read emails from gmail python
# Python 3.8.0
import smtplib
import time
import imaplib
import email
import traceback
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# Utility to read email from Gmail Using Python
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ORG_EMAIL = "@gmail.com"
FROM_EMAIL = "your_email" + ORG_EMAIL
FROM_PWD = "your-password"
SMTP_SERVER = "imap.gmail.com"
SMTP_PORT = 993
def read_email_from_gmail():
try:
mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(SMTP_SERVER)
mail.login(FROM_EMAIL,FROM_PWD)
mail.select('inbox')
data = mail.search(None, 'ALL')
mail_ids = data[1]
id_list = mail_ids[0].split()
first_email_id = int(id_list[0])
latest_email_id = int(id_list[-1])
for i in range(latest_email_id,first_email_id, -1):
data = mail.fetch(str(i), '(RFC822)' )
for response_part in data:
arr = response_part[0]
if isinstance(arr, tuple):
msg = email.message_from_string(str(arr[1],'utf-8'))
email_subject = msg['subject']
email_from = msg['from']
print('From : ' + email_from + '\n')
print('Subject : ' + email_subject + '\n')
except Exception as e:
traceback.print_exc()
print(str(e))
read_email_from_gmail()