Hacking Gmail

120 Part II — Getting Inside Gmail

Table 7-1(continued)

Method Function

GMailSnapshot get To get a snapshot, an object (see GMailSnapshot below) for you

Snapshot(GM_CONSTANT to access the query result at ease.

type)

bool getAttachment To download an attachment of a message.

(string attachment_id,

string message_id,

string filename)

array getAttachmentsOf To download all files attached to a conversation. The full path of

(array GMailSnapshot-> downloaded files will be returned (as array).

conv, string path_to_

store_files)

bool send(string to, To send Gmail. to, cc, and bccare comma-separated addresses.

string subject, attachmentsis an array of names of files to be attached.

string body, string cc,

string bcc,

string message_replying,

string thread_replying,

array attachments)

bool performAction To perform an action on a message. message_idcan be a string

(GM_CONSTANT action_ if only one message is to be acted.

type, array message_id,

string label)

void disconnect() To disconnect from Gmail. Any cookies set at the client-side

browser by libgmailerwill be removed.

string dump(string query)To dump all it gets from the URL querystring, including headers.

array getStandardBox() To get an array of names of the standard box (Inbox, Starred, and

so on).

Logging in with Gmailer

Logging into Gmail with the Gmailer library is very simple. First you point your

script to the library itself:

require(“libgmailer.php”);

Then you invoke the new Gmailer object:

$gm = new GMailer();