Google: Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels)

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Operation google.gmail_users_labels_create

Provider route: POST /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/labels. Alter supplies the connection’s credentials and routing.

Call through Alter

Install @alter-ai/sdk @alter-ai/google with npm, or alter-sdk-google with pip. Supply your connected customer’s grant ID and the arguments described below.

import { App } from "@alter-ai/sdk";
import { GoogleIntegration } from "@alter-ai/google";

async function execute(input: Parameters<GoogleIntegration["gmailUsersLabels"]["gmailUsersLabelsCreate"]>[0]) {
  const app = new App({ apiKey: process.env.ALTER_API_KEY! });
  try {
    const provider = new GoogleIntegration(app, { grantId: process.env.PROVIDER_GRANT_ID! });
    const call = await provider.gmailUsersLabels.gmailUsersLabelsCreate(input);
    const result = await call.wait();
    return result.bodyJson();
  } finally {
    await app.close();
  }
}

import os
from alter_sdk import App
from alter_sdk_google import GoogleIntegration

async def execute(arguments):
    async with App(api_key=os.environ["ALTER_API_KEY"]) as app:
        provider = GoogleIntegration(app, {"grant_id": os.environ["PROVIDER_GRANT_ID"]})
        call = await provider.gmail_users_labels.gmail_users_labels_create(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
path	object	Required within parent	Additional keys: not allowed
path.userId	string	Required within parent	The user’s email address. The special value `me` can be used to indicate the authenticated user. Default: me
query	object	Optional	Additional keys: not allowed
query.fields	string	Optional	Selector specifying which fields to include in a partial response.
query.prettyPrint	boolean	Optional	Returns response with indentations and line breaks. Default: true
query.quotaUser	string	Optional	Available to use for quota purposes for server-side applications. Can be any arbitrary string assigned to a user, but should not exceed 40 characters.
body	Model	Required within parent	Expand Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels) — request body — body

Referenced models: Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels) — request body — body

Response

Response media type: application/json. The table describes the pinned successful response. Referenced models link to their complete fields.

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	Model	Root	Expand Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels) — response body

Referenced models: Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels) — response body

Schemas

Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels) — response body

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Labels are used to categorize messages and threads within the user's mailbox. The maximum number of labels supported for a user's mailbox is 10,000.
color	Model	Optional	Expand Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels) — response body — color The color to assign to the label. Color is only available for labels that have their `type` set to `user`.
id	string	Optional	The immutable ID of the label.
labelListVisibility	string	Optional	The visibility of the label in the label list in the Gmail web interface. Known values: labelShow, labelShowIfUnread, labelHide
messageListVisibility	string	Optional	The visibility of messages with this label in the message list in the Gmail web interface. Known values: show, hide
messagesTotal	JSON	Optional
messagesTotal (anyOf 1)	integer	Alternative	The total number of messages with the label. Format: int32
messagesTotal (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
messagesUnread	JSON	Optional
messagesUnread (anyOf 1)	integer	Alternative	The number of unread messages with the label. Format: int32
messagesUnread (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
name	string	Optional	The display name of the label.
threadsTotal	JSON	Optional
threadsTotal (anyOf 1)	integer	Alternative	The total number of threads with the label. Format: int32
threadsTotal (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
threadsUnread	JSON	Optional
threadsUnread (anyOf 1)	integer	Alternative	The number of unread threads with the label. Format: int32
threadsUnread (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
type	string	Optional	The owner type for the label. User labels are created by the user and can be modified and deleted by the user and can be applied to any message or thread. System labels are internally created and cannot be added, modified, or deleted. System labels may be able to be applied to or removed from messages and threads under some circumstances but this is not guaranteed. For example, users can apply and remove the `INBOX` and `UNREAD` labels from messages and threads, but cannot apply or remove the `DRAFTS` or `SENT` labels from messages or threads. Known values: system, user

Referenced models: Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels) — response body — color

Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels) — request body — body

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Labels are used to categorize messages and threads within the user's mailbox. The maximum number of labels supported for a user's mailbox is 10,000.
color	Model	Optional	Expand Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels) — response body — color The color to assign to the label. Color is only available for labels that have their `type` set to `user`.
id	string	Optional	The immutable ID of the label.
labelListVisibility	string	Required within parent	The visibility of the label in the label list in the Gmail web interface. One of: labelShow, labelShowIfUnread, labelHide
messageListVisibility	string	Required within parent	The visibility of messages with this label in the message list in the Gmail web interface. One of: show, hide
messagesTotal	integer	Optional	The total number of messages with the label. Format: int32
messagesUnread	integer	Optional	The number of unread messages with the label. Format: int32
name	string	Required within parent	The display name of the label.
threadsTotal	integer	Optional	The total number of threads with the label. Format: int32
threadsUnread	integer	Optional	The number of unread threads with the label. Format: int32
type	string	Optional	The owner type for the label. User labels are created by the user and can be modified and deleted by the user and can be applied to any message or thread. System labels are internally created and cannot be added, modified, or deleted. System labels may be able to be applied to or removed from messages and threads under some circumstances but this is not guaranteed. For example, users can apply and remove the `INBOX` and `UNREAD` labels from messages and threads, but cannot apply or remove the `DRAFTS` or `SENT` labels from messages or threads. One of: system, user

