Google Mail Stream

Since Camel 2.22

Only consumer is supported

The Google Mail component provides access to Gmail via the Google Mail Web APIs.

Google Mail uses the OAuth 2.0 protocol for authenticating a Google account and authorizing access to user data. Before you can use this component, you will need to create an account and generate OAuth credentials. Credentials comprise of a clientId, clientSecret, and a refreshToken. A handy resource for generating a long-lived refreshToken is the OAuth playground.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-google-mail</artifactId>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
    <version>x.y.z</version>
</dependency>

URI Format

The GoogleMail Component uses the following URI format:

        google-mail-stream://index?[options]

GoogleMailStreamComponent

The Google Mail Stream component supports 13 options, which are listed below.

Name	Description	Default	Type
accessToken (consumer)	OAuth 2 access token. This typically expires after an hour so refreshToken is recommended for long term usage.		String
applicationName (consumer)	Google mail application name. Example would be camel-google-mail/1.0		String
bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)	Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.	false	boolean
clientId (consumer)	Client ID of the mail application		String
clientSecret (consumer)	Client secret of the mail application		String
labels (consumer)	Comma separated list of labels to take into account		String
markAsRead (consumer)	Mark the message as read once it has been consumed	false	boolean
maxResults (consumer)	Max results to be returned	10	long
query (consumer)	The query to execute on gmail box	is:unread	String
refreshToken (consumer)	OAuth 2 refresh token. Using this, the Google Calendar component can obtain a new accessToken whenever the current one expires - a necessity if the application is long-lived.		String
basicPropertyBinding (advanced)	Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities	false	boolean
clientFactory (advanced)	The client Factory		GoogleMailClientFactory
configuration (advanced)	The configuration		GoogleMailStreamConfiguration

Name

Description

Default

Type

accessToken (consumer)

OAuth 2 access token. This typically expires after an hour so refreshToken is recommended for long term usage.

String

applicationName (consumer)

Google mail application name. Example would be camel-google-mail/1.0

String

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

clientId (consumer)

Client ID of the mail application

String

clientSecret (consumer)

Client secret of the mail application

String

labels (consumer)

Comma separated list of labels to take into account

String

markAsRead (consumer)

Mark the message as read once it has been consumed

false

boolean

maxResults (consumer)

Max results to be returned

long

query (consumer)

The query to execute on gmail box

is:unread

String

refreshToken (consumer)

OAuth 2 refresh token. Using this, the Google Calendar component can obtain a new accessToken whenever the current one expires - a necessity if the application is long-lived.

String

basicPropertyBinding (advanced)

Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

boolean

clientFactory (advanced)

The client Factory

GoogleMailClientFactory

configuration (advanced)

The configuration

GoogleMailStreamConfiguration

The Google Mail Stream endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

google-mail-stream:index

with the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (1 parameters):

Name	Description	Default	Type
index	Specifies an index for the endpoint		String

Name

Description

Default

Type

index

Specifies an index for the endpoint

String

Query Parameters (30 parameters):

