tigrmail 0.4.0

API client for creating temporary email addresses to use in your E2E tests with Playwright, Cypress, and other frameworks.

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Tigrmail SDK

Tigrmail SDK is a Python library for automating email verification workflows. It allows you to generate temporary inboxes and poll for email messages with customizable filters. This library is ideal for testing email-based features or automating email verification processes.

If you are working in a different programming language, you can still access all features by integrating directly with our API.

Features

• Generate temporary inboxes.
• Poll for the next email message with advanced filtering options (e.g., by subject, sender email, or domain).
• Built-in error handling for API interactions.
• Automatic retry logic for HTTP requests.

Installation

pip install tigrmail

Usage

Importing the Library

from tigrmail import Tigrmail, TigrmailError

Creating an Instance

To use the library, retrieve your API token from our console and create a Tigrmail instance using that token:

tigrmail = Tigrmail(token="your-api-token")

Generating a Temporary Inbox

email_address = tigrmail.create_email_address()
print(email_address)  # <random-email-address>@den.tigrmail.com

Polling for the Next Email Message

You can poll for the next email message using filters:

message = tigrmail.poll_next_message(
    inbox=email_address,
    subject={"contains": "Verification"},
    from_={"email": "[e-mail]"},
)

print(f"Received email: {message['subject']}")

Playwright Integration Example

For a complete example of using Tigrmail SDK with Playwright for automated email verification testing, check out our Playwright Email Verification Example.

Context Manager Usage

The library supports Python's context manager protocol for automatic resource cleanup:

from tigrmail import Tigrmail, TigrmailError

try:
    with Tigrmail(token="your-api-token") as tigrmail:
        inbox = tigrmail.create_email_address()
        message = tigrmail.poll_next_message(
            inbox=inbox,
            subject={"contains": "Verification"},
            from_={"email": "[e-mail]"},
        )
        print(message["subject"])
except TigrmailError as error:
    print(f"Error: {error.general_message}")

API Reference

Tigrmail.create_email_address() -> str

Generates a temporary email address.

Tigrmail.poll_next_message(inbox, subject=None, from_=None) -> dict

Polls for the next email message with optional filters:

• inbox (str): The email address to poll for messages
• subject (dict, optional): Filter by subject line
  • {"contains": str} - Subject contains the specified string
  • {"equals": str} - Subject exactly matches the specified string
• from_ (dict, optional): Filter by sender
  • {"email": str} - From a specific email address
  • {"domain": str} - From any address at the specified domain

Returns an EmailMessage dictionary with message details.

Error Handling

The library raises TigrmailError for API-related issues. You can catch and handle these errors as follows:

try:
    inbox = tigrmail.create_email_address()
except TigrmailError as error:
    print(f"Error: {error.general_message}")
except Exception as error:
    print(f"Unexpected error: {error}")

Technical Details

• Base URL: https://api.tigrmail.com
• Timeout: 180s
• Retries: 3 (exponential backoff) on all HTTP/transport errors
• Uses httpx under the hood with simple retry logic

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.