Chilkat2-Python
Chilkat2-Python
Save All Email Attachments to a Directory
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SaveAllAttachments method, which saves all of the email's attachments to a directory. If the directory or any of its components do not exist, Chilkat creates them automatically. This example adds two attachments and saves them.
Background: Each attachment is written using its own filename. Because those filenames come from the sender and may collide, consider the
OverwriteExisting property (which can auto-generate unique names) and RemoveAttachmentPaths (which strips embedded path info) to keep saved files safe and non-clobbering — important when processing untrusted incoming mail.Chilkat Chilkat2-Python Downloads
import sys
import chilkat2
success = False
# Demonstrates the SaveAllAttachments method, which saves all attachments to a directory.
# If the directory (or any of its components) does not exist, Chilkat creates it.
email = chilkat2.Email()
email.Subject = "Save all attachments"
email.AddStringAttachment("a.txt","first attachment")
email.AddStringAttachment("b.txt","second attachment")
# Save every attachment into the specified directory.
success = email.SaveAllAttachments("qa_output/attachments")
if (success == False):
print(email.LastErrorText)
sys.exit()
print("Saved all attachments.")
# Note: The path "qa_output/..." is a relative local filesystem path,
# relative to the current working directory of the running application.