Gmail API integration in your app is hard. Nylas makes it easy!

Nylas makes it easy and fast for developers to integrate their app with the Gmail API and 100% of email service providers, simplifying the process of accessing and managing Gmail accounts and other email features. 

  • Integrate with your Google email account
  • Google OAuth authentication and verification process
  • Mitigate the complexity of building your email integration

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import Nylas from 'nylas';
 
Nylas.config({
   clientId: CLIENT_ID,
   clientSecret: CLIENT_SECRET,
});
const nylas = Nylas.with(ACCESS_TOKEN);
nylas.account.get().then(account => {
    console.log(
    `Email: ${account.emailAddress} | `,
    `Provider: ${account.provider} | `
    );
  });

View Node.js SDK

public class Email {
  public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception {
    NylasAccount account = new NylasClient().account(ACCESS_TOKEN);
    List threads = account.threads().list(
      new ThreadQuery().unread(true));
    threads.stream().forEach(( Thread thread ) -> { 
      System.out.println( thread.getSubject() ); 
    });
  }
}

View Java SDK

from nylas import APIClient
 
nylas = APIClient(
   CLIENT_ID,
   CLIENT_SECRET,
   ACCESS_TOKEN,
)
 
# .first() returns the most recent email
message = nylas.messages.first()
print("Subject: {} | Unread: {} | from: {}".format(
    message.subject, message.unread, message.from_
))

View Python SDK

require 'nylas'
 
nylas = Nylas::API.new(
   client_id: CLIENT_ID,
   client_secret: CLIENT_SECRET,
   access_token: ACCESS_TOKEN
)
an_email = nylas.messages.first
puts an_email

View Ruby SDK

Simplify your Gmail API integration with 10 lines of code!

The Nylas Email API is a single point of integration connecting your app to your users’ inboxes, powering bi-directional email with 99.6% deliverability. The platform abstracts away the complexity of building a direct integration with the Gmail API, enabling developers to quickly stand up an email integration without wasting thousands of developer hours.

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Save months integrating with Gmail using the Nylas Email API

It takes 5,016 developer hours on average to build a full-featured Gmail integration on your own. Connect to Gmail and any other email provider in a fraction of the time with the Nylas Email API.

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Full search functionality

Nylas provides search functionality that allows you to run a full-text search that is proxied to the users’ Gmail accounts. Results are matched with objects that have been synced and then returned.

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Webhook notifications

Webhooks allow your application to receive notifications when certain events occur — they are easy to integrate with your app and scale seamlessly with your growth.

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Infrastructure and physical security

The reliability of the Nylas communication platform provides an integration that guarantees 99.9% uptime.

Costs of building on the Gmail API vs. using Nylas

As your platform scales and your user base grows, so do costs for maintaining custom Gmail API integrations, such as:

  • Operating servers
  • Building Google OAuth security features, infrastructure, and support
  • Supporting the integration and troubleshooting bugs
  • Spending time specializing provider-specific protocols

With Nylas, we manage the end-to-end integration for you. Our platform adheres to the most rigorous security and compliance standards so you can feel confident that your company and customer data remain safeguarded.

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Trusted, enterprise-grade security

Security is our top priority — we sweat the small stuff so you don’t have to. Nylas is SOC 2 Type II Certified, ISO 27001 compliant, GDPR compliant, and HIPAA compliant. Data from every email is encrypted and isolated with multi-level permission checks.

  • World-class security certifications
  • Encryption at rest + in transit
  • Continuous vulnerability monitoring
  • Continuous threat detection
  • Bug bounty program + secure SDLC
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Gmail API?

The Gmail API is a RESTful interface that provides access to all of the data and functionality in Gmail mailboxes, enabling developers to parse email data, create email drafts, send emails, organize an email inbox with labels, modify settings for user accounts, and create filters to automatically label, forward, or archive emails.

At Nylas, we spend a ton of time integrating with third-party APIs, like the Gmail API, to build our email API, so we’re here to offer our expertise about what it takes to build a best-in-class integration with Gmail.

How is the Nylas API integration with the Gmail API secured?

The Nylas Email API encrypts 100% of your data with enterprise-grade security standards. In addition, Nylas is compliant or certified with GPDR, CCPA, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and HIPAA.

How do I get started integrating with the Gmail API?

Before you can access a Gmail account, you will need to authenticate the account with the appropriate permissions. All Google APIs use OAuth 2.0 for account authentication and authorization, which establishes a login process where your app negotiates with the Google Identity Platform to receive an access token for user accounts. This token provides limited access to user resources based on the scopes the user consented to as part of the authentication process. 

Alternatively, Nylas Hosted Auth auto-detects Google accounts, even for domains other than gmail.com, and prompts users to sign in and accept the permissions your app needs. Your user’s credentials are stored safely on our SOC 2 Certified infrastructure, and Nylas provides an access token your app can use for Gmail data and functionality.

For a deep dive into integrating with the Gmail API, check out this blog post. 

What are other integrations besides Gmail that Nylas supports?

Nylas supports all major email, calendar, and contacts providers out of the box, enabling your users to keep using their service provider of choice. 

What technologies does Nylas support for Gmail API Integration?

Nylas supports several technologies for Gmail API integration, including Python, Node.js, Ruby, and Java.