GmailSearchUrl

Convert a message-id into a full Gmail Search URL

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JoÃ£o Coutinho - Show more from this author
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Sample input:

rfc822msgid:CAOvq+Sj@claris.com

Sample output:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/rfc822msgid:CAOvq%2BSj@claris.com

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

/*-----
 
Creation Date: 2020 03 11

Function: Convert a message-id into a full Gmail Search URL
[This will only work in Gmail and with Message ID]

Dependency: MBS Plugin [maybe you can get the same result with some native FileMaker function]

Reference
◉ How to get Message-ID from an email
https://www.labnol.org/internet/find-gmail-message-by-rfc8222/32020/

◉ Gmail message ID finder [Chrome Extension]
https://gmail-message-id-finder.co/


Autor: João Coutinho
URL: www.joaocoutinho.net

-----*/

Let ( 

	[

		URLBase = "https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/";
		MessageIDGmail = MessageID ;
		MessageIDClean = Substitute ( MessageIDGmail ; "rfc822msgid:" ; "" );
		MessageIDEncoded = MBS( "Text.EncodeToURL"; MessageIDClean );
		GmailSearchOpetator = "rfc822msgid:";
		URL = URLBase &""& GmailSearchOpetator &""& MessageIDEncoded

	];

   			URL

 )

If you capture a Gmail Message-ID in your solution, to be able to jump directly to the email via browser, this function will convert the message ID to a full URL that you can use to open the email.

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GmailSearchUrl

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