CkPython

Scan for Emails with Attachments and Save Attachments to Files

Scan for emails with attachments and save attachments. CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

imap = chilkat.CkImap()

# Connect to an IMAP server.
# Use TLS
imap.put_Ssl(True)
imap.put_Port(993)
success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
if (success == False):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Login
success = imap.Login("myLogin","myPassword")
if (success == False):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Select an IMAP mailbox
success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox")
if (success == False):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
fetchUids = True

# Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
messageSet = chilkat.CkMessageSet()
success = imap.QueryMbx("ALL",fetchUids,messageSet)
if (success == False):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
bundle = chilkat.CkEmailBundle()
headersOnly = True
success = imap.FetchMsgSet(headersOnly,messageSet,bundle)
if (success == False):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Scan for emails with attachments, and save the attachments
# to a sub-directory.
fullEmail = chilkat.CkEmail()
emailHeader = chilkat.CkEmail()
i = 0
while i < bundle.get_MessageCount() :
    # The bundle contains email headers..
    bundle.EmailAt(i,emailHeader)

    # Does this email have attachments?
    # Use GetMailNumAttach because the attachments
    # are not actually in the email object because
    # we only downloaded headers.
    numAttach = imap.GetMailNumAttach(emailHeader)

    if (numAttach > 0):
        # Download the entire email and save the
        # attachments. (Remember, we 
        # need to download the entire email because
        # only the headers were previously downloaded.

        # The ckx-imap-uid header field is added when
        # headers are downloaded.  This makes it possible
        # to get the UID from the email object.
        uidStr = emailHeader.getHeaderField("ckx-imap-uid")
        uid = int(uidStr)

        success = imap.FetchEmail(False,uid,True,fullEmail)
        if (success == False):
            print(imap.lastErrorText())
            sys.exit()

        success = fullEmail.SaveAllAttachments("attachmentsDir")

        for j in range(0,numAttach):
            filename = imap.getMailAttachFilename(emailHeader,j)
            print(filename)

    i = i + 1

# Disconnect from the IMAP server.
success = imap.Disconnect()