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Gmail.js – JavaScript API for Gmail

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Post by rodrigocoelho » Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 1:43 PM UTC

Gmail.js – JavaScript API for Gmail
github.com

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Post by sdegutis » Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 2:02 PM UTC

Seems this is mainly meant for writing Chrome extensions.

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Post by seibelj » Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 2:14 PM UTC

We used this for a project before, just be aware that the DOM changes regularly for gmail, and if an API you rely on breaks you will be SOL until someone fixes it.

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Post by idbehold » Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 2:19 PM UTC

Can the title be changed to indicate that this is only for userscripts and/or browser add-ons/extensions?

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Post by J_Darnley » Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 2:20 PM UTC

seibelj wrote: post #3

We used this for a project before, just be aware that the DOM changes regularly for gmail, and if an API you rely on breaks you will be SOL until someone fixes it.

Thank god for POP3, IMAP, and SMTP: the superior ways to use Gmail.

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Post by seibelj » Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 2:25 PM UTC

J_Darnley wrote: post #5

seibelj wrote: post #3

We used this for a project before, just be aware that the DOM changes regularly for gmail, and if an API you rely on breaks you will be SOL until someone fixes it.

Thank god for POP3, IMAP, and SMTP: the superior ways to use Gmail.

We were creating a chrome / firefox extensions to manipulate the gmail UI, the project was unrelated to email protocols (but I understand the snark ;-) )

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Post by iqisracist » Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 2:28 PM UTC

Anything available for google hangouts like this?

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Post by phaed » Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 2:37 PM UTC

seibelj wrote: post #6

J_Darnley wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank god for POP3, IMAP, and SMTP: the superior ways to use Gmail.

We were creating a chrome / firefox extensions to manipulate the gmail UI, the project was unrelated to email protocols (but I understand the snark ;-) )

The snark was uncalled for, so is drawing noses on emoticons.

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Post by nathancahill » Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 2:37 PM UTC

This is a great library. Standardizes most of DOM manipulation/action triggering for everything Gmail does. Although Gmail's DOM changes sometimes like seibelj pointed out, you'll have the same issue if you roll your own implementation, so, for me, this is preferable.

If I remember right, it underwent a major rewrite a year or so ago, after which is has been very solid.

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Post by phaed » Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 2:39 PM UTC

seibelj wrote: post #3

We used this for a project before, just be aware that the DOM changes regularly for gmail, and if an API you rely on breaks you will be SOL until someone fixes it.

It's open-source, if you rely on it, fork it and fix it yourself.