Retrieve attachment file(csv) from outlook using python imap
i am trying to retrieve an attachment from email on outlook and download that attachment which is a csv file to a path on my local computer.
here is a sample of my code which i took from here
import imaplib
import base64
import os
import email
from datetime import datetime
mail = imaplib.IMAP4('outlook.office365.com',993)
mail.login('email','password')
mail.select('Inbox')
type, data = mail.search(None, 'ALL')
mail_ids = data[0]
id_list = mail_ids.split()
for num in data[0].split():
typ, data = mail.fetch(b'1', '(RFC822)' )
raw_email = data[0][1]
# converts byte literal to string removing b''
raw_email_string = raw_email.decode('utf-8')
email_message = email.message_from_string(raw_email_string)
# downloading attachments
for part in email_message.walk():
# this part comes from the snipped I don't understand yet...
if part.get_content_maintype() == 'multipart':
continue
if part.get('Content-Disposition') is None:
continue
fileName = part.get_filename()
if bool(fileName):
filePath = os.path.join(mypath, fileName)
if not os.path.isfile(filePath) :
fp = open(filePath, 'wb')
fp.write(part.get_payload(decode=True))
fp.close()
subject = str(email_message).split("Subject: ", 1)[1].split("\nTo:", 1)[0]
print('Downloaded "{file}" from email titled "{subject}" with UID {uid}.'.format(file=fileName, subject=subject, uid=latest_email_uid.decode('utf-8')))
however i keep having an error of 'abort: socket error: EOF' when executing this part:
mail = imaplib.IMAP4('outlook.office365.com',993)
mail.login('email','password')
mail.select('Inbox')
so while looking out for this error on stack, i found an other way to write it:
while True:
mail = imaplib.IMAP4('outlook.office365.com',993)
r, d = mail.login('email','password')
assert r == 'OK', 'login failed'
try:
mail.select('Inbox')
except imap.abort as e:
continue
imap.logout()
break
but still having the same error of abort.
for better practice, i am trying to avoid the while statement also.
can anyone help me out?
im trying to login and download the file from the specific sender and with a subject in outlook using python 3>
thanks in advance.
You need to use SSL. You are trying to connect to an encrypted port with a plaintext session.
Make sure you are using the SSL version of the IMAP object:
mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('outlook.office365.com',993)
The server closes the connection on you because it doesn’t receive an SSL negotiation.