mailhog 0.1.0

A python client for the Mailhog API

mailhog-python

A python client for the Mailhog API

Installation

Install from PyPI

pip install mailhog

Get Started

from mailhog import Mailhog

mailhog = Mailhog() # Defaults to http://localhost:8025

# Get all messages
mailhog.messages()

# Get all messages with start and limit parameters
mailhog.messages(start=0, limit=10)

# Search for messages
mailhog.search('Text contained in the message')

# Search for messages by recipient
mailhog.search('[e-mail]', 'To')

# Search for messages by sender
mailhog.search('[e-mail]', 'From')

# Delete all messages
mailhog.delete_all()

API

mailhog.Mailhog

Mailhog API client

Parameters

• host - The host of the Mailhog API, defaults to localhost
• port - The port of the Mailhog API, defaults to 8025

Methods

messages(start=0, limit=10)

Get all messages

Parameters

• start - The start index of the messages to return, defaults to 0
• limit - The number of messages to return, defaults to 10

Returns

• list - A list of mailhog.Message objects

Example

from mailhog import Mailhog

mailhog = Mailhog()

messages = mailhog.messages()

search(query, kind='containing', start=0, limit=10)

Search for messages

Parameters

• query - The query to search for
• kind - The kind of search to perform, defaults to containing
• start - The start index of the messages to return, defaults to 0
• limit - The number of messages to return, defaults to 10

Returns

• list - A list of mailhog.Message objects

Example

from mailhog import Mailhog

mailhog = Mailhog()

messages = mailhog.search('Some Text')

delete_all()

Delete all messages

Example

from mailhog import Mailhog

mailhog = Mailhog()

mailhog.delete_all()

Datatypes

mailhog.Messages

A list of mailhog.Message objects

Attributes

• total - The total number of messages
• start - The start index of the messages
• count - The total number of received messages
• items - A list of mailhog.Message objects

mailhog.Message

A message from Mailhog

Attributes

• id - The ID of the message
• from_ - A mailhog.Path object containing the sender
• to - A List of mailhog.Path objects containing the recipients
• created - The date the message was created
• content - A mailhog.Content object containing the content of the message
• raw: - The raw message
• mime - A mailhog.MIME object containing the MIME data of the message

Methods

get_sender()

Get the sender of the message

Returns

• str - The sender of the message

get_recipients()

Get the recipients of the message

Returns

• list - A list of recipients

get_subject()

Get the subject of the message

Returns

• str - The subject of the message

mailhog.Path

A path object

Attributes

• relays - A list of relays
• mailbox - The mailbox
• domain - The domain
• params - The parameters

mailhog.Content

The content of a message

Attributes

• headers - A Dict of headers of the message
• body - The body of the message
• size - The size of the message
• mime - The MIME type of the message

mailhog.MIMEBody

The body of a MIME message

Attributes

• parts - A list of mailhog.MIMEContent objects

mailhog.MIMEContent

The content of a MIME message

Attributes

• headers - A Dict of headers of the message
• body - The body of the message
• size - The size of the message
• mime - The MIME type of the message

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About the Package

WIP

This package is still a work in progress. If you find any bugs or have any suggestions, please open an issue on the GitHub repository

Roadmap

• Mailhog API v2 Messages Endpoint
• Mailhog API v2 Search Endpoint
• Mailhog API v2 Jim Endpoint
• Mailhog API v1 Delete Messages Endpoint
• Mailhog API v1 Delete Message Endpoint

Local Development

To install the package locally, run the following commands:

git clone
cd mailhog-python

poetry install

To run a mailhog instance locally, run the following command:

docker-compose up -d

To run the tests, run the following command:

poetry run pytest