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Smokegun
Smokegun

Reputation: 91

python imaplib UID command error: BAD [b'Could not parse command']

I am trying to copy a mail using the copy command.

imapper.copy(email.uid, 'TEST')

email.uid = the uid in this case 1069

TEST = the map the mail should be in

This is my copy function:

def copy(self, uid, to):
    #typ, content = self._mailer.copy(bytes(uid), to)
    print (uid)
    typ, content = self._mailer.uid('copy', bytes(1069), 'TEST')
    if typ == 'OK':
        mail = _parse_email(content, include_raw=include_raw)
        return mail
    else:
        raise Exception("Could not copy email.")

Since I'm having this error i decided to NOT use variables and hardcode it until it works and than replace it with the variables.

typ, content = self._mailer.uid('copy', bytes(1069), 'TEST')

This returns the error:

UID command error:BAD [b'Could not parse command']

I have added bytes() otherwise i get this error:

TypeError: can't concat int to bytes

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4097

Answers (2)

Max
Max

Reputation: 11000

It takes a string. use str(1069) or '1069', not an integer. Although, they are numbers, the protocol treats them as strings, not numbers.

bytes(1069) in python creates a byte array of 1069 zeros, and so you're sending a bunch of nulls.

Upvotes: 2

Smokegun
Smokegun

Reputation: 91

Okay so this is my solution:

I've added the bytes UID to the mail object and changed the copy function to use this bytes uid. This solved all problems

I've also made a fork of the easyimap wrapper with my implentations

So with a new feature to copy mails to another mailbox

https://github.com/UGxMvH/easyimap

Upvotes: 0

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