Name	Description	Default	Type
accessToken (consumer)	OAuth 2 access token. This typically expires after an hour so refreshToken is recommended for long term usage.		String
applicationName (consumer)	Google mail application name. Example would be camel-google-mail/1.0		String
bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)	Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.	false	boolean
clientId (consumer)	Client ID of the mail application		String
clientSecret (consumer)	Client secret of the mail application		String
labels (consumer)	Comma separated list of labels to take into account		String
markAsRead (consumer)	Mark the message as read once it has been consumed	false	boolean
maxResults (consumer)	Max results to be returned	10	long
query (consumer)	The query to execute on gmail box	is:unread	String
refreshToken (consumer)	OAuth 2 refresh token. Using this, the Google Calendar component can obtain a new accessToken whenever the current one expires - a necessity if the application is long-lived.		String
sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle (consumer)	If the polling consumer did not poll any files, you can enable this option to send an empty message (no body) instead.	false	boolean
exceptionHandler (consumer)	To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.		ExceptionHandler
exchangePattern (consumer)	Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. The value can be one of: InOnly, InOut, InOptionalOut		ExchangePattern
pollStrategy (consumer)	A pluggable org.apache.camel.PollingConsumerPollingStrategy allowing you to provide your custom implementation to control error handling usually occurred during the poll operation before an Exchange have been created and being routed in Camel.		PollingConsumerPollStrategy
basicPropertyBinding (advanced)	Whether the endpoint should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities	false	boolean
synchronous (advanced)	Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).	false	boolean
backoffErrorThreshold (scheduler)	The number of subsequent error polls (failed due some error) that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.		int
backoffIdleThreshold (scheduler)	The number of subsequent idle polls that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.		int
backoffMultiplier (scheduler)	To let the scheduled polling consumer backoff if there has been a number of subsequent idles/errors in a row. The multiplier is then the number of polls that will be skipped before the next actual attempt is happening again. When this option is in use then backoffIdleThreshold and/or backoffErrorThreshold must also be configured.		int
delay (scheduler)	Milliseconds before the next poll.	500	long
greedy (scheduler)	If greedy is enabled, then the ScheduledPollConsumer will run immediately again, if the previous run polled 1 or more messages.	false	boolean
initialDelay (scheduler)	Milliseconds before the first poll starts.	1000	long
repeatCount (scheduler)	Specifies a maximum limit of number of fires. So if you set it to 1, the scheduler will only fire once. If you set it to 5, it will only fire five times. A value of zero or negative means fire forever.	0	long
runLoggingLevel (scheduler)	The consumer logs a start/complete log line when it polls. This option allows you to configure the logging level for that. The value can be one of: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, OFF	TRACE	LoggingLevel
scheduledExecutorService (scheduler)	Allows for configuring a custom/shared thread pool to use for the consumer. By default each consumer has its own single threaded thread pool.		ScheduledExecutorService
scheduler (scheduler)	To use a cron scheduler from either camel-spring or camel-quartz component. The value can be one of: none, spring, quartz	none	String
schedulerProperties (scheduler)	To configure additional properties when using a custom scheduler or any of the Quartz, Spring based scheduler.		Map
startScheduler (scheduler)	Whether the scheduler should be auto started.	true	boolean
timeUnit (scheduler)	Time unit for initialDelay and delay options. The value can be one of: NANOSECONDS, MICROSECONDS, MILLISECONDS, SECONDS, MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS	MILLISECONDS	TimeUnit
useFixedDelay (scheduler)	Controls if fixed delay or fixed rate is used. See ScheduledExecutorService in JDK for details.	true	boolean

Name

Description

Default

Type

accessToken (consumer)

OAuth 2 access token. This typically expires after an hour so refreshToken is recommended for long term usage.

String

applicationName (consumer)

Google mail application name. Example would be camel-google-mail/1.0

String

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

false

boolean

clientId (consumer)

Client ID of the mail application

String

clientSecret (consumer)

Client secret of the mail application

String

labels (consumer)

Comma separated list of labels to take into account

String

markAsRead (consumer)

Mark the message as read once it has been consumed

false

boolean

maxResults (consumer)

Max results to be returned

long

query (consumer)

The query to execute on gmail box

is:unread

String

refreshToken (consumer)

OAuth 2 refresh token. Using this, the Google Calendar component can obtain a new accessToken whenever the current one expires - a necessity if the application is long-lived.

String

sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle (consumer)

If the polling consumer did not poll any files, you can enable this option to send an empty message (no body) instead.

false

boolean

exceptionHandler (consumer)

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

ExceptionHandler

exchangePattern (consumer)

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. The value can be one of: InOnly, InOut, InOptionalOut

ExchangePattern

pollStrategy (consumer)

A pluggable org.apache.camel.PollingConsumerPollingStrategy allowing you to provide your custom implementation to control error handling usually occurred during the poll operation before an Exchange have been created and being routed in Camel.

