Pipedream Gmail → n8n

10 Pipedream Gmail actions and 6 event sources, and the n8n nodes they become. Converted nodes keep your configured values; expressions like {{steps.x.$return_value}} are rewritten to n8n expressions. Pipedream app slugs: gmailgmail_custom_oauth.

Actions

Pipedream action	n8n	Fit	Notes
gmail-send-email	Gmail message → send	Check output	fromEmail (send-as alias) has no option on n8n message:send (only draft:create has fromAlias); the account's default From is used. options.appendAttribution must be false, otherwise n8n >=2.1 appends 'This email was sent automatically with n8n'. PD prepends…
gmail-create-draft	Gmail draft → create	Check output	fromName has no draft option in n8n (only fromAlias = send-as address). subject is required in n8n draft:create. Legacy (<=0.0.x) props inReplyTo/mimeType: inReplyTo handled like inReplyToMessageId.
gmail-find-email	Gmail message → getAll	Check output	fields only drives simple true/false: its per-field projection and bodyChars truncation have no n8n equivalent (n8n always returns the full simplified/parsed record). readStatus 'both' is set explicitly so no implicit is:unread filter is applied.
gmail-modify-labels	Http Request	Check output	HTTP Request fallback calling the same endpoint PD calls (users.messages.batchModify). Native alternative for a single message: Gmail node resource 'message' operation 'addLabels' / 'removeLabels' (messageId + labelIds), or 'markAsRead' / 'markAsUnread';…
gmail-add-label-to-email	Gmail message → addLabels	Direct	REMOVED from Pipedream HEAD on 2026-06-10 (commit 58c10f5b, 'gmail: AI-optimized action set for MCP'; replaced by gmail-modify-labels). Last state at 9921250f. addLabelIds already holds label IDs (PD options list values were label ids).
gmail-remove-label-from-email	Gmail message → removeLabels	Direct	REMOVED from Pipedream HEAD on 2026-06-10 (commit 58c10f5b); last state at 9921250f.
gmail_custom_oauth-send-email	Gmail message → send	Check output	Wrapper of gmail-send-email 0.1.4 at bbca9009.
gmail_custom_oauth-create-draft	Gmail draft → create	Check output	Wrapper of gmail-create-draft 0.0.2 at bbca9009.
gmail_custom_oauth-find-email	Gmail message → getAll	Check output	Wrapper of gmail-find-email 0.0.5 at bbca9009 (props q, labels, includeSpamTrash, maxResults default 100).
gmail_custom_oauth-add-label-to-email	Gmail message → addLabels	Direct	Wrapper of gmail-add-label-to-email 0.0.4 at bbca9009.

Triggers (event sources)

Pipedream trigger	n8n	Fit	Notes
gmail-new-email-received	Gmail Trigger messageReceived	Check output	Polling (Gmail history API in PD vs n8n 'after:<lastTimeChecked>' search query). n8n typeVersion >1.2 skips SENT-only (outgoing) messages and drafts, >1.3 skips scheduled mail; maxResults (1..50, version >=1.4) caps emails per poll, the rest roll over to the…
gmail-new-email-matching-search	Gmail Trigger messageReceived	Direct	Both use messages.list with q + labelIds (AND semantics) and an after: timestamp, so filtering semantics match. n8n (>=1.3) additionally skips outgoing SENT-only messages and drafts even if q matches them (use typeVersion 1.2 if q targets sent mail).
gmail-new-labeled-email	Gmail Trigger messageReceived	Partial	SEMANTIC GAP: PD watches history labelAdded events, i.e. fires when a label is applied to ANY (also old) message. n8n Gmail Trigger only finds messages RECEIVED since the last poll that currently carry the label; labels applied later to older mail are…
gmail-new-sent-email	Gmail Trigger messageReceived	Check output	typeVersion 1.2 is deliberate: Gmail Trigger >1.2 drops messages labelled SENT without INBOX, i.e. exactly the outgoing mail this source wants. 1.2 has no maxResults cap and does not exclude scheduled mail. labelIds ['SENT'] mirrors PD getLabels(). PD caps…
gmail_custom_oauth-new-email-received	Gmail Trigger messageReceived	Check output	Wrapper of gmail-new-email-received 0.0.2 at bbca9009 (history-based polling). With no label PD also emitted outgoing mail; n8n >1.2 skips SENT-only messages.
gmail_custom_oauth-new-email-matching-search	Gmail Trigger messageReceived	Direct	Wrapper of gmail-new-email-matching-search 0.0.1 at bbca9009.

Credentials

Create a Gmail credential in n8n (type gmailOAuth2). Converted nodes reference it by name, so n8n links it on import when the names match. Pipedream connected accounts can't be exported and are deleted by April 30, 2027.

What "Fit" means

Direct: same operation, same inputs. Check output: the n8n node returns a different JSON shape, so later steps that read its result need a look. Partial: some options have no n8n equivalent. Mappings verified on 2026-10-13 against the Pipedream registry and n8n source.

Questions

Does n8n have a Gmail node?+

Yes. 9 of the 10 Pipedream Gmail actions listed here map to a native n8n node; 1 map to n8n's HTTP Request node with the Gmail credential.

Will my Pipedream Gmail connection move to n8n?+

No. Pipedream exports only an account ID, never the token, and deletes connected accounts by April 30, 2027. Create a Gmail credential in n8n (type gmailOAuth2) and select it on the converted nodes.

Are Pipedream Gmail triggers supported in n8n?+

6 of the 6 Pipedream Gmail event sources listed here have an n8n trigger node. The rest are rebuilt with a Schedule Trigger that polls the API, or a Webhook node.

What happens to code steps that call the Gmail API?+

Code steps keep working through a compatibility layer, and tokens read via this.<app>.$auth move to a secrets block in the Code node. Steps that use an npm SDK are rewritten to plain HTTP calls so they run on n8n Cloud.

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