How to download outlook attachment from Python Script?

Question

I need to download incoming attachment without past attachment from mail using Python Script.

For example:If anyone send mail at this time(now) then just download th

Answer 1

The below code helps by downloading the attachments from outlook emails that are

• 'Unread' (and changes the mail to Read.) or from 'Today's' date.
• without altering the file name.

Just pass the 'Subject' argument.

import datetime
import os
import win32com.client


path = os.path.expanduser("~/Desktop/Attachments")
today = datetime.date.today()

outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
inbox = outlook.GetDefaultFolder(6) 
messages = inbox.Items


def saveattachemnts(subject):
    for message in messages:
        if message.Subject == subject and message.Unread or message.Senton.date() == today:
            # body_content = message.body
            attachments = message.Attachments
            attachment = attachments.Item(1)
            for attachment in message.Attachments:
                attachment.SaveAsFile(os.path.join(path, str(attachment)))
                if message.Subject == subject and message.Unread:
                    message.Unread = False
                break

Answer 2

When I copied this code, I get an error:

connection = None ^ IndentationError: expected an indented block

and then, when I indent the code,

class FetchEmail():
    connection = None
    error = None
    mail_server = "imap.gmail.com"
    username = "dummyoffers@gmail.com"
    password = "opennepo"
    self.save_attachment(self, msg, download_folder)

I get another error:

self.save_attachment(self, msg, download_folder) NameError: name 'self' is not defined

import email
import imaplib
import os

class FetchEmail():

connection = None
error = None
mail_server="host_name"
username="outlook_username"
password="password"
self.save_attachment(self,msg,download_folder)
def __init__(self, mail_server, username, password):
    self.connection = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(mail_server)
    self.connection.login(username, password)
    self.connection.select(readonly=False) # so we can mark mails as read

def close_connection(self):
    """
    Close the connection to the IMAP server
    """
    self.connection.close()

def save_attachment(self, msg, download_folder="/tmp"):
    """
    Given a message, save its attachments to the specified
    download folder (default is /tmp)

    return: file path to attachment
    """
    att_path = "No attachment found."
    for part in msg.walk():
        if part.get_content_maintype() == 'multipart':
            continue
        if part.get('Content-Disposition') is None:
            continue

        filename = part.get_filename()
        att_path = os.path.join(download_folder, filename)

        if not os.path.isfile(att_path):
            fp = open(att_path, 'wb')
            fp.write(part.get_payload(decode=True))
            fp.close()
    return att_path

def fetch_unread_messages(self):
    """
    Retrieve unread messages
    """
    emails = []
    (result, messages) = self.connection.search(None, 'UnSeen')
    if result == "OK":
        for message in messages[0].split(' '):
            try: 
                ret, data = self.connection.fetch(message,'(RFC822)')
            except:
                print "No new emails to read."
                self.close_connection()
                exit()

            msg = email.message_from_string(data[0][1])
            if isinstance(msg, str) == False:
                emails.append(msg)
            response, data = self.connection.store(message, '+FLAGS','\\Seen')

        return emails

    self.error = "Failed to retreive emails."
    return emails

Above code works for me to download attachment.Hope this really helpful for any one.

Answer 3

import win32com.client #pip install pypiwin32 to work with windows operating sysytm
import datetime
import os

# To get today's date in 'day-month-year' format(01-12-2017).
dateToday=datetime.datetime.today()
FormatedDate=('{:02d}'.format(dateToday.day)+'-'+'{:02d}'.format(dateToday.month)+'-'+'{:04d}'.format(dateToday.year))

# Creating an object for the outlook application.
outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
# Creating an object to access Inbox of the outlook.
inbox=outlook.GetDefaultFolder(6)
# Creating an object to access items inside the inbox of outlook.
messages=inbox.Items

def save_attachments(subject,which_item,file_name):
    # To iterate through inbox emails using inbox.Items object.
    for message in messages:
        if (message.Subject == subject):
            body_content = message.body
            # Creating an object for the message.Attachments.
            attachment = message.Attachments
            # To check which item is selected among the attacments.
            print (message.Attachments.Item(which_item))
            # To iterate through email items using message.Attachments object.
            for attachment in message.Attachments:
                # To save the perticular attachment at the desired location in your hard disk.
                attachment.SaveAsFile(os.path.join("D:\Script\Monitoring",file_name))
                break