建电子邮件内容并将其编码为 base64网址 字符串。
2. 创建新的消息资源，并将其 raw 属性设置为您刚刚创建的 base64网址 字符串。
3. 调用 messages.send 方法（如果发送的是草稿，则调用 drafts.send 方法）来发送消息。

此工作流程的详细信息可能会因您选择的客户端库和编程语言而异。

创建消息

Gmail API 需要符合 RFC 2822 且编码为 base64网址 字符串的 MIME 电子邮件。许多编程语言都有库或实用程序，可简化创建和编码 MIME 消息的过程。

以下代码示例展示了如何使用适用于各种语言的 Google API 客户端库创建 MIME 消息：

Java

使用 javax.mail.internet 软件包中的 MimeMessage 类可以简化电子邮件消息的创建过程。以下代码示例展示了如何创建电子邮件，包括邮件头：

gmail/snippets/src/main/java/CreateEmail.java

在 GitHub 上查看

import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;

/* Class to demonstrate the use of Gmail Create Email API  */
public class CreateEmail {

  /**
   * Create a MimeMessage using the parameters provided.
   *
   * @param toEmailAddress   email address of the receiver
   * @param fromEmailAddress email address of the sender, the mailbox account
   * @param subject          subject of the email
   * @param bodyText         body text of the email
   * @return the MimeMessage to be used to send email
   * @throws MessagingException - if a wrongly formatted address is encountered.
   */
  public static MimeMessage createEmail(String toEmailAddress,
                                        String fromEmailAddress,
                                        String subject,
                                        String bodyText)
      throws MessagingException {
    Properties props = new Properties();
    Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);

    MimeMessage email = new MimeMessage(session);

    email.setFrom(new InternetAddress(fromEmailAddress));
    email.addRecipient(javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.TO,
        new InternetAddress(toEmailAddress));
    email.setSubject(subject);
    email.setText(bodyText);
    return email;
  }
}

接下来，对 MimeMessage 进行编码，实例化 messages 对象，并将 base64网址 编码的消息字符串设置为 raw 属性的值。

gmail/snippets/src/main/java/CreateMessage.java

在 GitHub 上查看

import com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Message;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;

/* Class to demonstrate the use of Gmail Create Message API */
public class CreateMessage {

  /**
   * Create a message from an email.
   *
   * @param emailContent Email to be set to raw of message
   * @return a message containing a base64url encoded email
   * @throws IOException        - if service account credentials file not found.
   * @throws MessagingException - if a wrongly formatted address is encountered.
   */
  public static Message createMessageWithEmail(MimeMessage emailContent)
      throws MessagingException, IOException {
    ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    emailContent.writeTo(buffer);
    byte[] bytes = buffer.toByteArray();
    String encodedEmail = Base64.encodeBase64URLSafeString(bytes);
    Message message = new Message();
    message.setRaw(encodedEmail);
    return message;
  }
}

Python

以下代码示例展示了如何创建 MIME 消息、将其编码为 base64网址 字符串，并将其分配给 messages 资源的 raw 字段：

gmail/snippet/send mail/create_draft.py

在 GitHub 上查看

import base64
from email.message import EmailMessage

import google.auth
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError


def gmail_create_draft():
  """Create and insert a draft email.
   Print the returned draft's message and id.
   Returns: Draft object, including draft id and message meta data.

  Load pre-authorized user credentials from the environment.
  TODO(developer) - See https://developers.google.com/identity
  for guides on implementing OAuth2 for the application.
  """
  creds, _ = google.auth.default()

  try:
    # create gmail api client
    service = build("gmail", "v1", credentials=creds)

    message = EmailMessage()

    message.set_content("This is automated draft mail")

    message["To"] = "[e-mail]"
    message["From"] = "[e-mail]"
    message["Subject"] = "Automated draft"

