Gmail - move email to a category

Question

I want to use Google Script to move an email to a specified category (e.g. Updates). How do I do this? I tried treating categories as labels, but that does not work.

Answer 1

You can use Gmail Advanced API in Apps Script to apply a category on email.

Gmail.Users.Threads.modify({"addLabelIds": ["CATEGORY_UPDATES"]}, userId, threadId)

You can also try the Rest API here