https://github.com/martinrusev/imbox

Python IMAP for Human beings
https://github.com/martinrusev/imbox

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Python IMAP for Human beings

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/martinrusev/imbox
• Owner: martinrusev
• License: mit
• Created: 2013-07-22T11:40:29.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-16T09:00:28.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-07T01:03:36.898Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: imap, python-imap
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.14 MB
• Stars: 1,173
• Watchers: 39
• Forks: 190
• Open Issues: 62
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Imbox - Python IMAP for Humans

![workflow](https://github.com/martinrusev/imbox/actions/workflows/python-app.yml/badge.svg)

Python library for reading IMAP mailboxes and converting email content

to machine readable data

## Requirements

Python (3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9)

## Installation

`pip install imbox`

## Usage

``` python

from imbox import Imbox

# SSL Context docs https://docs.python.org/3/library/ssl.html#ssl.create_default_context

with Imbox('imap.gmail.com',

        username='username',

        password='password',

        ssl=True,

        ssl_context=None,

        starttls=False) as imbox:

    # Get all folders

    status, folders_with_additional_info = imbox.folders()

    # Gets all messages from the inbox

    all_inbox_messages = imbox.messages()

    # Unread messages

    unread_inbox_messages = imbox.messages(unread=True)

    # Flagged messages

    inbox_flagged_messages = imbox.messages(flagged=True)

    # Un-flagged messages

    inbox_unflagged_messages = imbox.messages(unflagged=True)

    # Flagged messages

    flagged_messages = imbox.messages(flagged=True)

    # Un-flagged messages

    unflagged_messages = imbox.messages(unflagged=True)

    # Messages sent FROM

    inbox_messages_from = imbox.messages(sent_from='[email protected]')

    # Messages sent TO

    inbox_messages_to = imbox.messages(sent_to='[email protected]')

    # Messages received before specific date

    inbox_messages_received_before = imbox.messages(date__lt=datetime.date(2018, 7, 31))

    # Messages received after specific date

    inbox_messages_received_after = imbox.messages(date__gt=datetime.date(2018, 7, 30))

    # Messages received on a specific date

    inbox_messages_received_on_date = imbox.messages(date__on=datetime.date(2018, 7, 30))

    # Messages whose subjects contain a string

    inbox_messages_subject_christmas = imbox.messages(subject='Christmas')

    # Messages whose UID is greater than 1050

    inbox_messages_uids_greater_than_1050 = imbox.messages(uid__range='1050:*')

    # Messages from a specific folder

    messages_in_folder_social = imbox.messages(folder='Social')

    # Some of Gmail's IMAP Extensions are supported (label and raw):

    all_messages_with_an_attachment_from_martin = imbox.messages(folder='all', raw='from:[email protected] has:attachment')

    all_messages_labeled_finance = imbox.messages(folder='all', label='finance')

    for uid, message in all_inbox_messages:

    # Every message is an object with the following keys

        message.sent_from

        message.sent_to

        message.subject

        message.headers

        message.message_id

        message.date

        message.body.plain

```