Create a Gmail Input

Create an Input for Gmail in Hero Platform_

  1. Open Hero Platform_.
  2. Open Integration from the navigation menu and select Inputs.
  3. Click Create New Input.

  4. Enter a name for the Gmail Input and select a Gmail Connection from the drop-down list.
  5. Configure the Gmail Source data.

    • Select a gmail label from the drop-down box.
    • Enter the partition size.
    • From the email field mapping table:
      • Confirm or change column names.
      • Confirm or change column data types.
      • Remove or confirm the arrangement of columns.

    1. Inputs from an Gmail Connections come populated with default field mapping. This field mapping is configurable as needed.

      EMAIL_CONTENT vs. EMAIL_HTML_CONTENT

      • EMAIL_CONTENT - Extracts the body of emails as plain text.
      • EMAIL_HTML_CONTENT - Extracts the body of emails with the original HTML structure.


  6. Click OK to save the Input.


When using a Gmail Input in a Flow, a 404 error returned from Google for a missing email message ID causes the Flow to fail.

Resolve this issue by configuring the Flow with the Gmail Input to forgiving mode in the Flow's configuration settings.

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