Method: users.settings.forwardingAddresses.create

Creates a forwarding address. If ownership verification is required, a message will be sent to the recipient and the resource's verification status will be set to pending; otherwise, the resource will be created with verification status set to accepted.

This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority.

HTTP request

POST https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/{userId}/settings/forwardingAddresses

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
userId

string

User's email address. The special value "me" can be used to indicate the authenticated user.

Request body

The request body contains an instance of ForwardingAddress.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of ForwardingAddress.

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.settings.sharing

For more information, see the Authorization guide.