build an api in nodejs using express to send emails using the gmail rest api without client libraries
def send_message(service, user_id, message):
try:
message = service.users().messages().send(userId=user_id, body=message).execute()
print('Message Id: %s' % message['id'])
return message
except Exception as e:
print('An error occurred: %s' % e)
return None
def create_message_with_attachment(sender, to, subject, message_text, file):
message = MIMEMultipart()
message['to'] = to
message['from'] = sender
message['subject'] = subject
msg = MIMEText(message_text)
message.attach(msg)
content_type, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(file)
if content_type is None or encoding is not None:
content_type = 'application/octet-stream'
main_type, sub_type = content_type.split('/', 1)
if main_type == 'text':
fp = open(file, 'rb')
msg = MIMEText(fp.read().decode("utf-8"), _subtype=sub_type)
fp.close()
elif main_type == 'image':
fp = open(file, 'rb')
msg = MIMEImage(fp.read(), _subtype=sub_type)
fp.close()
elif main_type == 'audio':
fp = open(file, 'rb')
msg = MIMEAudio(fp.read(), _subtype=sub_type)
fp.close()
else:
fp = open(file, 'rb')
msg = MIMEBase(main_type, sub_type)
msg.set_payload(fp.read())
fp.close()
filename = os.path.basename(file)
msg.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename=filename)
message.attach(msg)
raw_message = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(message.as_string().encode("utf-8"))
return {'raw': raw_message.decode("utf-8")}
