// The name of the Gmail Label that is to be checked for purging?
var LABELS_TO_DELETE = [
"notifications-github",
"notifications-trello",
"notifications-hipchat"
];
var TRIGGER_NAME = "dailyDeleteGmail";
// Purge messages in the above label automatically after how many days?
var DELETE_AFTER_DAYS = "4";
var TIMEZONE = "AEST";
// Maximum number of threads to process per run
var PAGE_SIZE = 150;
// If number of threads exceeds page size, resume job after X mins (max execution time is 6 mins)
var RESUME_FREQUENCY = 10;
/*
IMPLEMENTATION
*/
function Intialize() {
return;
}
function Install() {
// First run 2 mins after install
ScriptApp.newTrigger(TRIGGER_NAME)
.timeBased()
.at(new Date((new Date()).getTime() + 1000*60*2))
.create();
// Run daily there after
ScriptApp.newTrigger(TRIGGER_NAME)
.timeBased().everyDays(1).create();
}
function Uninstall() {
var triggers = ScriptApp.getProjectTriggers();
for (var i=0; i<triggers.length; i++) {
ScriptApp.deleteTrigger(triggers[i]);
}
}
function dailyDeleteGmail() {
var age = new Date();
age.setDate(age.getDate() - DELETE_AFTER_DAYS);
var purge = Utilities.formatDate(age, TIMEZONE, "yyyy-MM-dd");
var search = "(label:" + LABELS_TO_DELETE.join(" OR label:") + ") before:" + purge;
Logger.log("PURGE: " + purge);
Logger.log("SEARCH: " + search);
try {
var threads = GmailApp.search(search, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
// Resume again in 10 minutes
if (threads.length == PAGE_SIZE) {
Logger.log("Scheduling follow up job...");
ScriptApp.newTrigger(TRIGGER_NAME)
.timeBased()
.at(new Date((new Date()).getTime() + 1000*60*RESUME_FREQUENCY))
.create();
}
// Move threads/messages which meet age criteria to trash
Logger.log("Processing " + threads.length + " threads...");
for (var i=0; i<threads.length; i++) {
var thread = threads[i];
if (thread.getLastMessageDate() < age) {
thread.moveToTrash();
} else {
var messages = GmailApp.getMessagesForThread(threads[i]);
for (var j=0; j<messages.length; j++) {
var email = messages[j];
if (email.getDate() < age) {
email.moveToTrash();
}
}
}
}
} catch (e) {}
}
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