I'm trying to send a new email through the gmail package . However the Message type which is required by the send method is poorly documented. Most of the fields seem used to actually parse/read emails. The only field which makes sense (at some degree) for the send method is Payload of type MessagePart though I can't figure it out how to generate the MessagePartBody as it seems to be a kind of mime type. Below is the code I have so far.
func (em *Email) SendMessage(cl *Client) error {
config.ClientId = cl.Username
config.ClientSecret = cl.Password
t := &oauth.Transport{
Config: config,
Transport: http.DefaultTransport,
}
var tk oauth.Token
err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(cl.Meta), &tk)
t.Token = &tk
if err != nil {
log.Errorf("meta %v, err %v", cl.Meta, err)
return err
}
gmailService, err := gmail.New(t.Client())
if err != nil {
log.Error(err)
return err
}
p := gmail.MessagePart{}
p.Headers = append(p.Headers, &gmail.MessagePartHeader{
Name: "From",
Value: em.FromEmail,
})
p.Headers = append(p.Headers, &gmail.MessagePartHeader{
Name: "To",
Value: em.ToEmail,
})
p.Headers = append(p.Headers, &gmail.MessagePartHeader{
Name: "Subject",
Value: em.Subject,
})
emsg := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(em.Message)
log.Info(emsg)
msg := gmail.Message{
Payload: &p,
Raw: "",
}
_, err = gmailService.Users.Messages.Send("me", &msg).Do()
if err != nil {
log.Error(err)
return err
}
return err
}
The "REST" API is even more confusing. It requires an uploadType
param (WTF to upload) and a raw
field which I guess is the raw message which requires a format provided by messages.get. Why would you send a message from your inbox which literally would be a 'resend' as your are on the receipt list ? Am I the only one who thinks this API(or at least the documentation) is just crap ?