Gmail Vacation Responder

[Anna Ulmer]

I'm hoping someone can share some info on how to add a script to auto set my gmail vacation responder to turn on and off each day at set times. I've looked on Stack Overflow and found a script with the full responder message, which I don't need. I just need to have it turn on and off. Any help is so much appreciated!!

[Clark Lind]

Yes, it looks possible using the advanced Gmail API. 

https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/reference/rest/v1/users.settings/updateVacation

Variables:
https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/reference/rest/v1/VacationSettings 

[Clark Lind]

After adding the advanced Gmail API (under the services menu), something like the following (untested) should work. You may have to play around with it to suit your needs:

function setVacation() {

//example set vacation for May 23 5pm to May 24 6am
  var startTime = Math.floor(new Date('5/23/2022 17:00:00').getTime() / 1000)
  var endTime =   Math.floor(new Date('5/24/2022 06:00:00').getTime() / 1000)
     
  do {
    var vacayUpdate = Gmail.users.settings.updateVacation('me', {
    "enableAutoReply": true,
    "responseSubject": "I'm Out!",
    "responseBodyPlainText": "I'm out of the office, please contact XYZ",
    // "responseBodyHtml": string, //not used unless you want to build a fancy html email
    "restrictToContacts": false,  //set as needed
    "restrictToDomain": true,    //set as needed
    "startTime": startTime,    
      "endTime": endTime
    });
    console.log(vacayUpdate);   //I don't know what this will spit out :)
  });