CkPython

Fetch Single Email by UID or Sequence Number

Assuming the UID is known, download a single email by UID from an IMAP mail server. 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("***","***")
if (success == False):
    print(imap.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

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

email = chilkat.CkEmail()

uid = 2014
isUid = True

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

# Display the From and Subject
print(email.fromAddress())
print(email.subject())

# Display the Body property, which is the default body.
# If an email has an HTML body, the Body property contains
# the HTML source.  Otherwise it contains the plain-text
# body.
print("---- EMAIL BODY ----")
print(email.body())
print("--------------------")

# Display the recipients:

for j in range(0,email.get_NumTo()):
    print(email.getToName(j) + ", " + email.getToAddr(j))

for j in range(0,email.get_NumCC()):
    print(email.getCcName(j) + ", " + email.getCcAddr(j))

# Show the total size of the email, including body and attachments:
print(str(email.get_Size()))

# When a full email is downloaded, we would use the
# email.NumAttachments property in conjunction with the
# email.GetMailAttach* methods.
# However, when an email object contains only the header,
# we need to access the attachment info differently:
numAttach = imap.GetMailNumAttach(email)
print(str(numAttach))

for j in range(0,numAttach):
    print(imap.getMailAttachFilename(email,j))
    attachSize = imap.GetMailAttachSize(email,j)
    print("    size = " + str(attachSize) + " bytes")

print("--")

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