Google: Adds a delegate with its verification status set directly to `accepted`, without sending any verification email The delegate user must be a member of the same Google Workspace organization as the delegator user For more information, see Manage delegates (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides delegate settings) Gmail imposes limitations on the number of delegates and delegators each user in a Google Workspace organization can have These limits depend on your organization, but in general each user can have up to 25 delegates and up to 10 delegators A delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias When a new delegate is created, there may be up to a one minute delay before the new delegate is available for use This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority

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Operation google.gmail_users_settings_delegates_create

Provider route: POST /gmail/v1/users/{userId}/settings/delegates. 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["gmailUsersSettingsDelegates"]["gmailUsersSettingsDelegatesCreate"]>[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.gmailUsersSettingsDelegates.gmailUsersSettingsDelegatesCreate(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_settings_delegates.gmail_users_settings_delegates_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	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 Adds a delegate with its verification status set directly to `accepted`, without sending any verification email The delegate user must be a member of the same Google Workspace organization as the delegator user For more information, see Manage delegates (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides delegate settings) Gmail imposes limitations on the number of delegates and delegators each user in a Google Workspace organization can have These limits depend on your organization, but in general each user can have up to 25 delegates and up to 10 delegators A delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias When a new delegate is created, there may be up to a one minute delay before the new delegate is available for use This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority — request body — body

Referenced models: Adds a delegate with its verification status set directly to `accepted`, without sending any verification email The delegate user must be a member of the same Google Workspace organization as the delegator user For more information, see Manage delegates (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides delegate settings) Gmail imposes limitations on the number of delegates and delegators each user in a Google Workspace organization can have These limits depend on your organization, but in general each user can have up to 25 delegates and up to 10 delegators A delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias When a new delegate is created, there may be up to a one minute delay before the new delegate is available for use This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority — 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 Gets the specified delegate For more information, see Manage delegates (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides delegate settings) A delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority — response body

Referenced models: Gets the specified delegate For more information, see Manage delegates (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides delegate settings) A delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority — response body

Schemas

Gets the specified delegate For more information, see Manage delegates (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides delegate settings) A delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority — response body

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Settings for a delegate. Delegates can read, send, and delete messages, as well as view and add contacts, for the delegator's account. See "Set up mail delegation" for more information about delegates.
delegateEmail	string	Optional	The email address of the delegate.
verificationStatus	string	Optional	Indicates whether this address has been verified and can act as a delegate for the account. Read-only. Known values: verificationStatusUnspecified, accepted, pending, rejected, expired

Adds a delegate with its verification status set directly to `accepted`, without sending any verification email The delegate user must be a member of the same Google Workspace organization as the delegator user For more information, see Manage delegates (https: developers google com workspace gmail api guides delegate settings) Gmail imposes limitations on the number of delegates and delegators each user in a Google Workspace organization can have These limits depend on your organization, but in general each user can have up to 25 delegates and up to 10 delegators A delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias When a new delegate is created, there may be up to a one minute delay before the new delegate is available for use This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority — request body — body

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Settings for a delegate. Delegates can read, send, and delete messages, as well as view and add contacts, for the delegator's account. See "Set up mail delegation" for more information about delegates.
delegateEmail	string	Optional	The email address of the delegate.
verificationStatus	string	Optional	Indicates whether this address has been verified and can act as a delegate for the account. Read-only. One of: verificationStatusUnspecified, accepted, pending, rejected, expired

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: google.gmail_users_settings_delegates_create. Catalog operation: gmail.users.settings.delegates.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://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.settings.sharing"]

Official provider source