Batch adding/deleting labels with query
watermint toolbox stores credentials into the file system. That is located at below path:
| OS | Path |
|---|---|
| Windows | %HOMEPATH%\.toolbox\secrets (e.g. C:\Users\bob.toolbox\secrets) |
| macOS | $HOME/.toolbox/secrets (e.g. /Users/bob/.toolbox/secrets) |
| Linux | $HOME/.toolbox/secrets (e.g. /home/bob/.toolbox/secrets) |
Please do not share those files to anyone including Dropbox support. You can delete those files after use if you want to remove it. If you want to make sure removal of credentials, revoke application access from setting or the admin console.
Please see below help article for more detail:
| Description |
|---|
| Gmail: View and modify but not delete your email |
| Gmail: Manage your basic mail settings |
For the first run, tbx will ask you an authentication with your Google account.
Press the Enter key to launch the browser. The service then performs the authorization and tbx receives the results. You can close the browser window when you see the authentication success message.
watermint toolbox xx.x.xxx
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Licensed under open source licenses. Use the `license` command for more detail.
Opening the authorization URL:
https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?client_id=xxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.apps.googleusercontent.com&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A7800%2Fconnect%2Fauth&response_type=code&state=xxxxxxxx
Please download the pre-compiled binary from Latest Release. If you are using Windows, please download the zip file like tbx-xx.x.xxx-win.zip. Then, extract the archive and place tbx.exe on the Desktop folder.
The watermint toolbox can run from any path in the system if allowed by the system. But the instruction samples are using the Desktop folder. Please replace the path if you placed the binary other than the Desktop folder.
This document uses the Desktop folder for command example.
Windows:
cd $HOME\Desktop
.\tbx.exe google mail filter batch add -file /PATH/TO/DATA_FILE.csv
macOS, Linux:
$HOME/Desktop/tbx google mail filter batch add -file /PATH/TO/DATA_FILE.csv
Note for macOS Catalina 10.15 or above: macOS verifies Developer identity. Currently, tbx is not ready for it. Please select “Cancel” on the first dialogue. Then please proceed “System Preference”, then open “Security & Privacy”, select “General” tab.
You may find the message like:
“tbx” was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.
And you may find the button “Allow Anyway”. Please hit the button with your risk. At second run, please hit button “Open” on the dialogue.
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
-add-label-if-not-exist |
Create a label if it is not exist. | false |
-apply-to-existing-messages |
Apply labels to existing messages that satisfy the query. | false |
-file |
Path to data file | |
-peer |
Account alias | default |
-user-id |
The user’s email address. The special value me can be used to indicate the authenticated user. | me |
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
-auth-database |
Custom path to auth database (default: $HOME/.toolbox/secrets/secrets.db) | |
-auto-open |
Auto open URL or artifact folder | false |
-bandwidth-kb |
Bandwidth limit in K bytes per sec for upload/download content. 0 for unlimited | 0 |
-budget-memory |
Memory budget (limits some feature to reduce memory footprint) | normal |
-budget-storage |
Storage budget (limits logs or some feature to reduce storage usage) | normal |
-concurrency |
Maximum concurrency for running operation | Number of processors |
-debug |
Enable debug mode | false |
-experiment |
Enable experimental feature(s). | |
-extra |
Extra parameter file path | |
-lang |
Display language | auto |
-output |
Output format (none/text/markdown/json) | text |
-proxy |
HTTP/HTTPS proxy (hostname:port). Please specify DIRECT if you want skip setting proxy. |
|
-quiet |
Suppress non-error messages, and make output readable by a machine (JSON format) | false |
-retain-job-data |
Job data retain policy | default |
-secure |
Do not store tokens into a file | false |
-skip-logging |
Skip logging in the local storage | false |
-verbose |
Show current operations for more detail. | false |
-workspace |
Workspace path |
Filter data to add.
| Column | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| query | Only return messages matching the specified query. | from:@google.com |
| add_labels | Label names to add, separated by ‘;’ | my_label |
| delete_labels | Label names to delete, separated by ‘;’ | my_label,INBOX |
The first line is a header line. The program will accept a file without the header.
query,add_labels,delete_labels
from:@google.com,my_label,"my_label,INBOX"
Report file path will be displayed last line of the command line output. If you missed command line output, please see path below. [job-id] will be the date/time of the run. Please see the latest job-id.
| OS | Path pattern | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | %HOMEPATH%\.toolbox\jobs\[job-id]\reports |
C:\Users\bob.toolbox\jobs\20190909-115959.597\reports |
| macOS | $HOME/.toolbox/jobs/[job-id]/reports |
/Users/bob/.toolbox/jobs/20190909-115959.597/reports |
| Linux | $HOME/.toolbox/jobs/[job-id]/reports |
/home/bob/.toolbox/jobs/20190909-115959.597/reports |
This report shows the transaction result.
The command will generate a report in three different formats. filters.csv, filters.json, and filters.xlsx.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| status | Status of the operation |
| reason | Reason of failure or skipped operation |
| input.query | Only return messages matching the specified query. |
| input.add_labels | Label names to add, separated by ‘;’ |
| input.delete_labels | Label names to delete, separated by ‘;’ |
| result.id | Filter Id |
| result.criteria_query | Filter criteria: Only return messages matching the specified query. |
If you run with -budget-memory low option, the command will generate only JSON format report.
In case of a report become large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; filters_0000.xlsx, filters_0001.xlsx, filters_0002.xlsx, …
Message resource
The command will generate a report in three different formats. messages.csv, messages.json, and messages.xlsx.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| id | The immutable ID of the message. |
| thread_id | The ID of the thread the message belongs to. |
| date | Date |
| subject | Subject |
| to | To |
| cc | Cc |
| from | From |
| reply_to | Reply-To |
If you run with -budget-memory low option, the command will generate only JSON format report.
In case of a report become large, a report in .xlsx format will be split into several chunks like follows; messages_0000.xlsx, messages_0001.xlsx, messages_0002.xlsx, …
The executable automatically detects your proxy configuration from the environment. However, if you got an error or you want to specify explicitly, please add -proxy option, like -proxy hostname:port. Currently, the executable doesn’t support proxies which require authentication.