def read(username, password, sender_of_interest=None):
# Login to INBOX
imap = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.gmail.com", 993)
imap.login(username, password)
imap.select('INBOX')
# Use search(), not status()
# Print all unread messages from a certain sender of interest
if sender_of_interest:
status, response = imap.uid('search', None, 'UNSEEN', 'FROM {0}'.format(sender_of_interest))
else:
status, response = imap.uid('search', None, 'UNSEEN')
if status == 'OK':
unread_msg_nums = response[0].split()
else:
unread_msg_nums = []
data_list = []
for e_id in unread_msg_nums:
data_dict = {}
e_id = e_id.decode('utf-8')
_, response = imap.uid('fetch', e_id, '(RFC822)')
html = response[0][1].decode('utf-8')
email_message = email.message_from_string(html)
data_dict['mail_to'] = email_message['To']
data_dict['mail_subject'] = email_message['Subject']
data_dict['mail_from'] = email.utils.parseaddr(email_message['From'])
data_dict['body'] = email_message.get_payload()
data_list.append(data_dict)
print(data_list)
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