使用 Gmail API 管理别名和签名

本文档介绍了如何在 Gmail API 中配置“以其他地址发送”别名和电子邮件签名。

“发件人别名”是指账号可用来发送邮件的电子邮件地址。每个账号始终至少有一个别名,用于表示账号的主要电子邮件地址。

“用这个地址发送邮件”别名对应于 Gmail 网页界面中的“用这个地址发送邮件”功能。

您还可以使用别名来管理账号的签名。您必须对“以其他地址发送邮件”别名有基本的了解,才能更改电子邮件签名。

如需了解如何创建列出获取更新删除别名,请参阅 settings.sendAs 资源。

创建和验证别名

您必须先创建别名,然后才能使用它们。在某些情况下,用户还必须验证别名的所有权。

如果 Gmail 要求对别名进行用户验证,则 API 会返回别名,并将 VerificationStatus 设置为 pending。Gmail 会自动向目标电子邮件地址发送验证邮件。电子邮件地址的所有者必须先完成验证流程,然后才能使用别名。

无需验证的别名的验证状态为 accepted

如果需要,请使用 settings.sendAs.verify 方法重新发送验证请求。

SMTP 设置

外部地址的别名应通过远程 SMTP 邮件提交代理 (MSA) 发送邮件。如需为别名配置 SMTP MSA,请使用 smtpMsa 字段提供连接详情。

管理签名

您还可以为每个别名配置电子邮件签名。以下代码示例展示了如何为用户的主地址设置签名:

Java

gmail/snippets/src/main/java/UpdateSignature.java
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonError;
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonResponseException;
import com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequestInitializer;
import com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpTransport;
import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
import com.google.api.services.gmail.Gmail;
import com.google.api.services.gmail.GmailScopes;
import com.google.api.services.gmail.model.ListSendAsResponse;
import com.google.api.services.gmail.model.SendAs;
import com.google.auth.http.HttpCredentialsAdapter;
import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
import java.io.IOException;

/* Class to demonstrate the use of Gmail Update Signature API */
public class UpdateSignature {
  /**
   * Update the gmail signature.
   *
   * @return the updated signature id , {@code null} otherwise.
   * @throws IOException - if service account credentials file not found.
   */
  public static String updateGmailSignature() throws IOException {
        /* Load pre-authorized user credentials from the environment.
           TODO(developer) - See https://developers.google.com/identity for
            guides on implementing OAuth2 for your application. */
    GoogleCredentials credentials = GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault()
        .createScoped(GmailScopes.GMAIL_SETTINGS_BASIC);
    HttpRequestInitializer requestInitializer = new HttpCredentialsAdapter(credentials);

    // Create the gmail API client
    Gmail service = new Gmail.Builder(new NetHttpTransport(),
        GsonFactory.getDefaultInstance(),
        requestInitializer)
        .setApplicationName("Gmail samples")
        .build();

    try {
      SendAs primaryAlias = null;
      ListSendAsResponse aliases = service.users().settings().sendAs().list("me").execute();
      for (SendAs alias : aliases.getSendAs()) {
        if (alias.getIsPrimary()) {
          primaryAlias = alias;
          break;
        }
      }
      // Updating a new signature
      SendAs aliasSettings = new SendAs().setSignature("Automated Signature");
      SendAs result = service.users().settings().sendAs().patch(
              "me",
              primaryAlias.getSendAsEmail(),
              aliasSettings)
          .execute();
      //Prints the updated signature
      System.out.println("Updated signature - " + result.getSignature());
      return result.getSignature();
    } catch (GoogleJsonResponseException e) {
      // TODO(developer) - handle error appropriately
      GoogleJsonError error = e.getDetails();
      if (error.getCode() == 403) {
        System.err.println("Unable to update signature: " + e.getDetails());
      } else {
        throw e;
      }
    }
    return null;
  }
}

Python

gmail/snippet/settings snippets/update_signature.py
import google.auth
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError


def update_signature():
  """Create and update signature in gmail.
  Returns:Draft object, including updated signature.

  Load pre-authorized user credentials from the environment.
  TODO(developer) - See https://developers.google.com/identity
  for guides on implementing OAuth2 for the application.
  """
  creds, _ = google.auth.default()

  try:
    # create gmail api client
    service = build("gmail", "v1", credentials=creds)

    primary_alias = None

    # pylint: disable=E1101
    aliases = service.users().settings().sendAs().list(userId="me").execute()
    for alias in aliases.get("sendAs"):
      if alias.get("isPrimary"):
        primary_alias = alias
        break

    send_as_configuration = {
        "displayName": primary_alias.get("sendAsEmail"),
        "signature": "Automated Signature",
    }

    # pylint: disable=E1101
    result = (
        service.users()
        .settings()
        .sendAs()
        .patch(
            userId="me",
            sendAsEmail=primary_alias.get("sendAsEmail"),
            body=send_as_configuration,
        )
        .execute()
    )
    print(f'Updated signature for: {result.get("displayName")}')

  except HttpError as error:
    print(f"An error occurred: {error}")
    result = None

  return result.get("signature")


if __name__ == "__main__":
  update_signature()