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Extract Email Text from Google Sheet using App Script
//Sample email that is received and whose details are extracted:
/*
*Someone* just submitted your form named Online Course Booking from your
website
https://www.abcd.com/
Message Details
Full Name: Mohamed Ali
Email Address: abcd123@gmail.com
Phone Number: 009725991122334
Nationality: Palestine
Wish List Items: JavaScript for Beginners, Android App Development
To edit your email settings, go to your Inbox on desktop.
*/
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
function onOpen(e){
ui.createMenu("Gmail Manager").addItem("Get Emails by Label", "getGmailEmails").addToUi();
}
function getGmailEmails(){
var input = ui.prompt('Label Name', 'Enter the label name that is assigned to your emails:', Browser.Buttons.OK_CANCEL);
if (input.getSelectedButton() == ui.Button.CANCEL){
return;
}
var label = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName(input.getResponseText().trim());
var threads = label.getThreads();
for(var i = threads.length - 1; i >=0; i--){
var messages = threads[i].getMessages();
for (var j = 0; j <messages.length; j++){
var message = messages[j];
if (message.isUnread()){
extractDetails(message);
GmailApp.markMessageRead(message);
}
}
threads[i].removeLabel(label); //delete the label after getting the message
}
}
function extractDetails(message){
var emailData = {
date: "Null",
sender: "Null",
subject: "Null",
body: "Null",
fullName: "Null",
emailAddr: "Null",
phoneNum: "Null",
nationality: "Null",
wishlistItems: "Null"
}
var emailKeywords = {
fullName: "Full Name:",
emailAddr: "Email Address:",
phoneNum: "Phone Number:",
nationality: "Nationality:",
wishlistItems: "Wish List Items:"
}
emailData.date = message.getDate();
emailData.subject = message.getSubject();
emailData.sender = message.getFrom();
emailData.body = message.getPlainBody();
var regExp;
regExp = new RegExp("(?<=" + emailKeywords.fullName + ").*");
emailData.fullName = emailData.body.match(regExp).toString().trim();
regExp = new RegExp("(?<=" + emailKeywords.phoneNum + ").*");
emailData.phoneNum = emailData.body.match(regExp).toString().trim();
regExp = new RegExp("(?<=" + emailKeywords.emailAddr + ").*");
emailData.emailAddr = emailData.body.match(regExp).toString().trim();
regExp = new RegExp("(?<=" + emailKeywords.nationality + ").*");
emailData.nationality = emailData.body.match(regExp).toString().trim();
regExp = new RegExp("(?<=" + emailKeywords.wishlistItems + ").*");
emailData.wishlistItems = emailData.body.match(regExp).toString().trim();
var activeSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
var emailDataArr = [];
for(var propName in emailData){
emailDataArr.push(emailData[propName]);
}
activeSheet.appendRow(emailDataArr);
}
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