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Python, Imap & Gmail

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April 25, 2015
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Transcript

  1. Chennaipy APRIL 2015

  2. Python Imap & Gmail

  3. @shrayasr Logic Soft

  4. Email

  5. Email

  6. Email

  7. Email POP3

  8. Email POP3 IMAP

  9. POP3 Post Office Protocol

  10. SIMPLE POP3 Post Office Protocol

  11. SIMPLE ONE MAILBOX POP3 Post Office Protocol

  12. SIMPLE SSL/TLS ONE MAILBOX POP3 Post Office Protocol

  13. SIMPLE SSL/TLS ONE MAILBOX MOVE POP3 Post Office Protocol

  14. SIMPLE SSL/TLS ONE MAILBOX MOVE ALL PARTS POP3 Post Office

    Protocol

  15. IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol

  16. IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol ASYNC

  17. IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol ASYNC MAILBOXes

  18. IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol ASYNC CLIENTS MAILBOXes

  19. IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol ASYNC CLIENTS MAILBOXes SEARCHES

  20. IMAP Internet Msg Access Protocol ASYNC CLIENTS MAILBOXes SEARCHES EXTENSIONS

  21. Gmail @gmail.com

  22. Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP /settings/security/lesssecureapps Requirements

  23. Python

  24. >>>  import  imaplib  

  25. >>>  import  imaplib   Standard Library

  26. CASES

  27. Check the count of mails in my INBOX 1

  28. 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]

  29. Gmail Handling folders

  30. Folders

  31. Folders

  32. Folders

  33. “[Gmail]/”   Prefix

  34. [Gmail]/Spam   SPAM

  35. [Gmail]/Drafts   DRAFTS

  36. Gmail IMAP &

  37. Gmail IMAP

  38. Gmail IMAP EXT ENSIONS!

  39. Gmail IMAP EXTENSIONS!

  40. Mails sent to Vijay from 11 Apr to date 2

  41. to:  (<email>)  after:<date>  before:  <date>  

  42. ?

  43. SEARCH IMAP

  44. SEARCH X-­‐GM-­‐RAW   IMAP Gmail

  45. Mails sent to Vijay from 11 Apr to date 2

  46. # ... 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

  47. # ... client.select("[Gmail]/Sent Mail") client.search(None, '(AND (TO "[email protected]") (FROM "[email protected]"))')

    # ... imap_search.py

  48. Add label “Foo” to all mails sent to me from

    [email protected] 3

  49. STORE IMAP

  50. STORE X-­‐GM-­‐LABELS   IMAP Gmail

  51. # ... 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

  52. RECAP

  53. •  IMAP, POP3

  54. •  IMAP, POP3 •  imaplib  

  55. •  IMAP, POP3 •  imaplib   •  Gmail IMAP extensions

             X-­‐GM-­‐RAW,  X-­‐GM-­‐LABELS  

  56. /Fin @shrayasr