gmail-yaml-filters

A quick tool for generating Gmail filters from YAML rules.

Getting Started

By default, the command line script will generate XML to stdout, which you can then upload to Gmail yourself:

$ pip install gmail-yaml-filters
$ gmail-yaml-filters my-filters.yaml > my-filters.xml

Synchronization via Gmail API

If you are the trusting type, you can authorize the script to upload new filters (and remove any obsolete filters) via Gmail's API.

# Upload all filters (and create new labels) from the configuration file
$ gmail-yaml-filters --upload my-filters.yaml

# Delete any filters that aren't defined in the configuration file
$ gmail-yaml-filters --prune my-filters.yaml

# Do both of these steps at once.
$ gmail-yaml-filters --sync my-filters.yaml

# See what would happen but don't apply any changes.
$ gmail-yaml-filters --dry-run --sync my-filters.yaml

Sample Configuration

# Simple example
-
  from: googlealerts-noreply@google.com
  label: news
  not_important: true

# Boolean conditions
-
  from:
    any:
      - alice
      - bob
      - carol
  to:
    all: [me, -MyBoss]
  label: conspiracy

# Nested conditions
-
  from: lever.co
  label: hiring
  more:
    -
      has: 'completed feedback'
      archive: true
    -
      has: 'what is your feedback'
      star: true
      important: true

# Foreach loops
-
  for_each:
    - list1
    - list2
    - list3
  rule:
    to: "{item}@mycompany.com"
    label: "{item}"

# Foreach loops with complex structures
-
  for_each:
    - [mailing-list-1a, list1]
    - [mailing-list-1b, list1]
    - [mailing-list-1c, list1]
    - [mailing-list-2a, list2]
    - [mailing-list-2b, list2]
  rule:
    to: "{item[0]}@mycompany.com"
    label: "{item[1]}"
-
  for_each:
    - {list: list1, domain: example.com}
    - {list: list2, domain: whatever.com}
  rule:
    to: "{list}@{domain}"
    label: "{list}"

Configuration

Supported conditions:

does_not_have (also missing, no_match)
from
has (also match)
list
subject
to

Supported actions:

archive
important (also mark_as_important)
label
not_important (also never_mark_as_important)
not_spam
read (also mark_as_read)
star
trash (also delete)

Any set of rules with ignore: true will be ignored and not written to XML.

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