Difference between revisions of "Create Google Tasks by sending email to Google GMail"
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− | * Send email to a specified address - in | + | * Send email to a specified address - in this case to Gmail address named yourgmail+task@gmail.com. (If Gmail ID is ittichai, the email to send to will be ittichai+task@gmail.com.) |
− | * Script will parse that email based on Gmail label, and grab the email's subject | + | * Script will parse that email based on Gmail label assigned by filter, and grab the email's subject to create a new Google task. |
Follow this step-by-step of this page. | Follow this step-by-step of this page. | ||
http://www.pipetree.com/qmacro/blog/2011/10/automated-email-to-task-mechanism-with-google-apps-script/ | http://www.pipetree.com/qmacro/blog/2011/10/automated-email-to-task-mechanism-with-google-apps-script/ | ||
− | This is just an overview what | + | This is just an overview of what happens: |
# Create Gmail new labels - newtask and newtaskdone. | # Create Gmail new labels - newtask and newtaskdone. | ||
# Create Gmail filter based on newtask label. | # Create Gmail filter based on newtask label. | ||
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# Schedule it via the time-driven even trigger. | # Schedule it via the time-driven even trigger. | ||
− | Pay attention to the *Integrate the script with Google API* in the *Script Code* section especially if this is your first time coding this. You will have to enable Google API service to allow access the Task API - https://developers.google.com/apps-script/articles/google_apis_reading_list. If not doing so, you will receive an error message saying "Tasks - not defined". | + | Pay attention to the *Integrate the script with Google API* in the *Script Code* section especially if this is your first time coding this. You will have to enable Google API service to allow access the Task API - https://developers.google.com/apps-script/articles/google_apis_reading_list. If not doing so, you will receive an error message saying "Tasks - not defined" when running the script. |
In addition to above sample, I'd like to add the email's body into the G! task's note. | In addition to above sample, I'd like to add the email's body into the G! task's note. | ||
+ | Here is what I do: | ||
* Add this new variable to grab the email's body | * Add this new variable to grab the email's body | ||
<pre> | <pre> |
Revision as of 06:16, 10 August 2012
Goal:
- Send email to a specified address - in this case to Gmail address named yourgmail+task@gmail.com. (If Gmail ID is ittichai, the email to send to will be ittichai+task@gmail.com.)
- Script will parse that email based on Gmail label assigned by filter, and grab the email's subject to create a new Google task.
Follow this step-by-step of this page. http://www.pipetree.com/qmacro/blog/2011/10/automated-email-to-task-mechanism-with-google-apps-script/
This is just an overview of what happens:
- Create Gmail new labels - newtask and newtaskdone.
- Create Gmail filter based on newtask label.
- Create script from Google Spreadsheet.
- Integrate the script with Google API.
- Schedule it via the time-driven even trigger.
Pay attention to the *Integrate the script with Google API* in the *Script Code* section especially if this is your first time coding this. You will have to enable Google API service to allow access the Task API - https://developers.google.com/apps-script/articles/google_apis_reading_list. If not doing so, you will receive an error message saying "Tasks - not defined" when running the script.
In addition to above sample, I'd like to add the email's body into the G! task's note.
Here is what I do:
- Add this new variable to grab the email's body
// Grab the task data var taskTitle = thread.getFirstMessageSubject(); var taskNote = getTextFromHtml((thread.getMessages()[0]).getBody());
- Add new parameter of task's note to addTask_
// Insert the task //addTask_(taskTitle, TASKLIST); addTask_(taskTitle, taskNote, TASKLIST);
- Update the addTask_ to include setNotes
function addTask_(title, message, tasklistId) { //var newTask = Tasks.newTask().setTitle(title); var newTask = Tasks.newTask().setTitle(title).setNotes(message); Tasks.Tasks.insert(newTask, getTasklistId_(tasklistId)); }