Why does "category:social" with in GMail UI search, but does not work in GmailApp.search(&-CodePudding

So putting "category:social" in the GMail UI correctly returns email in the Social tab.

Putting const threads = GmailApp.search("category:social", 0, 500); returns nothing.

The social categorized emails DO appear under const threads = GmailApp.search("category:updates", 0, 500);

Am I not understanding how GMail uses the Category label?

CodePudding user response：

The GMAIL UI and Apps Script searches return exactly the same results

You can test again by e.g. modifying your code as following and view the logs:

function test(){
  const threads = GmailApp.search("category:social", 0, 500); 
  threads.forEach(function(thread){
  console.log(thread.getFirstMessageSubject())
  })
}

Btw., the category label can be adjusted by you as desired - either from the Gmail UI or Gmail API

You can view /edit your labels when opening an email and clicking on the label icon: