I want to get G-mail with Google account by using IMAP. So I found some basic code how to use IMAP. And I run it with my Google account. But I get some errors. I don't know role of functions or parameters so please help me if you have gmail account and know the role of functions.
This is my code and I conceal my account information so the real account is different to mine.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import imaplib
import getpass
import email
import email.header
import datetime
EMAIL_ACCOUNT = "id@gmail.com"
EMAIL_PASSWORD = "password"
# Use 'INBOX' to read inbox. Note that whatever folder is specified,
# after successfully running this script all emails in that folder
# will be marked as read.
EMAIL_FOLDER = "Top Secret/PRISM Documents"
def process_mailbox(M):
rv, data = M.search(None, "ALL")
if rv != 'OK':
print("No messages found!")
return
for num in data[0].split():
rv, data = M.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
if rv != 'OK':
print("ERROR getting message", num)
return
msg = email.message_from_bytes(data[0][1])
hdr =
email.header.make_header(email.header.decode_header(msg['Subject']))
subject = str(hdr)
print('Message %s: %s' % (num, subject))
print('Raw Date:', msg['Date'])
# Now convert to local date-time
date_tuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(msg['Date'])
if date_tuple:
local_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
email.utils.mktime_tz(date_tuple))
print ("Local Date:", \
local_date.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S"))
M = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com')
try:
rv, data = M.login(EMAIL_ACCOUNT, EMAIL_PASSWORD)
except imaplib.IMAP4.error:
print ("LOGIN FAILED!!! ")
sys.exit(1)
print(rv, data)
rv, mailboxes = M.list()
if rv == 'OK':
print("Mailboxes:")
print(mailboxes)
rv, data = M.select(EMAIL_FOLDER)
if rv == 'OK':
print("Processing mailbox...\n")
process_mailbox(M)
M.close()
else:
print("ERROR: Unable to open mailbox ", rv)
M.logout()
This is the error result.
This is errors in text.
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\python.exe C:/Users/user/PycharmProjects/Server/imap.py
OK [b'testpopteam2@gmail.com authenticated (Success)']
Mailboxes:
[b'(\\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX"', b'(\\HasChildren \\Noselect) "/" "[Gmail]"', b'(\\Flagged \\HasNoChildren) "/" "[Gmail]/&vMTUXNO4ycDVaA-"', b'(\\HasNoChildren \\Sent) "/" "[Gmail]/&vPSwuNO4ycDVaA-"', b'(\\HasNoChildren \\Junk) "/" "[Gmail]/&wqTTONVo-"', b'(\\Drafts \\HasNoChildren) "/" "[Gmail]/&x4TC3Lz0rQDVaA-"', b'(\\All \\HasNoChildren) "/" "[Gmail]/&yATMtLz0rQDVaA-"', b'(\\HasNoChildren \\Important) "/" "[Gmail]/&yRHGlA-"', b'(\\HasNoChildren \\Trash) "/" "[Gmail]/&1zTJwNG1-"']
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/user/PycharmProjects/Server/imap.py", line 73, in <module>
rv, data = M.select(EMAIL_FOLDER)
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\imaplib.py", line 737, in select
typ, dat = self._simple_command(name, mailbox)
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\imaplib.py", line 1188, in _simple_command
return self._command_complete(name, self._command(name, *args))
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\imaplib.py", line 1019, in _command_complete
raise self.error('%s command error: %s %s' % (name, typ, data))
imaplib.error: SELECT command error: BAD [b'Could not parse command']
Process finished with exit code 1
