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Shrayas Rajagopal
April 25, 2015
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Transcript
Chennaipy APRIL 2015
Python Imap & Gmail
@shrayasr Logic Soft
Email
Email
Email
Email POP3
Email POP3 IMAP
POP3 Post Office Protocol
SIMPLE POP3 Post Office Protocol
SIMPLE ONE MAILBOX POP3 Post Office Protocol
SIMPLE SSL/TLS ONE MAILBOX POP3 Post Office Protocol
SIMPLE SSL/TLS ONE MAILBOX MOVE POP3 Post Office Protocol
SIMPLE SSL/TLS ONE MAILBOX MOVE ALL PARTS POP3 Post Office
Protocol
IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol
IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol ASYNC
IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol ASYNC MAILBOXes
IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol ASYNC CLIENTS MAILBOXes
IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol ASYNC CLIENTS MAILBOXes SEARCHES
IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol ASYNC CLIENTS MAILBOXes SEARCHES EXTENSIONS
Gmail @gmail.com
Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP /settings/security/lesssecureapps Requirements
Python
>>> import imaplib
>>> import imaplib Standard Library
CASES
Check the count of mails in my INBOX 1
email_count.py import imaplib client = IMAP4_SSL("imap.gmail.com", "993") client.login("
[email protected]
","barfoo") result, response
= client.select("INBOX") if result == "OK": print "count is %s" % response[0]
Gmail Handling folders
Folders
Folders
Folders
“[Gmail]/” Prefix
[Gmail]/Spam SPAM
[Gmail]/Drafts DRAFTS
Gmail IMAP &
Gmail IMAP
Gmail IMAP EXT ENSIONS!
Gmail IMAP EXTENSIONS!
Mails sent to Vijay from 11 Apr to date 2
to: (<email>) after:<date> before: <date>
?
SEARCH IMAP
SEARCH X-‐GM-‐RAW IMAP Gmail
Mails sent to Vijay from 11 Apr to date 2
# ... client.select("[Gmail]/Sent Mail") client.search(None, '(X-GM-RAW "to: (
[email protected]
) after:2015/4/11 before:2015/4/26")')
# ... advanced_search.py
# ... client.select("[Gmail]/Sent Mail") client.search(None, '(AND (TO "
[email protected]
") (FROM "
[email protected]
"))')
# ... imap_search.py
Add label “Foo” to all mails sent to me from
[email protected]
3
STORE IMAP
STORE X-‐GM-‐LABELS IMAP Gmail
# ... client.select("INBOX") emails = client.search(None, '(FROM "
[email protected]
")') for email
in emails[1][0].split(): client.store(email, '+X-GM-LABELS', "foo") # ... add_foo_label.py
RECAP
• IMAP, POP3
• IMAP, POP3 • imaplib
• IMAP, POP3 • imaplib • Gmail IMAP extensions
X-‐GM-‐RAW, X-‐GM-‐LABELS
/Fin @shrayasr