gog

Use gog for Gmail/Calendar/Drive/Contacts/Sheets/Docs. Requires OAuth setup.

Setup (once)

• gog auth credentials /path/to/client_secret.json
• gog auth add you@gmail.com --services gmail,calendar,drive,contacts,docs,sheets
• gog auth list

Common commands

• Gmail search: gog gmail search 'newer_than:7d' --max 10
• Gmail messages search (per email, ignores threading): gog gmail messages search "in:inbox from:ryanair.com" --max 20 --account you@example.com
• Gmail read email body: gog gmail get <MESSAGE_ID> --account you@example.com
  • Get message ID from search, then use get to fetch full body
  • Use --format metadata for just headers, --format raw for raw RFC822
• Gmail attachments: gog gmail attachment <messageId> <attachmentId> --out /path/to/save
• Gmail send (plain): gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body "Hello"
• Gmail send (multi-line): gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file ./message.txt
• Gmail send (stdin): gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file -
• Gmail send (HTML): gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-html "<p>Hello</p>"
• Gmail draft: gog gmail drafts create --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file ./message.txt
• Gmail send draft: gog gmail drafts send <draftId>
• Gmail reply: gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Re: Hi" --body "Reply" --reply-to-message-id <msgId>
• Calendar list events: gog calendar events <calendarId> --from <iso> --to <iso>
• Calendar create event: gog calendar create <calendarId> --summary "Title" --from <iso> --to <iso>
• Calendar create with color: gog calendar create <calendarId> --summary "Title" --from <iso> --to <iso> --event-color 7
• Calendar update event: gog calendar update <calendarId> <eventId> --summary "New Title" --event-color 4
• Calendar show colors: gog calendar colors
• Drive search: gog drive search "query" --max 10
• Contacts: gog contacts list --max 20
• Sheets get: gog sheets get <sheetId> "Tab!A1:D10" --json
• Sheets update: gog sheets update <sheetId> "Tab!A1:B2" --values-json '[["A","B"],["1","2"]]' --input USER_ENTERED
• Sheets append: gog sheets append <sheetId> "Tab!A:C" --values-json '[["x","y","z"]]' --insert INSERT_ROWS
• Sheets clear: gog sheets clear <sheetId> "Tab!A2:Z"
• Sheets metadata: gog sheets metadata <sheetId> --json
• Docs export: gog docs export <docId> --format txt --out /tmp/doc.txt
• Docs cat: gog docs cat <docId>

Calendar Colors

• Use gog calendar colors to see all available event colors (IDs 1-11)
• Add colors to events with --event-color <id> flag
• Event color IDs (from gog calendar colors output):
  • 1: #a4bdfc
  • 2: #7ae7bf
  • 3: #dbadff
  • 4: #ff887c
  • 5: #fbd75b
  • 6: #ffb878
  • 7: #46d6db
  • 8: #e1e1e1
  • 9: #5484ed
  • 10: #51b749
  • 11: #dc2127

Email Formatting

• Prefer plain text. Use --body-file for multi-paragraph messages (or --body-file - for stdin).

• Same --body-file pattern works for drafts and replies.

• --body does not unescape \n. If you need inline newlines, use a heredoc or $'Line 1\n\nLine 2'.

• Use --body-html only when you need rich formatting.

• HTML tags: <p> for paragraphs, <br> for line breaks, <strong> for bold, <em> for italic, <a href="url"> for links, <ul>/<li> for lists.

• Example (plain text via stdin):

  gog gmail send --to recipient@example.com \
    --subject "Meeting Follow-up" \
    --body-file - <<'EOF'
  Hi Name,
  
  Thanks for meeting today. Next steps:
  - Item one
  - Item two
  
  Best regards,
  Your Name
  EOF
  

• Example (HTML list):

  gog gmail send --to recipient@example.com \
    --subject "Meeting Follow-up" \
    --body-html "<p>Hi Name,</p><p>Thanks for meeting today. Here are the next steps:</p><ul><li>Item one</li><li>Item two</li></ul><p>Best regards,<br>Your Name</p>"
  

Notes

Headless/EC2 setup: On headless machines (no TTY), gog needs GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD set:

• Add to shell profile: export GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD=your-password

• Add to systemd service: Environment=GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD=your-password

• Or use file keyring: gog auth keyring file

• Set GOG_ACCOUNT=you@gmail.com to avoid repeating --account.

• For scripting, prefer --json plus --no-input.

• Sheets values can be passed via --values-json (recommended) or as inline rows.

• Docs supports export/cat/copy. In-place edits require a Docs API client (not in gog).

• Confirm before sending mail or creating events.

• gog gmail search returns one row per thread; use gog gmail messages search when you need every individual email returned separately.