google_script.txt

// POST email contents to our Rails database

function sendHttpPost() {

  var storedLabel = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName("stored");
  var notStoredLabel = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName("not stored");
  var threads = notStoredLabel.getThreads();
  // var headers = ;
  
  for(var i in threads){
    var msg = threads[i].getFirstMessageSubject();
    var msgs = threads[i].getMessages();
    for(var m = 0; m < msgs.length; m +=1){
      var body = msgs[m].getPlainBody();
      var to = msgs[m].getTo();
      var from = msgs[m].getFrom();
      var payload =
          // This JSON gets sent to the DB in the POST request
          {

              "title" : msg,
              "body": body,
              "sender": from, 
              "recipient": to
            
          };
      
      // Because payload is a JavaScript object, it will be interpreted as
      // an HTML form. (We do not need to specify contentType; it will
      // automatically default to either 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
      // or 'multipart/form-data')
      
      var options =
          {
            "method" : "post",
            "Content-Type" : "application/json",
            "Accept" : "application/json",
            "payload" : payload
          };
      
      UrlFetchApp.fetch("http://3ef4397b.ngrok.com/messages", options);
    }
    threads[i].removeLabel(notStoredLabel);
    threads[i].addLabel(storedLabel);
  }
 }