    # encoded message
    encoded_message = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(message.as_bytes()).decode()

    create_message = {"message": {"raw": encoded_message}}
    # pylint: disable=E1101
    draft = (
        service.users()
        .drafts()
        .create(userId="me", body=create_message)
        .execute()
    )

    print(f'Draft id: {draft["id"]}\nDraft message: {draft["message"]}')

  except HttpError as error:
    print(f"An error occurred: {error}")
    draft = None

  return draft


if __name__ == "__main__":
  gmail_create_draft()

cURL

curl --request POST \
  'https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/drafts' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"message":{"raw":"MESSAGE"}}'

替换以下内容：

• ACCESS_TOKEN：授予 API 访问权限的访问令牌。
• MESSAGE：采用 RFC 2822 格式的 MIME 消息，以 base64网址 编码。

创建包含附件的消息

创建含附件的消息与创建任何其他消息类似，但将文件作为多部分 MIME 消息上传的过程取决于编程语言。

以下代码示例展示了创建包含附件的多部分 MIME 消息的可能方式：

Java

以下代码示例展示了如何创建多部分 MIME 消息。编码和分配步骤与创建消息相同。

gmail/snippets/src/main/java/CreateDraftWithAttachment.java

在 GitHub 上查看

import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonError;
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonResponseException;
import com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequestInitializer;
import com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpTransport;
import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
import com.google.api.services.gmail.Gmail;
import com.google.api.services.gmail.GmailScopes;
import com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Draft;
import com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Message;
import com.google.auth.http.HttpCredentialsAdapter;
import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.DataSource;
import javax.activation.FileDataSource;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Multipart;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;
import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;

/* Class to demonstrate the use of Gmail Create Draft with attachment API */
public class CreateDraftWithAttachment {
  /**
   * Create a draft email with attachment.
   *
   * @param fromEmailAddress - Email address to appear in the from: header.
   * @param toEmailAddress   - Email address of the recipient.
   * @param file             - Path to the file to be attached.
   * @return the created draft, {@code null} otherwise.
   * @throws MessagingException - if a wrongly formatted address is encountered.
   * @throws IOException        - if service account credentials file not found.
   */
  public static Draft createDraftMessageWithAttachment(String fromEmailAddress,
                                                       String toEmailAddress,
                                                       File file)
      throws MessagingException, IOException {
        /* Load pre-authorized user credentials from the environment.
         TODO(developer) - See https://developers.google.com/identity for
          guides on implementing OAuth2 for your application.*/
    GoogleCredentials credentials = GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault()
        .createScoped(GmailScopes.GMAIL_COMPOSE);
    HttpRequestInitializer requestInitializer = new HttpCredentialsAdapter(credentials);

    // Create the gmail API client
    Gmail service = new Gmail.Builder(new NetHttpTransport(),
        GsonFactory.getDefaultInstance(),
        requestInitializer)
        .setApplicationName("Gmail samples")
        .build();

    // Create the email content
    String messageSubject = "Test message";
    String bodyText = "lorem ipsum.";

    // Encode as MIME message
    Properties props = new Properties();
    Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
    MimeMessage email = new MimeMessage(session);
    email.setFrom(new InternetAddress(fromEmailAddress));
    email.addRecipient(javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.TO,
        new InternetAddress(toEmailAddress));
    email.setSubject(messageSubject);

    MimeBodyPart mimeBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
    mimeBodyPart.setContent(bodyText, "text/plain");
    Multipart multipart = new MimeMultipart();
    multipart.addBodyPart(mimeBodyPart);
    mimeBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
    DataSource source = new FileDataSource(file);
    mimeBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
    mimeBodyPart.setFileName(file.getName());
    multipart.addBodyPart(mimeBodyPart);
    email.setContent(multipart);

    // Encode and wrap the MIME message into a gmail message
    ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    email.writeTo(buffer);
    byte[] rawMessageBytes = buffer.toByteArray();
    String encodedEmail = Base64.encodeBase64URLSafeString(rawMessageBytes);
    Message message = new Message();
    message.setRaw(encodedEmail);

    try {
      // Create the draft message
      Draft draft = new Draft();
      draft.setMessage(message);
      draft = service.users().drafts().create("me", draft).execute();
      System.out.println("Draft id: " + draft.getId());
      System.out.println(draft.toPrettyString());
      return draft;
    } catch (GoogleJsonResponseException e) {
      // TODO(developer) - handle error appropriately
      GoogleJsonError error = e.getDetails();
      if (error.getCode() == 403) {
        System.err.println("Unable to create draft: " + e.getDetails());
      } else {
        throw e;
      }
    }
    return null;
  }
}

