(Node.js) IMAP Download All Email One at a Time

Demonstrates how to download every email in an IMAP mailbox one at a time as a MIME string or as an email object. (The MIME contains the full contents of the email including all attachments.)

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    var imap = new chilkat.Imap();

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // Connect to an IMAP server.
    // Use TLS
    imap.Ssl = true;
    imap.Port = 993;
    var success = imap.Connect("imap.someMailServer.com");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Login
    success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(imap.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Once the mailbox is selected, the NumMessages property
    // will contain the number of messages in the mailbox.
    // You may loop from 1 to NumMessages to
    // fetch each message by sequence number.

    var bUid = false;
    var mimeStr;
    var i;
    var n = imap.NumMessages;
    for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

        // Download the email by sequence number.
        mimeStr = imap.FetchSingleAsMime(i,bUid);

        // ... your application may process each MIME string...
    }

    // An alternative is to download each email in the form of an
    // email object, like this:
    // email: Email
    var email;
    for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

        // Download the email by sequence number.
        email = imap.FetchSingle(i,bUid);

        // ... your application may process the email object...

    }

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect();

}

chilkatExample();