PYTHON

fetch email from gmail using python site:stackoverflow.com

import imaplib
import email
import datetime
import time

mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com', 993)
mail.login(user, password)
mail.list()
mail.select('inbox')

status, data = mail.search(None, 'ALL')
for num in data[0].split():
    status, data = mail.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
    email_msg = data[0][1]
    email_msg = email.message_from_bytes(email_msg)
    maintype = email_msg.get_content_maintype()
    if maintype == 'multipart':
        for part in email_msg.get_payload():
            if part.get_content_maintype() == 'text':
                print(part.get_payload())
    elif maintype == 'text':
        print(email_msg.get_payload())