zed · March 3, 2014 22:35 · Mar 3, 2014
diff --git a/imap-fetch-email-before-date.py b/imap-fetch-email-before-date.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Print emails from a given date interval.
+
+Usage:
+
+    $ %(prog)s <since_date> <before_date>
+
+since_date < before_date
+
+Date format: DD-Mon-YYYY e.g., 3-Mar-2014
+
+Based on http://pymotw.com/2/imaplib/
+
+Context: http://stackoverflow.com/q/22092568/
+"""
+import email
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+from imaplib import IMAP4_SSL
+from netrc import netrc
+
+import imaplib; imaplib.Debug = True
+
+def decode_header(header_string):
+    try:
+        decoded_seq = email.header.decode_header(header_string)
+        return str(email.header.make_header(decoded_seq))
+    except Exception: # fallback: return as is
+        return header_string
+
+def get_text(msg, fallback_encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'):
+    """Extract plain text from email."""
+    text = []
+    for part in msg.walk():
+        if part.get_content_type() == 'text/plain':
+            p = part.get_payload(decode=True)
+            if p is not None:
+                text.append(p.decode(part.get_charset() or fallback_encoding,
+                                     errors))
+    return "\n".join(text)
+
+
+# define since/before dates
+date_format = "%d-%b-%Y" # DD-Mon-YYYY e.g., 3-Mar-2014
+since_date = datetime.strptime(sys.argv[1], date_format)
+before_date = datetime.strptime(sys.argv[2], date_format)
+
+imap_host, imap_port = "imap.gmail.com", 993
+login, _, password = netrc().authenticators(imap_host)
+
+# connect to the imap server
+mail = IMAP4_SSL(imap_host, imap_port)
+mail.login(login, password)
+try:
+    mail.select('INBOX', readonly=True)
+
+    # get all messages since since_date and before before_date
+    typ, [msg_ids] = mail.search(None,
+        '(since "%s" before "%s")' % (since_date.strftime(date_format),
+                                      before_date.strftime(date_format)))
+
+    # get complete email messages in RFC822 format
+    for num in msg_ids.split():
+        typ, msg_data = mail.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
+        for response_part in msg_data:
+            if isinstance(response_part, tuple):
+                msg = email.message_from_bytes(response_part[1])
+                for header in [ 'subject', 'to', 'from', 'date' ]:
+                    print('%-8s: %s' % (
+                        header.upper(), decode_header(msg[header])))
+                print(get_text(msg))
+finally:
+    try:
+        mail.close()
+    finally:
+        mail.logout()
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