gog
Use gog for Gmail/Calendar/Drive/Contacts/Sheets/Docs. Requires OAuth setup.
Setup (once)
- •
gog auth credentials /path/to/client_secret.json - •
gog auth add you@gmail.com --services gmail,calendar,drive,contacts,sheets,docs - •
gog auth list
Common commands
- •Gmail search:
gog gmail search 'newer_than:7d' --max 10 - •Gmail send (plain):
gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body "Hello" - •Gmail send (multi-line):
gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file ./message.txt - •Gmail send (stdin):
gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file - - •Gmail send (HTML):
gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-html "<p>Hello</p>" - •Gmail draft:
gog gmail drafts create --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file ./message.txt - •Gmail send draft:
gog gmail drafts send <draftId> - •Gmail reply:
gog gmail send --to a@b.com --subject "Re: Hi" --body "Reply" --reply-to-message-id <msgId> - •Calendar list events:
gog calendar events <calendarId> --from <iso> --to <iso> - •Calendar create event:
gog calendar create <calendarId> --summary "Title" --from <iso> --to <iso> - •Calendar create with color:
gog calendar create <calendarId> --summary "Title" --from <iso> --to <iso> --event-color 7 - •Calendar update event:
gog calendar update <calendarId> <eventId> --summary "New Title" --event-color 4 - •Calendar show colors:
gog calendar colors - •Drive search:
gog drive search "query" --max 10 - •Contacts:
gog contacts list --max 20 - •Sheets get:
gog sheets get <sheetId> "Tab!A1:D10" --json - •Sheets update:
gog sheets update <sheetId> "Tab!A1:B2" --values-json '[["A","B"],["1","2"]]' --input USER_ENTERED - •Sheets append:
gog sheets append <sheetId> "Tab!A:C" --values-json '[["x","y","z"]]' --insert INSERT_ROWS - •Sheets clear:
gog sheets clear <sheetId> "Tab!A2:Z" - •Sheets metadata:
gog sheets metadata <sheetId> --json - •Docs export:
gog docs export <docId> --format txt --out /tmp/doc.txt - •Docs cat:
gog docs cat <docId>
Calendar Colors
- •Use
gog calendar colorsto see all available event colors (IDs 1-11) - •Add colors to events with
--event-color <id>flag
Email Formatting
- •Prefer plain text. Use
--body-filefor multi-paragraph messages (or--body-file -for stdin). - •Same
--body-filepattern works for drafts and replies. - •
--bodydoes not unescape\n. If you need inline newlines, use a heredoc or$'Line 1\n\nLine 2'. - •Use
--body-htmlonly when you need rich formatting.
Notes
- •Set
GOG_ACCOUNT=you@gmail.comto avoid repeating--account. - •For scripting, prefer
--jsonplus--no-input.