This is the first in a series of articles on using the Gmail API from FileMaker. We’ll provide free example files for each post and these examples will all use the native Insert From URL script step so there won\u2019t be any plug-ins required.<\/p>\n
In this article, we\u2019re going to look at sending HTML emails. In future articles, I\u2019ll examine sending large emails (35MB) with multiple attachments, resumable uploading, and managing threads. This approach provides a first-rate email experience that is not<\/em> available using the native Send Mail script step. And, since the Insert From URL script step is supported natively across the whole FileMaker platform, the techniques shown here work on the Server, Go, FileMaker Cloud and WebDirect<\/strong>.\u00a0This technique requires FileMaker 16 or higher since we’ll be using the advanced cURL options<\/a> introduced in FileMaker 16.<\/p>\n Here’s an introduction. Step-by-step instructions and an unlocked example file follow:<\/p>\n