imap_address_extractor/extractor.py

"""Create a connection to IMAPS mail account extract all unique adresses and output a single file with the results.

References:
http://www.voidynullness.net/blog/2013/07/25/gmail-email-with-python-via-imap/
and
https://yuji.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/python-imaplib-imap-example-with-gmail/

Initially grabbed from : https://gist.github.com/abought/15a1e08705b121c1b7bd
"""
__author__ = 'mj'

import email.parser
import imaplib
import getpass
import sys
import re
import ssl
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from pprint import pprint as pp

# Load environment variables from .env file
load_dotenv()

# User may want to change these parameters if running script as-is

# Search folders, multiple directories can be given
# TODO: A user will want to change this
SEARCH_FOLDER = ['"Trash"', '"INBOX"']
DEFAULT_MAIL_SERVER = os.getenv("EMAIL_SERVER")

# Output file name
OUTPUT_FILE = "recipient_list.txt"

# No user parameters below this line
ADDR_PATTERN = re.compile("<(.+)>")  # Finds email as <nospam@nospam.com>


def connect(user, pwd, server=DEFAULT_MAIL_SERVER):
    """Connect to [the specified] mail server. Return an open connection"""
    conn = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(host=server, ssl_context=ssl.create_default_context())
    try:
        conn.login(user, pwd)
    except imaplib.IMAP4.error:
        print("Failed to login")
        sys.exit(1)
    return conn


def print_folders(conn):
    """Print a list of open mailbox folders"""
    for f in conn.list()[1]:
        folder_name = f.decode().split(' "/" ')[1]
        print("\t", folder_name)


def get_mails_from_folder(conn, folder_name):
    """Fetch a specific folder (or label) from server"""
    typ, data = conn.select(mailbox=folder_name, readonly=False)  # Set readonly=False to mark messages as seen
    if typ != 'OK':
        print("Could not open specified folder. Known labels:")
        print_folders(conn)
        return

    typ, data = conn.search(None, 'ALL')
    if typ != 'OK':
        print("Could not get mail list of folder: ", folder_name)
        return

    return data[0].split()


def fetch_message(conn, msg_uid):
    """
    Fetch a specific message uid (not sequential id!) from the given folder;
    return the parsed message. User must ensure that specified
    message ID exists in that folder.
    """
    # TODO: Could we fetch just the envelope of the response to save bandwidth?
    typ, data = conn.fetch(msg_uid, '(RFC822)')
    if typ != 'OK':
        print("ERROR fetching message #", msg_uid)
        return

    return email.parser.BytesParser().parsebytes(data[0][1], headersonly=True)


def get_recipients(msg):
    """Given a parsed message, extract and return recipient list"""
    recipients = []
    addr_fields = ['From', 'To', 'Cc', 'Bcc', 'Reply-To', 'Sender']

    for f in addr_fields:
        if msg[f] is None:
            continue

        # str conversion is needed for non-ascii chars
        rlist = ADDR_PATTERN.findall(str(msg[f]))
        recipients.extend(rlist)

    return recipients


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Retrieve username and password from environment variables
    username = os.getenv("EMAIL_USERNAME")
    password = os.getenv("EMAIL_PASSWORD")

    if username is None or password is None:
        print("Error: Email username or password not found in environment variables.")
        sys.exit(1)

    # Connect
    mail_conn = connect(username, password)

    # Open the output file in write mode
    with open(OUTPUT_FILE, 'w') as file:
        # Open folders and get list of email message uids
        all_recipients = []
        for folder in SEARCH_FOLDER:
            # Switch to folder
            for mail_id in get_mails_from_folder(mail_conn, folder):
                data = fetch_message(mail_conn, mail_id)
                recip_list = get_recipients(data)
                all_recipients.extend(recip_list)

        # Get unique recipients
        unique_recipients = set(all_recipients)

        # Write each recipient on a new line in the output file
        for recipient in unique_recipients:
            file.write(recipient + '\n')

        # Delete the analyzed emails
        for folder in SEARCH_FOLDER:
            for mail_id in get_mails_from_folder(mail_conn, folder):
                mail_conn.store(mail_id, '+FLAGS', '\\Deleted')  # Mark the email as deleted
            mail_conn.expunge()  # Permanently remove the deleted emails

        # Close the connection
        mail_conn.close()
        mail_conn.logout()

        print("Recipient list generated successfully and analyzed emails erased.")