{"categories":[{"label":"Internet","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet/5"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"A Python wrapper around the Gmail API that handles authentication, sending messages with attachments, retrieving and searching emails, and managing labels and message state.","skillfed_tags":["email-automation","oauth2","gmail-api"],"use_cases":["Automate sending transactional or notification emails from a Python application without managing SMTP credentials.","Build a script to bulk-download attachments from emails matching specific search criteria (e.g., invoices from a date range).","Archive or label incoming emails programmatically based on sender, subject, or content rules.","Retrieve and parse unread messages to feed into a data pipeline or chatbot.","Sync Gmail labels and message metadata to an external database or dashboard."],"what_it_does":"simplegmail is a thin Python wrapper around the Gmail API that abstracts away OAuth setup and raw API calls. It lets you send HTML or plain-text emails with attachments and signatures, retrieve messages using Gmail's search syntax, download attachments, and modify message labels (read/unread, starred, archived, etc.) from Python code.\n\nThe package handles the OAuth 2.0 flow automatically\u2014on first use, it opens a browser window for you to grant permissions, then caches the token locally. It depends on google-api-python-client for API calls, beautifulsoup4 and lxml for HTML parsing, python-dateutil for date handling, and oauth2client for authentication. The library is stable and production-ready but dormant; the last release was in March 2023.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need a straightforward Gmail API wrapper and are comfortable with dormant maintenance. The package is stable, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. However, be aware that oauth2client is deprecated by Google; if you need active development or modern auth practices, consider evaluating google-auth-based alternatives or contributing to this project."},"id":"simplegmail","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/simplegmail","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/simplegmail.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/simplegmail/"},"maintenance":{"status":"dormant"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2023-03-13","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"simplegmail","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"A simple Python API client for Gmail."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":110091,"position":12484,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"4.1.1"}