Import mail gmail

You want to import emails from Gmail into a Python script. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you achieve this:

Prerequisites:

  1. You need to have a Gmail account and enable IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) in your account settings.
  2. You need to install the imaplib and email libraries in your Python environment. You can do this by running pip install imaplib email in your terminal.

Code:

import imaplib
import email
import base64

# Gmail account credentials
username = '[email protected]'
password = 'your_password'

# Connect to Gmail IMAP server
mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com')
mail.login(username, password)
mail.select('inbox')

# Search for all emails in the inbox
status, messages = mail.search(None, 'ALL')

# Iterate through each email
for num in messages[0].split():
    status, msg = mail.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
    raw_message = msg[0][1].decode('utf-8')

    # Parse the email using the email library
    message = email.message_from_string(raw_message)

    # Extract the email subject and body
    subject = message['Subject']
    body = ''
    for part in message.walk():
        if part.get_content_type() == 'text/plain':
            body = part.get_payload(decode=True).decode('utf-8')

    # Print the email subject and body
    print(f"Subject: {subject}")
    print(f"Body: {body}")

# Close the IMAP connection
mail.close()
mail.logout()

Note:

  1. Replace [email protected] and your_password with your actual Gmail account credentials.
  2. This code imports all emails from the inbox. If you want to import emails from a specific label or folder, you'll need to modify the search command accordingly.
  3. The email library is used to parse the email messages. The base64 library is used to decode the email bodies.
  4. This code prints the email subject and body to the console. You can modify the code to store the emails in a database or file instead.

Security note:

  1. Be cautious when storing your Gmail account credentials in your Python script. Make sure to use a secure method to store your credentials, such as environment variables or a secure storage service.
  2. Gmail has a limit on the number of IMAP connections you can make in a short period of time. If you're planning to import a large number of emails, you may need to implement a delay between connections or use a more efficient method to import emails.