PollingConsumerPollStrategy

basicPropertyBinding (advanced)

Whether the endpoint should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

boolean

synchronous (advanced)

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

false

boolean

backoffErrorThreshold (scheduler)

The number of subsequent error polls (failed due some error) that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.

int

backoffIdleThreshold (scheduler)

The number of subsequent idle polls that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.

int

backoffMultiplier (scheduler)

To let the scheduled polling consumer backoff if there has been a number of subsequent idles/errors in a row. The multiplier is then the number of polls that will be skipped before the next actual attempt is happening again. When this option is in use then backoffIdleThreshold and/or backoffErrorThreshold must also be configured.

int

delay (scheduler)

Milliseconds before the next poll.

500

long

greedy (scheduler)

If greedy is enabled, then the ScheduledPollConsumer will run immediately again, if the previous run polled 1 or more messages.

false

boolean

initialDelay (scheduler)

Milliseconds before the first poll starts.

1000

long

repeatCount (scheduler)

Specifies a maximum limit of number of fires. So if you set it to 1, the scheduler will only fire once. If you set it to 5, it will only fire five times. A value of zero or negative means fire forever.

long

runLoggingLevel (scheduler)

The consumer logs a start/complete log line when it polls. This option allows you to configure the logging level for that. The value can be one of: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, OFF

TRACE

LoggingLevel

scheduledExecutorService (scheduler)

Allows for configuring a custom/shared thread pool to use for the consumer. By default each consumer has its own single threaded thread pool.

ScheduledExecutorService

scheduler (scheduler)

To use a cron scheduler from either camel-spring or camel-quartz component. The value can be one of: none, spring, quartz

none

String

schedulerProperties (scheduler)

To configure additional properties when using a custom scheduler or any of the Quartz, Spring based scheduler.

Map

startScheduler (scheduler)

Whether the scheduler should be auto started.

true

boolean

timeUnit (scheduler)

Time unit for initialDelay and delay options. The value can be one of: NANOSECONDS, MICROSECONDS, MILLISECONDS, SECONDS, MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS

MILLISECONDS

TimeUnit

useFixedDelay (scheduler)

Controls if fixed delay or fixed rate is used. See ScheduledExecutorService in JDK for details.

true

boolean

Consumer

The consumer will poll by default with the query "is:unread" and maxResults equals to 10.

For example

from("google-mail-stream://test?markAsRead=true&delay=5000&maxResults=5&labels=GitHub,Apache").to("mock:result");

This route will consume unread messages with labels Github and Apache and it will mark the messages as read.

Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using google-mail with Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-google-mail-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

The component supports 25 options, which are listed below.

Name	Description	Default	Type
camel.component.google-mail-stream.access-token	OAuth 2 access token. This typically expires after an hour so refreshToken is recommended for long term usage.		String
camel.component.google-mail-stream.application-name	Google mail application name. Example would be camel-google-mail/1.0		String
camel.component.google-mail-stream.autowired-enabled	Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc.	true	Boolean
camel.component.google-mail-stream.bridge-error-handler	Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.	false	Boolean
camel.component.google-mail-stream.client-factory	The client Factory. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.google.mail.GoogleMailClientFactory type.		GoogleMailClientFactory
camel.component.google-mail-stream.client-id	Client ID of the mail application		String
camel.component.google-mail-stream.client-secret	Client secret of the mail application		String
camel.component.google-mail-stream.configuration	The configuration. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.google.mail.stream.GoogleMailStreamConfiguration type.		GoogleMailStreamConfiguration
camel.component.google-mail-stream.enabled	Whether to enable auto configuration of the google-mail-stream component. This is enabled by default.		Boolean
camel.component.google-mail-stream.labels	Comma separated list of labels to take into account		String
camel.component.google-mail-stream.mark-as-read	Mark the message as read once it has been consumed	false	Boolean
camel.component.google-mail-stream.max-results	Max results to be returned	10	Long
camel.component.google-mail-stream.query	The query to execute on gmail box	is:unread	String
camel.component.google-mail-stream.refresh-token	OAuth 2 refresh token. Using this, the Google Calendar component can obtain a new accessToken whenever the current one expires - a necessity if the application is long-lived.		String
camel.component.google-mail.access-token	OAuth 2 access token. This typically expires after an hour so refreshToken is recommended for long term usage.		String
camel.component.google-mail.application-name	Google mail application name. Example would be camel-google-mail/1.0		String
camel.component.google-mail.autowired-enabled	Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc.	true	Boolean
camel.component.google-mail.bridge-error-handler	Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.	false	Boolean
camel.component.google-mail.client-factory	To use the GoogleCalendarClientFactory as factory for creating the client. Will by default use BatchGoogleMailClientFactory. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.google.mail.GoogleMailClientFactory type.		GoogleMailClientFactory
camel.component.google-mail.client-id	Client ID of the mail application		String
camel.component.google-mail.client-secret	Client secret of the mail application		String
camel.component.google-mail.configuration	To use the shared configuration. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.google.mail.GoogleMailConfiguration type.		GoogleMailConfiguration
camel.component.google-mail.enabled	Whether to enable auto configuration of the google-mail component. This is enabled by default.		Boolean
camel.component.google-mail.lazy-start-producer	Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.	false	Boolean
camel.component.google-mail.refresh-token	OAuth 2 refresh token. Using this, the Google Calendar component can obtain a new accessToken whenever the current one expires - a necessity if the application is long-lived.		String

