How do I retrieve Hotmail contacts with python

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How can I retrieve contacts from hotmail with python?

Is there any example?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 21 '11 at 15:15

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Hotmail: Windows Live Contacts API

If a python interface doesn't exist you may have to resort to screen scraping.

edited Dec 21 '11 at 15:15

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '10 at 21:43

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use octazen, but you have to pay for it

answered Mar 16 '10 at 21:43

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Since octazen doesn't work anymore for hotmail. Are there any proper Python alternatives? – Wolph Aug 05 '10 at 12:07

score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 19 '11 at 14:36

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IIRC Hotmail has POP access, so just use the poplib library.

Usage is something like this (NOT tested):

hotmail = poplib.POP3_SSL('pop3.live.com', 995)
hotmail.user(USERNAME)
hotmail.pass_(PASSWORD)

message_count = len(hotmail.list()[1])

for i in range(message_count):
    for message in hotmail.retr(i+1)[1]
        print message

Some connectivity info here (might be old).

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answered Mar 22 '10 at 19:43

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How do I retrieve Hotmail contacts with python

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