Kyle Schmidt krschmidt
timrichardson
/ 0_ Gmail API for Service Accounts Python 2.7.
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Access gmail via gmail api, Service Account method (applicable if you have Google Apps admin access)
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| smtp mail sending in cPython blocks the GIL. | |
| This code is tested on python 2.7.8 and I'm using it with web2py | |
| If you use Google Apps for your domain email and if you have admin access, you can easily use the gmail api. | |
| Because you have admin access, you can create a "service account" in the Google Developer Console. | |
| This makes authentication easy. | |
| There are other authorisation methods when you don't have admin access, but they require interaction from the user via a browser. | |
| To use this, you need to install these modules (From PyPI): | |
| pyOpenSSL |