Python

与创建消息示例类似，此示例也会处理将消息编码为 base64网址 并将其分配给 messages 资源的 raw 字段。

gmail/snippet/send mail/create_draft_with_attachment.py

在 GitHub 上查看

import base64
import mimetypes
import os
from email.message import EmailMessage
from email.mime.audio import MIMEAudio
from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
from email.mime.image import MIMEImage
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

import google.auth
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError


def gmail_create_draft_with_attachment():
  """Create and insert a draft email with attachment.
   Print the returned draft's message and id.
  Returns: Draft object, including draft id and message meta data.

  Load pre-authorized user credentials from the environment.
  TODO(developer) - See https://developers.google.com/identity
  for guides on implementing OAuth2 for the application.
  """
  creds, _ = google.auth.default()

  try:
    # create gmail api client
    service = build("gmail", "v1", credentials=creds)
    mime_message = EmailMessage()

    # headers
    mime_message["To"] = "[e-mail]"
    mime_message["From"] = "[e-mail]"
    mime_message["Subject"] = "sample with attachment"

    # text
    mime_message.set_content(
        "Hi, this is automated mail with attachment.Please do not reply."
    )

    # attachment
    attachment_filename = "photo.jpg"
    # guessing the MIME type
    type_subtype, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(attachment_filename)
    maintype, subtype = type_subtype.split("/")

    with open(attachment_filename, "rb") as fp:
      attachment_data = fp.read()
    mime_message.add_attachment(attachment_data, maintype, subtype)

    encoded_message = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(mime_message.as_bytes()).decode()

    create_draft_request_body = {"message": {"raw": encoded_message}}
    # pylint: disable=E1101
    draft = (
        service.users()
        .drafts()
        .create(userId="me", body=create_draft_request_body)
        .execute()
    )
    print(f'Draft id: {draft["id"]}\nDraft message: {draft["message"]}')
  except HttpError as error:
    print(f"An error occurred: {error}")
    draft = None
  return draft


def build_file_part(file):
  """Creates a MIME part for a file.

  Args:
    file: The path to the file to be attached.

  Returns:
    A MIME part that can be attached to a message.
  """
  content_type, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(file)

  if content_type is None or encoding is not None:
    content_type = "application/octet-stream"
  main_type, sub_type = content_type.split("/", 1)
  if main_type == "text":
    with open(file, "rb"):
      msg = MIMEText("r", _subtype=sub_type)
  elif main_type == "image":
    with open(file, "rb"):
      msg = MIMEImage("r", _subtype=sub_type)
  elif main_type == "audio":
    with open(file, "rb"):
      msg = MIMEAudio("r", _subtype=sub_type)
  else:
    with open(file, "rb"):
      msg = MIMEBase(main_type, sub_type)
      msg.set_payload(file.read())
  filename = os.path.basename(file)
  msg.add_header("Content-Disposition", "attachment", filename=filename)
  return msg


if __name__ == "__main__":
  gmail_create_draft_with_attachment()

cURL

curl --request POST \
  'https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/drafts' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"message":{"raw":"MESSAGE"}}'

替换以下内容：

• ACCESS_TOKEN：授予 API 访问权限的访问令牌。
• MESSAGE：包含附件的 RFC 2822 格式的 MIME 消息，以 base64网址 编码。

发送消息

创建消息后，您可以在 messages.send 方法的请求正文中提供该消息，从而发送该消息，如以下示例所示：

Java

gmail/snippets/src/main/java/SendMessage.java

在 GitHub 上查看

import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonError;
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonResponseException;
import com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequestInitializer;
import com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpTransport;
import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
import com.google.api.services.gmail.Gmail;
import com.google.api.services.gmail.GmailScopes;
import com.google.api.services.gmail.model.Message;
import com.google.auth.http.HttpCredentialsAdapter;
import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;

