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recipe-save-email-to-doc

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by Google · part of googleworkspace/cli

Save a Gmail message body into a Google Doc for archival or reference.

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Save a Gmail Message to Google Docs

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-gmail, gws-docs

Save a Gmail message body into a Google Doc for archival or reference.

Steps

  1. Find the message: gws gmail users messages list --params '{"userId": "me", "q": "subject:important from:boss@company.com"}' --format table
  2. Get message content: gws gmail users messages get --params '{"userId": "me", "id": "MSG_ID"}'
  3. Create a doc with the content: gws docs documents create --json '{"title": "Saved Email - Important Update"}'
  4. Write the email body: `gws docs +write --document-id DOC_ID --text 'From: boss@company.com Subject: Important Update

[EMAIL BODY]'`