'str' object has no attribute 'decode'. Python 3 error?
Here is my code:
import imaplib
from email.parser import HeaderParser
conn = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com')
conn.login('[email protected]', 'password')
conn.select()
conn.search(None, 'ALL')
data = conn.fetch('1', '(BODY[HEADER])')
header_data = data[1][0][1].decode('utf-8')
at this point I get the error message
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'
Python 3 doesn't have decode anymore, am I right? how can I fix this?
Also, in:
data = conn.fetch('1', '(BODY[HEADER])')
I am selecting only the 1st email. How do I select all?
Answer
You are trying to decode an object that is already decoded. You have a str, there is no need to decode from UTF-8 anymore.
Simply drop the .decode('utf-8') part:
header_data = data[1][0][1]
As for your fetch() call, you are explicitly asking for just the first message. Use a range if you want to retrieve more messages. See the documentation:
The message_set options to commands below is a string specifying one or more messages to be acted upon. It may be a simple message number (
'1'), a range of message numbers ('2:4'), or a group of non-contiguous ranges separated by commas ('1:3,6:9'). A range can contain an asterisk to indicate an infinite upper bound ('3:*').