Referenced models: Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels) — response body — color

Creates a label For more information, see Manage labels (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides labels) — response body — color

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root
backgroundColor	string	Optional	The background color represented as hex string #RRGGBB (ex #000000). This field is required in order to set the color of a label. Only the following predefined set of color values are allowed: \#000000, #434343, #666666, #999999, #cccccc, #efefef, #f3f3f3, #ffffff, \#fb4c2f, #ffad47, #fad165, #16a766, #43d692, #4a86e8, #a479e2, #f691b3, \#f6c5be, #ffe6c7, #fef1d1, #b9e4d0, #c6f3de, #c9daf8, #e4d7f5, #fcdee8, \#efa093, #ffd6a2, #fce8b3, #89d3b2, #a0eac9, #a4c2f4, #d0bcf1, #fbc8d9, \#e66550, #ffbc6b, #fcda83, #44b984, #68dfa9, #6d9eeb, #b694e8, #f7a7c0, \#cc3a21, #eaa041, #f2c960, #149e60, #3dc789, #3c78d8, #8e63ce, #e07798, \#ac2b16, #cf8933, #d5ae49, #0b804b, #2a9c68, #285bac, #653e9b, #b65775, \#822111, #a46a21, #aa8831, #076239, #1a764d, #1c4587, #41236d, #83334c, \#464646, #e7e7e7, #0d3472, #b6cff5, #0d3b44, #98d7e4, #3d188e, #e3d7ff, \#711a36, #fbd3e0, #8a1c0a, #f2b2a8, #7a2e0b, #ffc8af, #7a4706, #ffdeb5, \#594c05, #fbe983, #684e07, #fdedc1, #0b4f30, #b3efd3, #04502e, #a2dcc1, \#c2c2c2, #4986e7, #2da2bb, #b99aff, #994a64, #f691b2, #ff7537, #ffad46, \#662e37, #ebdbde, #cca6ac, #094228, #42d692, #16a765, #757575, #1e53b8, \#007286, #7858c3, #c2185b, #d93025, #54240e, #633e04, #521d28, #202124, \#083018
textColor	string	Optional	The text color of the label, represented as hex string. This field is required in order to set the color of a label. Only the following predefined set of color values are allowed: \#000000, #434343, #666666, #999999, #cccccc, #efefef, #f3f3f3, #ffffff, \#fb4c2f, #ffad47, #fad165, #16a766, #43d692, #4a86e8, #a479e2, #f691b3, \#f6c5be, #ffe6c7, #fef1d1, #b9e4d0, #c6f3de, #c9daf8, #e4d7f5, #fcdee8, \#efa093, #ffd6a2, #fce8b3, #89d3b2, #a0eac9, #a4c2f4, #d0bcf1, #fbc8d9, \#e66550, #ffbc6b, #fcda83, #44b984, #68dfa9, #6d9eeb, #b694e8, #f7a7c0, \#cc3a21, #eaa041, #f2c960, #149e60, #3dc789, #3c78d8, #8e63ce, #e07798, \#ac2b16, #cf8933, #d5ae49, #0b804b, #2a9c68, #285bac, #653e9b, #b65775, \#822111, #a46a21, #aa8831, #076239, #1a764d, #1c4587, #41236d, #83334c, \#464646, #e7e7e7, #0d3472, #b6cff5, #0d3b44, #98d7e4, #3d188e, #e3d7ff, \#711a36, #fbd3e0, #8a1c0a, #f2b2a8, #7a2e0b, #ffc8af, #7a4706, #ffdeb5, \#594c05, #fbe983, #684e07, #fdedc1, #0b4f30, #b3efd3, #04502e, #a2dcc1, \#c2c2c2, #4986e7, #2da2bb, #b99aff, #994a64, #f691b2, #ff7537, #ffad46, \#662e37, #ebdbde, #cca6ac, #094228, #42d692, #16a765, #757575, #1e53b8, \#007286, #7858c3, #c2185b, #d93025, #54240e, #633e04, #521d28, #202124, \#083018

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: google.gmail_users_labels_create. Catalog operation: gmail.users.labels.create. Rules can name either ID; function rules distinguish managed calls and conservatively cover raw calls sharing the route. Existing grant permissions and policy rules apply. wait() returns an immediate result or waits for a required approval; it never approves the request itself. Persist the approval ID to resume after a restart.

Provider errors retain their response; JSON decoding raises ProviderAPIError for provider failures. ManagedOperationError identifies contract/input/retention errors. See error handling and provider-specific behavior. Sensitive input may be refused before approval storage. A decoding error never resubmits a write.

Required provider scopes: ["https://mail.google.com/", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.labels", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify"]

Official provider source