import email, getpass, imaplib, os
detach_dir = '.'
### directory where to save attachments (default: current)
m = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com', 993)
m.login('username@gmail.com','password')
keywordsSearch = 'bananas oranges'
searchString = "(ALL SUBJECT '%s')" % keywordsSearch
### m.search(None, "(ALL SUBJECT 'bananas oranges')")
resp, items = m.search(None, searchString)
items = items[0].split()
for emailid in items:
resp, data = m.fetch(emailid, "(RFC822)")
email_body = data[0][1]
mail = email.message_from_string(email_body)
if mail.get_content_maintype() != 'multipart':
continue
print "["+mail["From"]+"] :" + mail["Subject"]
for part in mail.walk():
if part.get_content_maintype() == 'multipart':
continue
if part.get('Content-Disposition') is None:
continue
filename = part.get_filename()
counter = 1
if not filename:
filename = 'part-%03d%s' % (counter, 'bin')
counter += 1
att_path = os.path.join(detach_dir, filename)
if not os.path.isfile(att_path) :
fp = open(att_path, 'wb')
fp.write(part.get_payload(decode=True))
fp.close()
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Hi,
I’m trying to do something similar but I get an error:
In [67]: resp, items = m.search(None, searchString)
(…)
error: command SEARCH illegal in state AUTH, only allowed in states SELECTED
Do you know what might happened??
>Hi,
>I’m trying to do something similar but I get an error:
>In [67]: resp, items = m.search(None, searchString)
>(…)
>error: command SEARCH illegal in state AUTH, only allowed in states >SELECTED
>Do you know what might happened??
m.select()
I know this is old, but just in case someone comes across this,
placing: m.select() on the line before the search solves this problem.
I’m using the following to get the email attachment:
import poplib
from email.Parser import Parser
pop3 = poplib.POP3(mail_host)
pop3.user(mail_user)
pop3.pass_(mail_passwd)
num = len(pop3.list()[1])
if num > 0:
for i in range(1, num+1):
str = string.join(pop3.top(i, 55)[1], “\n”)
msg = Parser().parsestr(str)
n=0
text=”
#Check if any attachments at all
if msg.get_content_maintype() != ‘multipart’:
print ‘No attachments in message’
return
for part in msg.walk():
if n==1:
text=part.get_payload()
n+=1
if part.get_content_maintype() == ‘multipart’:
continue
if part.get(‘Content-Disposition’) is None:
continue
filename = part.get_filename()
counter = 1
if not filename:
filename = ‘part-%03d%s’ % (counter, ‘bin’)
counter += 1
att_path = os.path.join(detach_dir, filename)
if not os.path.isfile(att_path) :
fp = open(att_path, ‘wb’)
fp.write(part.get_payload(decode=True))
fp.close()
From=msg['From']
Subject=msg['subject']
#parse ‘from’ text
if From.find(‘<')!=-1:
start=From.find('’)
From=From[(start+1):end]
body=text.split(‘\n’)
emailBody=text
#pop3.dele(i)
It seems to work fine, but when I look at the resulting file (XLS file), it’s 1k big and can’t even be opened. What am I doing wrong?
Hi there,
I get a error like:
imaplib.error: command SEARCH illegal in state AUTH, only allowed in states SELECTED
any suggestions?
tx
hugo