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Neil
Neil

Reputation: 211

Python Win32 can't read outlook email body's

Im trying to use win32 module for python and get the body of my email message. However whenever I try to get it i get an error for any email body I try to get. I am able to get the message subject/timerecieved/etc however I just can't seem to get the body.

import win32com.client
outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
inbox = outlook.GetDefaultFolder(6)
messages = inbox.Items
message = messages.GetLast()
body_content = message.body

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
com_error                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-41-bdd6c5734297> in <module>()
      1 messages = inbox.Items
      2 message = messages.GetLast()
----> 3 body_content = message.body#.encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode('ascii')
      4 #print (body_content)

C:\Users\e659383\Documents\portableapps\WinPython-64bit-3.4.3.5\python-3.4.3.amd64\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py in __getattr__(self, attr)
    509                         debug_attr_print("Getting property Id 0x%x from OLE object" % retEntry.dispid)
    510                         try:
--> 511                                 ret = self._oleobj_.Invoke(retEntry.dispid,0,invoke_type,1)
    512                         except pythoncom.com_error as details:
    513                                 if details.hresult in ERRORS_BAD_CONTEXT:

com_error: (-2147467259, 'Unspecified error', None, None)

I get same error for any email message I try to get the body.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2545

Answers (1)

Aaron
Aaron

Reputation: 2053

Not 100% sure, but perhaps body should use a capital B as it seems to be referencing a C# property.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.outlook._mailitem.body.aspx

So: body_content = message.Body

Upvotes: 1

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