About this module

Simple imap wrapper.

Example to use

connect function create IMAP4_SSL instance by default:

>>> import easyimap
>>> host = "imap.gmail.com"
>>> user = "[email protected]"
>>> password = "hogehogehogehoge"
>>> mailbox = "secret"
>>> imapper = easyimap.connect(host, user, password, mailbox)

connect function also create IMAP4 instance by passing ssl argument:

>>> import easyimap
>>> host = "imap.gmail.com"
>>> user = "[email protected]"
>>> password = "hogehogehogehoge"
>>> mailbox = "secret"
>>> imapper = easyimap.connect(host, user, password, mailbox, ssl=False, port=143)

This imapper can list up latest n mail by listup method.

By default, This invoke fetch from IMAP4_SSL instance with '(UID RFC822)'.::

>>> imapper.listup(2)
[(80, <easyimap.easyimap.MailObj object at 0x...>), (79, <easyimap.easyimap.MailObj object at 0x...)]
>>> [(id1, mail1), (id2, mail2)] = imapper.listup(2)
>>> id1
80
>>> mail1
<easyimap.easyimap.MailObj object at 0x...>
>>> type(mail1.body)
<type 'unicode'>
>>> type(mail1.title)
<type 'unicode'>
>>> type(mail1.date)
<type 'unicode'>
>>> type(mail1.sender)
<type 'unicode'>

You can check latest unseen mail by unseen method:

>>> imapper.unseen(2)
[(82, <easyimap.easyimap.MailObj object at 0x...>), (81, <easyimap.easyimap.MailObj object at 0x...)]

You can directly fetch email object with specific id:

>>> imapper.mail(80)
<easyimap.easyimap.MailObj object at 0x...>

You can download attachments:

>>> imapper.mail(80)
>>> (id, mail) = imapper.mail(80)
>>> for attachment in mail.attachment:
>>>     print attachment[0], attachment[1]

Finally, call quit method:

>>> imapper.quit()

Basic API

• easyimap.connect(host, user, password, mailbox='INBOX', timeout=15, ssl=True, port=993, **kwargs)

  Create IMAP4(_SSL) wrapper.

  If you want to keep read/unread status, Please pass optional read_only=True argument.

  kwargs are read from Imapper's constructor. Plz read source code.

Imapper

• listids(limit=10, criterion=None)

  Returns list of available email ids.

• listup(limit=10, criterion=None, include_raw=False)

  Returns list of tuples(email_id, mail_object).

• unseen(limit=10)

  Returns list of typles(email_id, mail_object).

• mail(id, include_raw=False)

  Returns MailObj.

• change_mailbox(mailbox)

  Change mailbox.

• quit()

  Close and Logout.

MailObject

• uid

  Returns UID(type: int).

• raw

  if you fetched email with include_raw option, this returns raw Data:

  >>> [(id1, mail1), (id2, mail2)] = imapper.listup(2, include_raw)
  >>> data = mail1.raw
  

• title

  Returns string of 'Subject' header.

• sender

  Returns string of 'Sender' header.

• from_addr

  Returns string of 'From' header.

• to

  Returns string of 'To' header.

• date

  Returns string of 'Date' header.

• body

  Returns string of Body.

• contenttype

  Returns string of 'Content-Type' header.

• contenttransferencoding

  Returns string of 'Content-Transfer-Encoding' header.

• references

  Returns string of 'References' header.

• inreplyto

  Returns string of 'In-Reply-To' header.

• replyto

  Returns string of 'Reply-To' header.

• returnpath

  Returns string of 'Return-Path' header.

• mimeversion

  Returns string of 'MIME-Version' header.

• messageid

  Returns string of 'Message-ID' header.

• attachments

  Returns list of tuples('attached file name', MailObj).