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Mahesh
Mahesh

Reputation: 611

Efficiently getting read status gmail api

What is the most efficient way to get the emails "read status" after doing list of messages for some search query?

As mentioned in the include extra field question for messages#list there are field options in Google's try api but it doesn't return the results with those fields. May be this is a bug or gmail team didn't add these fields in response for efficiency reasons.

Assuming we can not get any extra fields including labels from messages#list api, what is the best way to get only read status for the list of messages obtained from messages#list api? I want to avoid loading anything other than read status which we get while using "minimal" from get api.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 989

Answers (1)

Eric D
Eric D

Reputation: 7159

If you only need message.id and read/unread status you could do that without ever calling messages.get() and that would be most efficient. Simply make two list() calls, one with "is:unread" and the other "is:read" and that'll provide the info you need.

Alternatively, if you need more than just read/unread status after doing a messages.list(), pass those message.ids to a (batched) messages.get() call with format=MINIMAL (or METADATA or whatnot). You should be able to do that quite efficiently and quickly.

Upvotes: 3

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