Name

Description

Default

Type

camel.component.google-mail-stream.access-token

OAuth 2 access token. This typically expires after an hour so refreshToken is recommended for long term usage.

String

camel.component.google-mail-stream.application-name

Google mail application name. Example would be camel-google-mail/1.0

String

camel.component.google-mail-stream.autowired-enabled

Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc.

true

Boolean

camel.component.google-mail-stream.bridge-error-handler

false

Boolean

camel.component.google-mail-stream.client-factory

The client Factory. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.google.mail.GoogleMailClientFactory type.

GoogleMailClientFactory

camel.component.google-mail-stream.client-id

Client ID of the mail application

String

camel.component.google-mail-stream.client-secret

Client secret of the mail application

String

camel.component.google-mail-stream.configuration

The configuration. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.google.mail.stream.GoogleMailStreamConfiguration type.

GoogleMailStreamConfiguration

camel.component.google-mail-stream.enabled

Whether to enable auto configuration of the google-mail-stream component. This is enabled by default.

Boolean

camel.component.google-mail-stream.labels

Comma separated list of labels to take into account

String

camel.component.google-mail-stream.mark-as-read

Mark the message as read once it has been consumed

false

Boolean

camel.component.google-mail-stream.max-results

Max results to be returned

Long

camel.component.google-mail-stream.query

The query to execute on gmail box

is:unread

String

camel.component.google-mail-stream.refresh-token

OAuth 2 refresh token. Using this, the Google Calendar component can obtain a new accessToken whenever the current one expires - a necessity if the application is long-lived.

String

camel.component.google-mail.access-token

OAuth 2 access token. This typically expires after an hour so refreshToken is recommended for long term usage.

String

camel.component.google-mail.application-name

Google mail application name. Example would be camel-google-mail/1.0

String

camel.component.google-mail.autowired-enabled

true

Boolean

camel.component.google-mail.bridge-error-handler

false

Boolean

camel.component.google-mail.client-factory

To use the GoogleCalendarClientFactory as factory for creating the client. Will by default use BatchGoogleMailClientFactory. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.google.mail.GoogleMailClientFactory type.

GoogleMailClientFactory

camel.component.google-mail.client-id

Client ID of the mail application

String

camel.component.google-mail.client-secret

Client secret of the mail application

String

camel.component.google-mail.configuration

To use the shared configuration. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.google.mail.GoogleMailConfiguration type.

GoogleMailConfiguration

camel.component.google-mail.enabled

Whether to enable auto configuration of the google-mail component. This is enabled by default.

Boolean

camel.component.google-mail.lazy-start-producer

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

Boolean

camel.component.google-mail.refresh-token

OAuth 2 refresh token. Using this, the Google Calendar component can obtain a new accessToken whenever the current one expires - a necessity if the application is long-lived.

String