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A Gmail source reads new mail in the labels that you pick. Each message becomes an email.received event.
Gmail sources are in beta and need a Pro project.

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Set up

1

Connect

Open Sources → Add source → Gmail and sign in with Google. hooksnode asks for read-only access to your mail (gmail.readonly).
2

Pick labels

Pick the labels to watch, for example INBOX or a label that a Gmail filter adds.
3

Add filters (optional)

Send only the mail you need. Each filter matches part of the header text and ignores case.
4

Turn on bank alerts (optional)

See Bank alerts.

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How it works

  1. Gmail tells hooksnode when the mailbox changes.
  2. hooksnode reads the new messages and stores one event for each message. The idempotency key is gmail:<source>:<message>, so a message is never sent twice.
  3. Every 5 minutes, hooksnode checks mailboxes that it has not synced for 10 minutes. This catches lost notices.
hooksnode starts at the time you connect. It does not send old mail.

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