# Gmail Node

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#### 📧 This action will allow you to send emails using your Gmail account

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**📘 What you’ll learn in this document:**

* **Step 1:** Set Up Credentials
* **Step 2:** Connect Gmail
* **Step 3:** Send a Test Email

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#### 🔐 Step 1: Set Up Credentials

> Inside a flow, go to **"Actions"** and search for **Gmail**.

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#### ✉️ Step 2: Connect Gmail

* Choose the **"✉️ Send Email"** integration node from Gmail and **drag it into the flow**.
* Connect the arrow from the **Trigger** to the **Gmail node**.
* Then click on the **Gmail node**, go to the **"Configuration"** section, and click **"+ Add Credential"** to add your credentials.

> ⚠️ **Note:** Don’t forget to save your flow by clicking **"Save"**.

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#### ✅ Step 3: Authorize Gmail

* When you click **"+ Add Credential"**, you’ll be taken to an interface where you need to enter the **email you want to integrate with Dapta**.
* Enter your **email address** and click **"Confirm"**.

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#### 🔓 Step 4: Grant Access

* You’ll be asked to **confirm the email** and **allow access**.
* Click **"Allow"** to proceed.

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#### 📬 Step 5: Gmail Connected

* You will now see that you have a **Gmail account connected**.

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#### 🔄 Step 6: Select Gmail Credential

* Back in **Flow Studio**, go to the flow you created.
* Click on the **Gmail node**, and now you’ll be able to **select the email credential** you configured earlier.

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Si ves esto, quiere decir que Dapta ya se puede conectar a tu email!

#### ✅ Confirmation

* If you see this, it means **Dapta is now connected to your email**!

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#### ✉️ Step 7: Send a Test Email

* Now let’s send a **test email**.
* Inside the **Configuration** section, go to the **"To:"** field and enter the **email address** where you want to send the test message.

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2. Tienes también las siguientes opciones para enviar mensajes desde Gmail:

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#### 📝 Step 8: Fill in Email Details

* **CC:** Carbon copy of the email. Enter multiple recipients separated by commas.
* **BCC:** Blind carbon copy. Enter multiple recipients separated by commas.
* Enter the **subject** of the test email.
* Then, enter the **body text** of the email.

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#### 🧩 Step 9: Choose Format and Send

* You can write your email in **plain text** or **HTML**.
* If you want to **save this email as a template** for future use, click **"Save as Template"**.
* Then click **"Run Flow"**.
* Your email will be sent to the recipient(s) you configured.

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#### 🔍 Step 10: Verify the Flow

* You can verify that the flow worked by checking the **"Output"** section.

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#### 🧾 Step 11: Check the Email ID

* Go to the **"send\_email" object**, then open the **"output"** object inside it.
* You should see an **ID** that looks like this: `"1981ab80023222f3"`.

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#### 🎉 All Done!

You can now **send emails directly from Flow Studio**!