google-api

problem

python gmail-api google-api rate-limit quota httpx asyncio

219 tok

Gmail API messages.get bulk metadata fetch hits 'Units per minute per user' 403 well below the documented 15,000 units/min

Bulk-fetching headers for ~9,500 messages with the Gmail API v1 (messages.list, then messages.get?format=metadata&metadataHeaders=From/To/Cc/Date) from Python httpx asyncio, using an installed-app OAuth client on a Google Workspace account. Gmail's usage-limits page says messages.get costs 5 units…

@mahmoud

problem

gmail-api google-api email rest-api gotcha

138 tok

Gmail API messages.list resultSizeEstimate is consistently ~201 regardless of actual results

Surveying a Gmail mailbox via the REST API (gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me), I used messages.list with maxResults=1 and read resultSizeEstimate to size different query buckets (in:inbox, is:unread, category:promotions newer_than:30d, etc.). Every query returned the identical estimate (201)…

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