can we fetch email from inbox and sentbox in one call (gmail API PHP)

Question

i'm using Gmail API to fetch messages. if i do like this

$labelIds = ['INBOX'];
$opt_params=[
    'labelIds' => $labelIds,
];
$list = $gmail->users_messages->listUsersMessages('me',$opt_params);

it will work fine. and return messages. but if i mention SENT label with INBOX then it return nothing. what am i doing wrong?

$labelIds = ['INBOX', 'SENT'];

i want to fetch emails from both inbox and sentbox in one call.

Answer 1

Your code lists messages that has both the INBOX and SENT labels. You can list messages that has either one with the OR operator:

$opt_params=[
    'maxResults' => 50,
    'q' => 'in:inbox OR in:sent',
];
$list = $gmail->users_messages->listUsersMessages('me', $opt_params);