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Get Gmail Emails By Assigned Label
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
function onOpen(e){
ui.createMenu("Gmail Manager").addItem("Get Emails by Label", "getGmailEmails").addToUi();
}
function getGmailEmails(){
var input = ui.prompt('Label Name', 'Enter the label name that is assigned to your emails:', Browser.Buttons.OK_CANCEL);
if (input.getSelectedButton() == ui.Button.CANCEL){
return;
}
var label = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName(input.getResponseText());
var threads = label.getThreads();
for(var i = threads.length - 1; i >=0; i--){
var messages = threads[i].getMessages();
for (var j = 0; j <messages.length; j++){
var message = messages[j];
if (message.isUnread()){
extractDetails(message);
GmailApp.markMessageRead(message);
}
}
threads[i].removeLabel(label);
}
}
function extractDetails(message){
var dateTime = message.getDate();
var subjectText = message.getSubject();
var senderDetails = message.getFrom();
var bodyContents = message.getPlainBody();
var activeSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
activeSheet.appendRow([dateTime, senderDetails, subjectText, bodyContents]);
}
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Many people have also asked me how to extract details from PDF files attached to incoming Gmail emails. Here is my new video that demonstrates how to do that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M5coQf63w

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