read-email from gmail

readgmail.py

import imaplib
import email

# Gmail IMAP server details
IMAP_SERVER = "imap.gmail.com"
IMAP_PORT = 993

# Gmail account credentials
EMAIL = "[email protected]"
PASSWORD = "your_password"

# Connect to the Gmail IMAP server
mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(IMAP_SERVER, IMAP_PORT)

# Login to the Gmail account
mail.login(EMAIL, PASSWORD)

# Select the mailbox to read emails from (e.g., "INBOX")
mail.select("INBOX")

# Search for emails based on specific criteria
status, data = mail.search(None, "ALL")  # Retrieve all emails

# Get the list of email IDs
email_ids = data[0].split()
email_count = len(email_ids)

# Iterate over email IDs in reverse order (from newest to oldest)
for i in range(email_count - 1, -1, -1):
    # Fetch the email for the given ID
    status, data = mail.fetch(email_ids[i], "(RFC822)")

    # Parse the email data
    raw_email = data[0][1]
    msg = email.message_from_bytes(raw_email)

    # Extract email details (e.g., sender, subject, body)
    sender = msg["From"]
    subject = msg["Subject"]
    body = ""

    # Check if the email has multiple parts (e.g., plain text and HTML)
    if msg.is_multipart():
        for part in msg.get_payload():
            if part.get_content_type() == "text/plain":
                body = part.get_payload(decode=True).decode("UTF-8")
                break
    else:
        body = msg.get_payload(decode=True).decode("UTF-8")

    # Print email details
    print("Sender:", sender)
    print("Subject:", subject)
    print("Body:", body)
    print("---")

# Logout from the Gmail account
mail.logout()