Trigger Google Apps Script by email

Question

I\'m looking for examples of a pattern where a demon script running within a GoogleAppsForBusiness domain can parse incoming email messages. Some messages will will contain

Answer 1

You can create a google app that will be triggered by an incoming email message sent to a special address for the app. The message is converted to an HTTP POST which your app receives.

More details here: https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/mail/receivingmail

I havn't tried this myself yet but will be doing so in the next few days.