Python - Extract the body from a mail in plain text

Question

I want to extract only the body of a message and return it. I can filter on the fields and display the snippet but not the body.

def GetMimeMessage(service, user         


        

Answer 1

Try this:

mail param is your mime_msg variable

def get_mpart(mail):
    maintype = mail.get_content_maintype()
    if maintype == 'multipart':
        for part in mail.get_payload():
            # This includes mail body AND text file attachments.
            if part.get_content_maintype() == 'text':
                return part.get_payload()
        # No text at all. This is also happens
        return ""
    elif maintype == 'text':
        return mail.get_payload()


def get_mail_body(mail):
    """
    There is no 'body' tag in mail, so separate function.
    :param mail: Message object
    :return: Body content
    """
    body = ""
    if mail.is_multipart():
        # This does not work.
        # for part in mail.get_payload():
        #    body += part.get_payload()
        body = get_mpart(mail)
    else:
        body = mail.get_payload()
    return body