I am a bit new to coding and I am trying to understand how to get Python to save MS Outlook attachments from a specific sender. I currently receive the same email from the same person each day regarding data that I need to save to a specific folder. Below are the requirements I am trying to meet:
I have seen some posts on using win32com.client but have not had much luck getting it to work with MS Outlook. I will attach some code I have tried below. I appreciate any feedback!
import win32com.client
outlook=win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
inbox=outlook.GetDefaultFolder(6)
messages=inbox.Items
for message in messages:
attachments = message.attachments
for attachment in attachments:
pass
You almost got it, add filter to the sender email address
import win32com.client
Outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application")
olNs = Outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Inbox = olNs.GetDefaultFolder(6)
Filter = "[SenderEmailAddress] = '0m3r@email.com'"
Items = Inbox.Items.Restrict(Filter)
Item = Items.GetFirst()
for attachment in Item.Attachments:
print(attachment.FileName)
attachment.SaveAsFile(r"C:\path\to\my\folder\Attachment.xlsx")
Python 3.8 on windows
def saveAttachments(email:object):
for attachedFile in email.Attachments: #iterate over the attachments
try:
filename = attachedFile.FileName
attachedFile.SaveAsFile("C:\\EmailAttachmentDump\\"+filename) #Filepath must exist already
except Exception as e:
print(e)
for mailItem in inbox.Items:
#Here you just need to bould your own conditions
if mailItem.Sender == "x" or mailItem.SenderName == "y":
saveAttachments(mailItem)
The actual conditions you can change to your liking. I would recommend referring to the Object model for Outlook MailItem objects: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/vba/api/outlook.mailitem Specifically its Properties
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