/* Class to demonstrate the use of Gmail Send Message API */
public class SendMessage {
  /**
   * Send an email from the user's mailbox to its recipient.
   *
   * @param fromEmailAddress - Email address to appear in the from: header
   * @param toEmailAddress   - Email address of the recipient
   * @return the sent message, {@code null} otherwise.
   * @throws MessagingException - if a wrongly formatted address is encountered.
   * @throws IOException        - if service account credentials file not found.
   */
  public static Message sendEmail(String fromEmailAddress,
                                  String toEmailAddress)
      throws MessagingException, IOException {
        /* Load pre-authorized user credentials from the environment.
           TODO(developer) - See https://developers.google.com/identity for
            guides on implementing OAuth2 for your application.*/
    GoogleCredentials credentials = GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault()
        .createScoped(GmailScopes.GMAIL_SEND);
    HttpRequestInitializer requestInitializer = new HttpCredentialsAdapter(credentials);

    // Create the gmail API client
    Gmail service = new Gmail.Builder(new NetHttpTransport(),
        GsonFactory.getDefaultInstance(),
        requestInitializer)
        .setApplicationName("Gmail samples")
        .build();

    // Create the email content
    String messageSubject = "Test message";
    String bodyText = "lorem ipsum.";

    // Encode as MIME message
    Properties props = new Properties();
    Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
    MimeMessage email = new MimeMessage(session);
    email.setFrom(new InternetAddress(fromEmailAddress));
    email.addRecipient(javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.TO,
        new InternetAddress(toEmailAddress));
    email.setSubject(messageSubject);
    email.setText(bodyText);

    // Encode and wrap the MIME message into a gmail message
    ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    email.writeTo(buffer);
    byte[] rawMessageBytes = buffer.toByteArray();
    String encodedEmail = Base64.encodeBase64URLSafeString(rawMessageBytes);
    Message message = new Message();
    message.setRaw(encodedEmail);

    try {
      // Create send message
      message = service.users().messages().send("me", message).execute();
      System.out.println("Message id: " + message.getId());
      System.out.println(message.toPrettyString());
      return message;
    } catch (GoogleJsonResponseException e) {
      // TODO(developer) - handle error appropriately
      GoogleJsonError error = e.getDetails();
      if (error.getCode() == 403) {
        System.err.println("Unable to send message: " + e.getDetails());
      } else {
        throw e;
      }
    }
    return null;
  }
}

Python

gmail/snippet/send mail/send_message.py

在 GitHub 上查看

import base64
from email.message import EmailMessage

import google.auth
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError


def gmail_send_message():
  """Create and send an email message
  Print the returned  message id
  Returns: Message object, including message id

  Load pre-authorized user credentials from the environment.
  TODO(developer) - See https://developers.google.com/identity
  for guides on implementing OAuth2 for the application.
  """
  creds, _ = google.auth.default()

  try:
    service = build("gmail", "v1", credentials=creds)
    message = EmailMessage()

    message.set_content("This is automated draft mail")

    message["To"] = "[e-mail]"
    message["From"] = "[e-mail]"
    message["Subject"] = "Automated draft"

    # encoded message
    encoded_message = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(message.as_bytes()).decode()

    create_message = {"raw": encoded_message}
    # pylint: disable=E1101
    send_message = (
        service.users()
        .messages()
        .send(userId="me", body=create_message)
        .execute()
    )
    print(f'Message Id: {send_message["id"]}')
  except HttpError as error:
    print(f"An error occurred: {error}")
    send_message = None
  return send_message


if __name__ == "__main__":
  gmail_send_message()

cURL

curl --request POST \
  'https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"raw":"MESSAGE"}'

替换以下内容：

• ACCESS_TOKEN：授予 API 访问权限的访问令牌。
• MESSAGE：采用 RFC 2822 格式的 MIME 消息，以 base64网址 编码。

如果您尝试发送回复，并希望将电子邮件归入会话，请确保：

1. Subject 标头匹配
2. References 和 In-Reply-To 标头遵循 RFC 2822 标准。

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