# Gmail API . users . settings . delegates

## Instance Methods

Close httplib2 connections.

Adds a delegate with its verification status set directly to `accepted`, without sending any verification email. The delegate user must be a member of the same G Suite organization as the delegator user. Gmail imposes limitations on the number of delegates and delegators each user in a G Suite organization can have. These limits depend on your organization, but in general each user can have up to 25 delegates and up to 10 delegators. Note that a delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias. Also note that when a new delegate is created, there may be up to a one minute delay before the new delegate is available for use. This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority.

Removes the specified delegate (which can be of any verification status), and revokes any verification that may have been required for using it. Note that a delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias. This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority.

Gets the specified delegate. Note that a delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias. This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority.

Lists the delegates for the specified account. This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority.

### Method Details

`close()`

    Close httplib2 connections.

`create(userId, body=None, x__xgafv=None)`

    Adds a delegate with its verification status set directly to `accepted`, without sending any verification email. The delegate user must be a member of the same G Suite organization as the delegator user. Gmail imposes limitations on the number of delegates and delegators each user in a G Suite organization can have. These limits depend on your organization, but in general each user can have up to 25 delegates and up to 10 delegators. Note that a delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias. Also note that when a new delegate is created, there may be up to a one minute delay before the new delegate is available for use. This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority.

    Args:
      userId: string, User's email address. The special value "me" can be used to indicate the authenticated user. (required)
      body: object, The request body.
        The object takes the form of:

    { # Settings for a delegate. Delegates can read, send, and delete messages, as well as view and add contacts, for the delegator's account. See "Set up mail delegation" for more information about delegates.
      "delegateEmail": "A String", # The email address of the delegate.
      "verificationStatus": "A String", # Indicates whether this address has been verified and can act as a delegate for the account. Read-only.
    }

      x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
        Allowed values
          1 - v1 error format
          2 - v2 error format

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Settings for a delegate. Delegates can read, send, and delete messages, as well as view and add contacts, for the delegator's account. See "Set up mail delegation" for more information about delegates.
      "delegateEmail": "A String", # The email address of the delegate.
      "verificationStatus": "A String", # Indicates whether this address has been verified and can act as a delegate for the account. Read-only.
    }

`delete(userId, delegateEmail, x__xgafv=None)`

    Removes the specified delegate (which can be of any verification status), and revokes any verification that may have been required for using it. Note that a delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias. This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority.

    Args:
      userId: string, User's email address. The special value "me" can be used to indicate the authenticated user. (required)
      delegateEmail: string, The email address of the user to be removed as a delegate. (required)
      x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
        Allowed values
          1 - v1 error format
          2 - v2 error format

`get(userId, delegateEmail, x__xgafv=None)`

    Gets the specified delegate. Note that a delegate user must be referred to by their primary email address, and not an email alias. This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority.

    Args:
      userId: string, User's email address. The special value "me" can be used to indicate the authenticated user. (required)
      delegateEmail: string, The email address of the user whose delegate relationship is to be retrieved. (required)
      x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
        Allowed values
          1 - v1 error format
          2 - v2 error format

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Settings for a delegate. Delegates can read, send, and delete messages, as well as view and add contacts, for the delegator's account. See "Set up mail delegation" for more information about delegates.
      "delegateEmail": "A String", # The email address of the delegate.
      "verificationStatus": "A String", # Indicates whether this address has been verified and can act as a delegate for the account. Read-only.
    }

`list(userId, x__xgafv=None)`

    Lists the delegates for the specified account. This method is only available to service account clients that have been delegated domain-wide authority.

    Args:
      userId: string, User's email address. The special value "me" can be used to indicate the authenticated user. (required)
      x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
        Allowed values
          1 - v1 error format
          2 - v2 error format

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Response for the ListDelegates method.
      "delegates": [ # List of the user's delegates (with any verification status). If an account doesn't have delegates, this field doesn't appear.
        { # Settings for a delegate. Delegates can read, send, and delete messages, as well as view and add contacts, for the delegator's account. See "Set up mail delegation" for more information about delegates.
          "delegateEmail": "A String", # The email address of the delegate.
          "verificationStatus": "A String", # Indicates whether this address has been verified and can act as a delegate for the account. Read-only.
        },
      ],
    }