How to access email attachments using gmail Contextual Gadget

Question

Is there any way to get mail attachments using gmail Contextual Gadget. With extractors it is not possible to read mail attachments.

Answer 1

contextual gadgets limitations:

• An extractor can return a maximum of 1,000 characters in each of its output fields.

• Extractors can not read email attachments.

   source: https://developers.google.com/gmail/contextual_gadgets
  

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