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eduardo2111
eduardo2111

Reputation: 379

Using python to extract the names of every folder in Outlook mailbox

I'm trying to get a list of all folders' names I see in the outlook email box, by using the following code:

import win32com.client

def AllFolders(folders):
    my_list = []
    for folder in folders:
        AllFolders(folder.Folders)
        print(folder.name)
        my_list.append(folder.name)
        return my_list

outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
user = outlook.Application.Session.CurrentUser.AddressEntry.GetExchangeUser().PrimarySmtpAddress
z = AllFolders(outlook.Folders[user].Folders)

My problem is: if I remove the return I can see all the folders returned by the print, but if try to return a list of every folder (basically store what I see in the print in a list), I get z which is only the first element printed.

How can make a list of every folder name?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2376

Answers (1)

gimix
gimix

Reputation: 3823

You simply need to concatenate to your list the one that's being returned by the recursive call.

I also moved the call (and the print() line) after the my_list.append() line just to have the subfolders added after their parent.

import win32com.client

def AllFolders(folders):
    my_list = []
    for folder in folders:
        print(folder.name)
        my_list.append(folder.name)
        my_list += AllFolders(folder.Folders)
    return my_list

outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
user = outlook.Application.Session.CurrentUser.AddressEntry.GetExchangeUser().PrimarySmtpAddress
z = AllFolders(outlook.Folders[user].Folders)

Upvotes: 2

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