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One-click actions allow users to perform operations directly from the inbox without having to leave Gmail. One-click actions are performed by declaring anHttpActionHandlerwith your service URL. For more details, refer toHandling Action Requests.
One-click actions in Gmail.
Use Cases
One Click actions currently supported in Gmail are:
You may add a one-click confirm button to emails requiring users to approve, confirm and acknowledge something. Once the user clicks on the button, an http request will be issued from Google to your service, recording the confirmation.ConfirmActioncan only be interacted withonce.
The following declaration adds aConfirmActionbutton to an email about an expense report:
JSON-LD
<scripttype="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"EmailMessage","potentialAction":{"@type":"ConfirmAction","name":"Approve Expense","handler":{"@type":"HttpActionHandler","url":"https://myexpenses.com/approve?expenseId=abc123"}},"description":"Approval request for John's $10.13 expense for office supplies"}</script>
Microdata
<divitemscopeitemtype="http://schema.org/EmailMessage"><divitemprop="potentialAction"itemscopeitemtype="http://schema.org/ConfirmAction"><metaitemprop="name"content="Approve Expense"/><divitemprop="handler"itemscopeitemtype="http://schema.org/HttpActionHandler"><linkitemprop="url"href="https://myexpenses.com/approve?expenseId=abc123"/></div></div><metaitemprop="description"content="Approval request for John's $10.13 expense for office supplies"/>
</div>
Save Action
SaveActioncan be used to describe interactions like saving a coupon or adding songs to the listen queue.SaveActioncan only be interacted withonce.
The following declaration adds aSaveActionbutton to an email about an offer:
JSON-LD
<scripttype="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"EmailMessage","potentialAction":{"@type":"SaveAction","name":"Save Offer","handler":{"@type":"HttpActionHandler","url":"https://offers-everywhere.com/save?offerId=xyz789"}},"description":"$5 meal at Joe's Diner"}</script>
Microdata
<divitemscopeitemtype="http://schema.org/EmailMessage"><divitemprop="potentialAction"itemscopeitemtype="http://schema.org/SaveAction"><metaitemprop="name"content="Save Offer"/><divitemprop="handler"itemscopeitemtype="http://schema.org/HttpActionHandler"><linkitemprop="url"href="https://offers-everywhere.com/save?offerId=xyz789"/></div></div><metaitemprop="description"content="$5 meal at Joe's Diner"/>
</div>
Test your markup
You can validate your markup using theEmail Markup Tester Tool. Paste in your markup code and click theValidatebutton to scan the content and receive a report on any errors present.
Specification
For properties available to these actions, refer to the documentation for the
specific typesConfirmActionandSaveAction.
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