Outlook .msg file format module
Project description
independetsoft.msg
Microsoft Outlook .msg file module for Python. Use this module to easy create, read, update and parse Outlook message files.
Features
Create message, appointment, task, contact or any other Outlook item.
Read any Outlook .msg file and get all properties.
Convert from Outlook message (.msg file) to MIME message (.eml file)
Convert from MIME message (.eml file) to Outlook message (.msg file)
Set/Get MAPI properties.
Set/Get named properties.
Add attachments.
Read attachments.
Save attachments.
Add embedded messages.
Read embedded messages.
Save embedded messages.
Examples
Create message
Create message with plain text body, set some properties and recipients.
from independentsoft.msg import Message from independentsoft.msg import Recipient from independentsoft.msg import ObjectType from independentsoft.msg import DisplayType from independentsoft.msg import RecipientType from independentsoft.msg import MessageFlag from independentsoft.msg import StoreSupportMask
message = Message()
recipient1 = Recipient() recipient1.address_type = “SMTP” recipient1.display_type = DisplayType.MAIL_USER recipient1.object_type = ObjectType.MAIL_USER recipient1.display_name = “John Smith” recipient1.email_address = “John@domain.com” recipient1.recipient_type = RecipientType.TO
recipient2 = Recipient() recipient2.address_type = “SMTP” recipient2.display_type = DisplayType.MAIL_USER recipient2.object_type = ObjectType.MAIL_USER recipient2.display_name = “Mary Smith” recipient2.email_address = “Mary@domain.com” recipient2.recipient_type = RecipientType.CC
message.subject = “Test” message.body = “Body text” message.display_to = “John Smith” message.display_cc = “Mary Smith” message.recipients.append(recipient1) message.recipients.append(recipient2) message.message_flags.append(MessageFlag.UNSENT) message.store_support_masks.append(StoreSupportMask.CREATE)
message.save(“e:\output.msg”)
Create HTML message
Create message with HTML and RTF body. Outlook requires RTF body to be set if HTML is present in order to display rich body text.
from independentsoft.msg import Message from independentsoft.msg import Recipient from independentsoft.msg import ObjectType from independentsoft.msg import DisplayType from independentsoft.msg import RecipientType from independentsoft.msg import MessageFlag from independentsoft.msg import StoreSupportMask
message = Message()
recipient1 = Recipient() recipient1.address_type = “SMTP” recipient1.display_type = DisplayType.MAIL_USER recipient1.object_type = ObjectType.MAIL_USER recipient1.display_name = “John Smith” recipient1.email_address = “John@domain.com” recipient1.recipient_type = RecipientType.TO
recipient2 = Recipient() recipient2.address_type = “SMTP” recipient2.display_type = DisplayType.MAIL_USER recipient2.object_type = ObjectType.MAIL_USER recipient2.display_name = “Mary Smith” recipient2.email_address = “Mary@domain.com” recipient2.recipient_type = RecipientType.CC
html_body = “<html><body><b>Hello World bold html text</b></body></html>” html_body_with_rtf = “{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\fromhtml1 \htmlrtf0 “ + html_body + “}” rtf_body = html_body_with_rtf.encode(“utf_8”)
message.subject = “Test” message.display_to = “John Smith” message.display_cc = “Mary Smith” message.recipients.append(recipient1) message.recipients.append(recipient2) message.body_html_text = html_body message.body_rtf = rtf_body message.message_flags.append(MessageFlag.UNSENT) message.store_support_masks.append(StoreSupportMask.CREATE)
message.save(“e:\output.msg”)
Create message with attachment
from independentsoft.msg import Message from independentsoft.msg import Attachment from independentsoft.msg import Recipient from independentsoft.msg import ObjectType from independentsoft.msg import DisplayType from independentsoft.msg import RecipientType from independentsoft.msg import MessageFlag from independentsoft.msg import StoreSupportMask
message = Message()
recipient1 = Recipient() recipient1.address_type = “SMTP” recipient1.display_type = DisplayType.MAIL_USER recipient1.object_type = ObjectType.MAIL_USER recipient1.display_name = “John Smith” recipient1.email_address = “John@domain.com” recipient1.recipient_type = RecipientType.TO
recipient2 = Recipient() recipient2.address_type = “SMTP” recipient2.display_type = DisplayType.MAIL_USER recipient2.object_type = ObjectType.MAIL_USER recipient2.display_name = “Mary Smith” recipient2.email_address = “Mary@domain.com” recipient2.recipient_type = RecipientType.CC
message.subject = “Test” message.body = “Body text” message.display_to = “John Smith” message.display_cc = “Mary Smith” message.recipients.append(recipient1) message.recipients.append(recipient2) message.message_flags.append(MessageFlag.UNSENT) message.store_support_masks.append(StoreSupportMask.CREATE)
attachment = Attachment(file_path = “e:\test.pdf”) message.attachments.append(attachment)
message.save(“e:\output.msg”)
Read message and save attachments to file system
from independentsoft.msg import Message from independentsoft.msg import Attachment
message = Message(file_path = “e:\intvalue.msg”)
- for i in range(len(message.attachments)):
attachment = message.attachments[i] attachment.save(“e:" + str(attachment.file_name))
Create appointment
import datetime from independentsoft.msg import Message
appointment = Message()
appointment.message_class = “IPM.Appointment” appointment.subject = “Test” appointment.body = “Body text” appointment.location = “My Office” appointment.appointment_start_time = datetime.datetime(2019,12,10,8,0,0) appointment.appointment_end_time = datetime.datetime(2019,12,10,10,0,0)
appointment.save(“e:\appointment.msg”)
Create contact
import datetime from independentsoft.msg import Message
contact = Message()
contact.message_class = “IPM.Contact” contact.subject = “John Smith” contact.display_name_prefix = “Mr.” contact.display_name = “John Smith” contact.given_name = “John” contact.surname = “Smith” contact.company_name = “Independentsoft” contact.email1_address = “john@independentsoft.com” contact.email1_display_as = “John” contact.email1_display_name = “John” contact.email1_type = “SMTP” contact.business_address_city = “NY” contact.business_address_street = “First Street” contact.business_address_country = “USA” contact.business_address = “First Street, NY, USA” contact.business_phone = “555-666-777”
contact.save(“e:\contact.msg”)
Create task
import datetime from independentsoft.msg import Message from independentsoft.msg import Priority from independentsoft.msg import TaskStatus
task = Message()
task.message_class = “IPM.Task” task.subject = “Test” task.body = “Body text” task.owner = “John” task.task_status = TaskStatus.NOT_STARTED task.priority = Priority.HIGH task.task_start_date = datetime.datetime(2019,12,20,10,0,0) task.task_due_date = datetime.datetime(2019,12,22,10,0,0)
task.save(“e:\task.msg”)
Create note
import datetime from independentsoft.msg import Message from independentsoft.msg import NoteColor
note = Message()
note.message_class = “IPM.StickyNote” note.subject = “Test” note.body = “Body text” note.note_color = NoteColor.GREEN note.note_top = 200 note.note_left = 300 note.note_height = 200 note.note_width = 250
note.save(“e:\note.msg”)
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