Hi Everyone,
I’m just interested to start a discussion on the new Gmail module that was recently released - specifically the new Watch module which now operates instantly via webhook.
I was REALLY excited when I saw this, for not only the instant deliverability but also the extra data it is now relaying, such as Thread ID.
I’ve been playing around with it, and I have some initial thoughts.
It does appear we now have a LOT more (all?) access to the email content / metadata, such as all headers etc. However, as a result, it does seem like this module has become a lot more complicated and less user friendly. For example, as far as I am finding, there is no simple ‘from email address’ or ‘to email address’ as there was before. Now, I have to use formulas to extract the email contained within ‘<’ and ‘>’ - same goes for the name of the sender. Also, I’m now having difficulty mapping the date of the email into my Airtable module (perhaps it isn’t seeing it as a date in the header format?).
Also, another observation, I’m wondering whether the watch module will chew through operations a lot faster than the legacy module, given it triggers with every single event, from emails being read to labels being added (I appreciate you can set a filter immediately after for the event type, though it would be nice to have this filter contained within the watch module itself). On the flipside, I do like this in principle - for example, it’s a cool prospect to think I can trigger an automation instantly by adding a label to an email.
So, yeah, I’m just interested to see if anyone else has had any thoughts or have found any interesting new use cases etc?
Cheers!
