using python how to add clickable image as Gmail Signature

Question

My requirement is using python we want to add image as gmail signature. once the image is clicked we want to redirect to video file.

I tried this manually and was successful to add signature with the following steps:

Open google docs and uploaded an image
Added hyperlink to the image
Now copied the image into gmail signature section
Once i click on the image it is sucessfully redirected to video file.

Using python, i want to achieve this in dynamic way

I created the google drive credentials
Enabled the google docs API
Able to read the docs data
Now, iam stuck how to add text as signature.

I am trying with the below approach

SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.settings.basic','https://www.googleapis.c om/auth/gmail.labels','https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send']

creds = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_json_keyfile_name('client_secret.json', SCOPES)

GMAIL = discovery.build('gmail', 'v1', http=creds.authorize(Http()))
 addresses = GMAIL.users().settings().sendAs().list(userId='me',
fields='sendAs(isPrimary,sendAsEmail)').execute().get('sendAs')

for address in addresses:
  if address.get('isPrimary'):
    break
 rsp = GMAIL.users().settings().sendAs().patch(userId='me',
    sendAsEmail=address['sendAsEmail'], body=DATA).execute()
print("Signature changed to '%s'" % rsp['signature'])

The error am getting is

"code": 401, "message": "Request is missing required authentication credential. Expected OAuth 2 access token, login cookie or other valid authentication credential

Pls suggest the way forward

Thanks vijay

I feel you should go back a bit. What library you are using to automate/send email? From your description the singnature is nothing but `` tag with `href` in html. definitely easier to set the Signature from html source — Equinox, Sep 14 '20 at 11:15
Thats a good idea of adding thru html tags. currently am not using any library. can u suggest some library using javascript or python to add image as gmail signature — inzack, Sep 15 '20 at 06:23
Is it part of Google Apps where you want to change all users signature or just looking for your own ? — Equinox, Sep 15 '20 at 08:30
Its not part of Google apps, we are trying to handle this using python — inzack, Sep 15 '20 at 08:49
I updated the code, could u pls through some light how to take it forward — inzack, Sep 17 '20 at 11:18
I will try when i have some time meanwhile you can look at [this](https://gist.github.com/timrichardson/a43462aedc0797ecb76c48deb9c96d36) and [this](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues/644) and [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38534801/google-spreadsheet-api-request-had-insufficient-authentication-scopes). — Equinox, Sep 17 '20 at 11:31

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '20 at 11:27

Finally got it

SCOPES = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.settings.basic'
store = file.Storage('credentials.json')
creds =None
args.noauth_local_webserver = True

if not creds or creds.invalid:

  flow = client.flow_from_clientsecrets('client_secret.json', SCOPES)
  creds = tools.run_flow(flow, store,args)
GMAIL = discovery.build('gmail', 'v1', http=creds.authorize(Http()))

addresses = GMAIL.users().settings().sendAs().list(userId='me',
    fields='sendAs(isPrimary,sendAsEmail)').execute().get('sendAs')
for address in addresses:
  if address.get('isPrimary'):
    break
signature = {'signature':'<img src="http://myserver/mycard.JPG" alt="Trulli" 
  width="200" height="200">'}
 rsp = GMAIL.users().settings().sendAs().patch(userId='me',
    sendAsEmail=address['sendAsEmail'], body=signature).execute()
 print("Signature changed to '%s'" % rsp['signature'])

using python how to add clickable image as Gmail Signature

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