Gmail Message Reader

v20260401

gws-gmail-read

Fetches a Gmail message by ID and extracts its body or headers, with options for text or JSON output, HTML decoding, and dry-run previews to streamline email inspection in scripts.

Gmail Email CLI Productivity Parsing Headers Body Automation

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Overview

gmail +read

PREREQUISITE: Read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run gws generate-skills to create it.

Read a message and extract its body or headers

Usage

gws gmail +read --id <ID>

Flags

Flag	Required	Default	Description
`--id`	✓	—	The Gmail message ID to read
`--headers`	—	—	Include headers (From, To, Subject, Date) in the output
`--format`	—	text	Output format (text, json)
`--html`	—	—	Return HTML body instead of plain text
`--dry-run`	—	—	Show the request that would be sent without executing it

Examples

gws gmail +read --id 18f1a2b3c4d
gws gmail +read --id 18f1a2b3c4d --headers
gws gmail +read --id 18f1a2b3c4d --format json | jq '.body'

Tips

Converts HTML-only messages to plain text automatically.
Handles multipart/alternative and base64 decoding.