Fetching attachments from gmail via either python or php

Question

I have been trying to find information on how to retrieve attachments from a gmail account in either python or PHP, I\'m hoping that someone here can be of some help, thanks.

Answer 1

I recently worked on this topic and here is the code which works well. It also saves the details of the attachments in a word document with the following details:
-> Date
-> Time
-> From
-> Email ID
-> Subject










Nmsgs}",0);
    foreach($result as $overview){
    echo "#{$overview->msgno}({$overview->date})-From: {$overview->from}
    {$overview->subject}\n"}
    /* get mail message */
    $message = imap_fetchbody($inbox,$email_number,2);
    /* get mail structure */
    $structure =imap_fetchstructure($inbox, $email_number);
    //$functions = array('function1' => imap_fetchstructure($inbox,
    $email_number));
    //print_r(array_keys($functions));
    $attachments = array();
    //print_r(array_keys($attachments[$i]));
    if($structure->parts[$i]->ifdparameters){
    foreach($structure->parts[$i]->dparameters as $object){
    if(strtolower($object->attribute) == 'filename'){
    $attachments[$i]['is_attachment'] = true;
    $attachments[$i]['filename'] = $object->value;
        }
       }
      }
       if($structure->parts[$i]->ifparameters) 
       {
         foreach($structure->parts[$i]->parameters as $object) 
         {
             if(strtolower($object->attribute) == 'name') 
            {
                $attachments[$i]['is_attachment'] = true;
                $attachments[$i]['name'] = $object->value;
            }
        }
     }
     if($attachments[$i]['is_attachment']){
     $attachments[$i]['attachment']imap_fetchbody($inbox,$email_number,$i+1);
     /* 4 = QUOTED-PRINTABLE encoding */
     if($structure->parts[$i]->encoding == 3){ 
     $attachments[$i]['attachment'] = base64_decode($attachments[$i]  
           ['attachment']);
      }
      /* 3 = BASE64 encoding */
      elseif($structure->parts[$i]->encoding == 4){ 
      $attachments[$i]['attachment'] =              

      quoted_printable_decode($attachments[$i]['attachment']);
      }

       }
      }
     }
       /* iterate through each attachment and save it */
       foreach($attachments as $attachment)
       {
       if($attachment['is_attachment'] == 1){
        $filename = $attachment['name'];
        if(empty($filename)) $filename = $attachment['filename'];
        if(empty($filename)) $filename = time() . ".dat";
       /* prefix the email number to the filename in case two emails
       * have the attachment with the same file name.
       */
       $fp = fopen($email_number . "-" . $filename, "w+");
       fwrite($fp, $attachment['attachment']);
        fclose($fp);
        }

        }

          if($count++ >= $max_emails) break;


         }

       } 

        /* close the connection */

       imap_close($inbox);

  ?>