How can I retrieve both email content and attachments from Gmail in n8n?

Based on the documentation, the simplified response is intended to return only a limited set of email details (headers, IDs, labels, etc.), whereas the full raw response holds the complete content and attachments. In simplified mode, when you enable attachment downloads, n8n returns only the attachments and omits the full content since that mode is designed to provide a lighter response.

To work around this, you have two options:

1. Disable Simplify:
   Turn the “Simplify” switch off so that the Gmail Trigger returns the full raw response. This includes both the full email content and any attachments. Note that with the raw response you may need to parse the data to extract the fields you need.

2. Split your workflow:
   If you’d prefer to work with simplified data for most of your email information and only need attachments in full detail, consider:

   • Using one Gmail Trigger node with Simplify turned on to process and extract email headers and content.
   • Adding a second node (or a duplicate workflow branch) with Simplify turned off and the “download attachments” switch enabled.

   Then you can merge or process both outputs as needed downstream (for example, using a Merge node).

By choosing the appropriate response mode, you can ensure that you get all the information you need (content plus attachments) delivered to your Pinecone workflow.

Remember that when working with the raw response, you might have to handle and parse the email structure manually to extract the relevant data.