The tap-gmail extractor pulls data from GMail that can then be sent to a destination using a loader.
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Getting Started
Prerequisites
If you haven't already, follow the initial steps of the Getting Started guide:
Installation and configuration
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Add the tap-gmail extractor to your
project using
:meltano add
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Configure the tap-gmail
settings using
:meltano config
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Test that extractor settings are valid using
:meltano config
meltano add extractor tap-gmail
meltano config tap-gmail set --interactive
meltano config tap-gmail test
Next steps
Follow the remaining steps of the Getting Started guide:
If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.
Capabilities
The current capabilities for
tap-gmail
may have been automatically set when originally added to the Hub. Please review the
capabilities when using this extractor. If you find they are out of date, please
consider updating them by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the
capabilities for this extractor.
This plugin has the following capabilities:
- about
- catalog
- discover
- schema-flattening
- state
- stream-maps
You can
override these capabilities or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml
by adding the capabilities
key.
Settings
The
tap-gmail
settings that are known to Meltano are documented below. To quickly
find the setting you're looking for, click on any setting name from the list:
messages.include_spam_trash
messages.q
oauth_credentials.client_id
oauth_credentials.client_secret
oauth_credentials.refresh_token
user_id
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You can also list these settings using
with the meltano config
list
subcommand:
meltano config tap-gmail list
You can
override these settings or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml
by adding the settings
key.
Please consider adding any settings you have defined locally to this definition on MeltanoHub by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the settings for this plugin.
Messages Include Spam Trash (messages.include_spam_trash)
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Environment variable:
TAP_GMAIL_MESSAGES_INCLUDE_SPAM_TRASH
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Default Value:
false
Include messages from SPAM and TRASH in the results.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-gmail set messages include_spam_trash [value]
Messages Q (messages.q)
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Environment variable:
TAP_GMAIL_MESSAGES_Q
Only return messages matching the specified query. Supports the same query format as the Gmail search box. For example, "from:someuser@example.com rfc822msgid:somemsgid@example.com is:unread". Parameter cannot be used when accessing the api using the gmail. Metadata scope. https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/reference/rest/v1/users.messages/list#query-parameters
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-gmail set messages q [value]
OAuth Credentials Client ID (oauth_credentials.client_id)
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Environment variable:
TAP_GMAIL_OAUTH_CREDENTIALS_CLIENT_ID
Your google client_id
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-gmail set oauth_credentials client_id [value]
OAuth Credentials Client Secret (oauth_credentials.client_secret)
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Environment variable:
TAP_GMAIL_OAUTH_CREDENTIALS_CLIENT_SECRET
Your google client_secret
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-gmail set oauth_credentials client_secret [value]
OAuth Credentials Refresh Token (oauth_credentials.refresh_token)
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Environment variable:
TAP_GMAIL_OAUTH_CREDENTIALS_REFRESH_TOKEN
Your google refresh token
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-gmail set oauth_credentials refresh_token [value]
User ID (user_id)
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Environment variable:
TAP_GMAIL_USER_ID
Your Gmail User ID
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-gmail set user_id [value]
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Flattening Enabled (flattening_enabled)
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Environment variable:
TAP_GMAIL_FLATTENING_ENABLED
'True' to enable schema flattening and automatically expand nested properties.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-gmail set flattening_enabled [value]
Flattening Max Depth (flattening_max_depth)
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Environment variable:
TAP_GMAIL_FLATTENING_MAX_DEPTH
The max depth to flatten schemas.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-gmail set flattening_max_depth [value]
Stream Map Config (stream_map_config)
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Environment variable:
TAP_GMAIL_STREAM_MAP_CONFIG
User-defined config values to be used within map expressions.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-gmail set stream_map_config [value]
Stream Maps (stream_maps)
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Environment variable:
TAP_GMAIL_STREAM_MAPS
Config object for stream maps capability. For more information check out Stream Maps.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config tap-gmail set stream_maps [value]
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