Method: users.messages.send
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Sends the specified message to the recipients in the To, Cc, and Bcc headers. For example usage, see Sending email.
HTTP request
- Upload URI, for media upload requests:
POST https://gmail.googleapis.com/upload/gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/send
- Metadata URI, for metadata-only requests:
POST https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{userId}/messages/send
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
userId |
string
The user's email address. The special value me can be used to indicate the authenticated user.
|
Request body
The request body contains an instance of Message.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Message.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://mail.google.com/
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.compose
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2025-03-24 UTC.
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