Questions tagged [gmail-contextual-gadgets]

A Gmail contextual gadget is a gadget that is triggered by clues in Gmail, such as the contents of Subject lines and email messages. For example, Gmail already provides a YouTube contextual gadget. If the body of an email contains a link to a YouTube video, a clickable thumbnail view of the video appears at the bottom of the email.

A Gmail contextual gadget is a gadget that is triggered by clues in Gmail, such as the contents of Subject lines and email messages. For example, Gmail already provides a YouTube contextual gadget. If the body of an email contains a link to a YouTube video, a clickable thumbnail view of the video appears at the bottom of the email.

References

See the main documentation at google.

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gmail contextual gadget does not show

I'm trying to build a gmail contextual gadget. I had it working in the past but i must of changed something and it does not work now. I have created the listing successfully and added the gadget to a test domain of mine. But still nothing happens…
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Determine current user (Gmail contextual gadget)

I wrote a gadget for Gmail and I want to make a request from it to my server. I have read this tutorial Validating Signed Requests Now I know that a request to my server comes from google, but how to find out from what particular Gmail user?
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Verifying signed requests from Gmail contextual gadget

So, I'm using gadgets.io.makeRequest(url, callback, params) to make requests from Gmail contextual gadget and verifying these requests on the server side. To clarify, I'm using the following makeRequest params on the gadget…
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How do you test a Gmail Contextual Gadget?

In their docs the links all seem to resolve to https://developers.google.com/apps-marketplace/ - where there doesn't seem to be any call to action. How does one test a Gmail Contextual Gadget? Where does one upload the manifest and gadget spec?
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Gmail Contextual Gadgets and OpenID Authentication steps

I'm trying to understand the correct sequence of steps followed by Gmail when loading and authenticating a contextual gadget. One of the reasons (there are others) is that I want to know whether I can make the gadget manifest behind a Open ID…
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Gmail contextual gadget - What is the updated way to create?

I want to develop an in-house contextual gadget for gmail. The problem is that Google changed the way to do that. It began on November 2013, and in October 2014 the old way entirely depracated. So: Which web page should I follow? Which Google…
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How to test Gmail Contextual Gadget

I'm new at developing of Gmail Contextual Gadget, and I want just test my gadget, but I can't find how to do that. As I understand I need to have domain at Google Apps and lot more things, Is there any other solution ? And can I add my contextual…
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Cannot Deploy Gadget-Application for Development and Testing

I want to start developing a contextual gadget for GMail apps and have been following the guide. In the part about Installing and Testing the Gadget, it tells me to go https://code.google.com/googleapps/console/a/{Domainname} and upload the…
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Saving UserPrefs in Google Contextual Gadget

I am writing a gmail contextual gadget. Having traversed this minefield I am stuck on an issue no one else seems to have, my UserPreferences only save on page refresh, if I simply navigate back to the inbox and to another email they are forgotten. I…
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google script accessing a contact's custom label for an email address

(new to Google Script {about 2 weeks} so please be verbose) I have tried everything I could find or think of to display the custom labels for a contact's list of email address. This has been very frustrating. When I search I get a lot of hits for…
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How are google gmail contextual gadgets related to the IMAP API?

I've built a gmail contextual gadget, and it does what I need it to within the context of a gmail message. For the additional features I am looking to incorporate, it looks like the IMAP API is required. My question is how to house both of those…
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Gmail - Schedule send

I wish gmail gave more Schedule send times by default - not just default Tomorrow morning Mar 24, 8:00 AM Tomorrow afternoon Mar 24, 1:00 PM Monday morning Mar 30, 8:00 AM I'd love to have options like in 2 minutes in 10 minutes in 1 hour in 2…
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Email sending from Gmail API are going to SPAM

I have a setup going on from long time. But from recently any emails I send through Gmail API are directly going to spam folder. I have taken care of all email sending measures like SPF, DKIM, DMARC, Reputation etc. But I don't know where the error…
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Gmail Contextual Gadgets Slow Requests Between 13:30 - 17:30 UTC

We've been getting reports of poor performance for our Gmail contextual gadget from our users between approximately 13:30 and 17:30 UTC every weekday. This has been occurring since late November. We've been able to observe the issue ourselves and…
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How to deploy the contextual gadgets in Gmail

I'm trying to deploy my "hello world" gadget in Gmail. I'm checking this link: https://developers.google.com/gmail/contextual_gadgets these are the steps: Log into the console. Do one of the following: Create a project. Select an existing project in…
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